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CHICAGO (AP) — Christian Thomas scored 16 points to lead Loyola of Chicago to a 50-47 win over Drake Wednesday night. Devon Turk had 12 points and Milton Doyle finished with seven assists for the Ramblers (13-4, 3-2 Missouri Valley). Thomas finished 7-of-11 shooting and Loyola made 21 of 41 from the field (51.2 percent), as Drake shot a mere 38.3 percent from the field.

Gary Ricks Junior finished with 24 points, including seven 3-pointers for the Bulldogs (3-14, 0-5). Drake out-rebounded the Ramblers 28-24. After Jacob Enevold Jensen’s layup gave Drake the one-point advantage with 4:24 to go, Christian Thomas and Milton Doyle connected on consecutive jumpers to put the Ramblers up 48-45 at the 2:29 mark.

A jumper by Jordan Daniels about 30 seconds later cut Drake’s deficit to one, but Thomas converted a layup with 1:32 left and Loyola held on. Ricks missed a potential tying 3 with 2 seconds left.

WACO, Texas (AP) — Kenny Chery made a jumper with 4.7 seconds left and No. 22 Baylor pulled out a 74-73 win over Number 11 Iowa State after blowing a 14-point lead. Rico Gathers had 14 points and 15 rebounds for the Bears (13-3, 2-2 Big 12), who had led throughout until Georges Niang made a jumper with 1:54 left in the game for a 68-67 lead.

Lester Medford hit a 3-pointer from the right corner with just over a minute left, but Iowa State (12-3, 2-1) got even on Niang’s high bank shot. Johnathan Motley had a go-ahead putback on a miss by Chery before the Cyclones went back ahead on a 3-pointer by Bryce Dejean-Jones.

Iowa State called timeout after Chery’s last basket, but Niang missed a runner as time expired. Niang scored 10 points, nine over the final 8½-minute stretch to erase Baylor’s 62-48 lead.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Bethany Doolittle scored a career-high 29 points, matched her career-high with 12 rebounds and blocked 5 shots to lead Number 22 Iowa to an 83-70 win in a Big 10 showdown. The Hawkeyes (13-3, 4-1) led 41-38 at halftime against a team only allowing 56.8 points a game and shot 51 percent for the game. Ally Disterhoft had 16 points, Melissa Dixon 13 and Whitney Jennings 10 for Iowa. Samantha Logic had 6 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists.

Maggie Lyon and Alex Cohen had 16 points apiece for Northwestern (13-3, 3-2) with Nia Coffey adding 12 and 15 rebounds. Doolittle, who had 13 points at halftime, got Iowa off to a quick start in the second half with two quick baskets to start an 11-0 run that Coffee ended at 14:29. Doolittle made two baskets to push the lead to 64-44 at 11:27. Northwestern shot 34.7 percent in Iowa City.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz defended his program Wednesday just weeks after the Hawkeyes finished his 16th season in charge on a losing skid. Ferentz met with reporters for the first time since Iowa’s humiliating loss to Tennessee in the TaxSlayer Bowl. The Hawkeyes closed the season with three straight losses to finish 7-6. They were 4-4 in the Big Ten.

Ferentz said he intends to keep his coaching staff intact — including offensive coordinator Greg Davis and defensive coordinator Phil Parker — despite inconsistencies on both sides of the ball last season.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State rookie safety Kamari Cotton-Moya continues to wrap up postseason honors. The free safety was named to the 14th annual Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) Freshman All-America Team, announced today by the FWAA.

The voters consisted of a 10-person panel of nationally-prominent writers representing each of the FBS conferences.

A native of Bakersfield, Calif., Cotton-Moya started 11 games in his freshman season, leading the team in tackles (77) and ranking third on the team in pass breakups (8). He also registered 2.0 TFL and one forced fumble.

Cotton-Moya was named the 2014 Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year.

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• Audubon 43, A-H-S-T-W 42
• Audubon 42, West Central Valley 24
• Audubon 42, Southwest Valley 27
• A-H-S-T-W 54, Southwest Valley 27
• A-H-S-T-W 42, West Central Valley 38
• West Central Valley 38, Southwest Valley 36

• Bedford/Lenox 59, Red Oak 24
• Bedford/Lenox 60, Griswold 16
• Bedford/Lenox 43, Southwest Iowa 33
• Southwest Iowa 46, Griswold 17
• Southwest Iowa 39, Red Oak 33
• Red Oak 36, Griswold 10

• Harlan 43, Abraham Lincoln 30
• Harlan 57, Underwood 17
• Harlan 43, Shenandoah 22
• Shenandoah 37, Abraham Lincoln 36
• Shenandoah 50, Underwood 30
• Abraham Lincoln 36, Underwood 32

Hawkeye 10:

• Glenwood 65, Atlantic 59
• Bishop Heelan Catholic 57, Lewis Central 42
• Harlan 71, Kuemper Catholic 31
• Red Oak 82, Clarinda 69
• St. Albert 60, Denison-Schleswig 43
• Shenandoah 73, Nebraska City 58

Western Iowa:

• Audubon 48, Underwood 36
• IKM-Manning 87, Treynor 50
• Logan-Magnolia 58, Riverside 17
• A-H-S-T-W 50, Griswold 39
• Missouri Valley 48, Tri-Center 45 (OT)

Rolling Valley:

• Adair-Casey 55, Ar-We-Va 25
• Glidden-Ralston 44, CAM 29
• Woodbine 58, Charter Oak-Ute 53

Corner:

• Fremont Mills 63, Essex 40
• Nishnabotna 41, South Page 25
• Sidney 63, Heartland Christian 25
• Stanton 82, Clarinda Academy 17

Others:

• Bedford 65, Nodaway Valley 48
• Boone 73, Carroll 20
• Mount Ayr 70, Lenox 33
• Panorama 55, Des Moines Christian 54
• Sioux City East 52, CB Abraham Lincoln 47
• Sioux City North 59, CB Thomas Jefferson 43
• Southwest Valley 62, East Union 29
• Woodward-Granger 52, West Central Valley 39

Hawkeye 10:

• Atlantic 66, Glenwood 65
• Clarinda 88, Red Oak 80 (OT)
• Denison-Schleswig 72, St. Albert 56
• Harlan 56, Kuemper Catholic 48
• Shenandoah 73, Nebraska City, Neb. 59

Western Iowa:

• Griswold 44, A-H-S-T-W 36
• IKM-Manning 55, Treynor 50
• Tri-Center 68, Missouri Valley 67 (OT)
• Audubon 58, Underwood 50

Rolling Valley:

• Boyer Valley 55, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 40
• Glidden-Ralston 64, CAM 31
• Woodbine 66, Charter Oak-Ute 59
• Ar-We-Va 60, Adair-Casey 52

Corner:

• Fremont Mills 63, Essex 48
• Nishnabotna 74, South Page 38
• Sidney 73, Heartland Christian 49
• Stanton 73, Clarinda Academy 70

Others:

• Carroll 69, Boone 57
• CB Abraham Lincoln 70, Sioux City, East 54
• Des Moines Christian 74, Panorama 59
• Lenox 55, Mount Ayr 53
• Madrid 77, Guthrie Center 63
• Nodaway Valley 72, Bedford 45
• Sioux City North 65, CB Thomas Jefferson 28
• Southwest Valley 63, East Union 39