KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles, linebacker Tamba Hali and tight end Anthony Fasano were held out of practice Wednesday with knee injuries. All of them are considered day to day, Chiefs coach Andy Reid said.

Defensive lineman Allen Bailey also missed practice as he continues to recover from a concussion, but wide receiver Junior Hemingway returned to the field after passing his concussion tests. Hemingway had missed the previous two games.

The Chiefs (7-6) have lost three straight, putting their playoff hopes in jeopardy. They play the Oakland Raiders on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Devin Patterson scored 21 points with 4-of-4 3-point shooting and Mike Rostampour added 14 points as Nebraska-Omaha defeated Division III Iowa Wesleyan 94-67 on Wednesday night.

The Mavericks (4-4) remained perfect at home while sending Iowa Wesleyan (3-4) to its fourth straight loss. Patterson hit two of his 3-pointers and the 6-foot-8 Rostampour and 6-foot-1 Marcus Tyus threw down back-to-back fast-break dunks as Omaha shot out of the gates 16-0.

Omaha shot nearly 55 percent, making 34 of 62 shots while forcing 19 turnovers with 14 steals, grabbing 25 defensive rebounds and holding the Tigers to 20 of 56 shooting (36 percent). Rylan Murry scored 13 for the Mavericks, Tyus 11, and Daniel Meyer grabbed 13 rebounds. Will Stephenson led Iowa Wesleyan with 16 points, Wesley Williams added 12.

DENVER (AP) — Seth Tuttle finished with 12 points and Deon Mitchell scored nine of his 11 in a first half where No. 23 Northern Iowa missed just two shots from the floor, helping the Panthers cruise past Denver 65-55 on Wednesday night and move to 9-0 for the third time in school history.

Northern Iowa hit 15 of 17 attempts (88.2 percent) in the opening half to build a lead that stretched to as many as 22 points. That cushion was enough as the Panthers held off a Pioneers squad that usually plays them tough, with all three of the previous meetings decided by six points or less.

The last time Northern Iowa began with nine straight wins was 1963-64 under coach Norm Stewart. The team finished 23-4 that season.

AMES, Iowa- The Big 12 football coaches selected their All-Big 12 teams this morning, and seven Cyclones were awarded postseason honors for their performance on the field in 2014.

Senior tight end E.J. Bibbs was an All-Big 12 First-Team selection, while senior offensive lineman Jacob Gannon, senior center Tom Farniok, senior defensive end Cory Morrissey and sophomore placekicker Cole Netten earned honorable mention accolades.

Freshman safety Kamari Cotton-Moya was named the Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year and rookie wide receiver Allen Lazard was an honorable mention pick on the all-rookie team.

A native of Chicago, Ill., Bibbs was one of the best tight ends in the nation in 2014, earning a spot as a John Mackey Award semifinalist. Bibbs led all “power 5” tight ends in catches per game (4.5) and caught eight TD passes, one shy from the ISU single-season school record.

Jacob Gannon, a native of Iowa City, Iowa, and Tom Farniok, a native of Sioux Falls, S.D., were both key members of the offensive line in 2014. The duo started at least one game in each of the past four seasons. Farniok ended his career with 47 starts and was on the watch list for the Rimington Award, an award given annually to the nation’s best center. Farniok earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors the last three seasons.

Morrissey, a native of Ames, Iowa, made the honorable mention team for the second-straight season. Morrissey led all ISU down linemen in tackles (52) and posted team-highs in tackles for loss (8.5) and sacks (6.0). His 6.0 sacks ties for 10th all-time on ISU’s single-season record chart.

Netten, who hails from Ankeny, Iowa, made 11-of-14 field goals in 2014, tying for the third-best field goal percentage (78.6) in school history. His career 75.0 field goal percentage clip (24-32 FG) is currently No. 1 in the ISU record book. Netten was named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week after making the game-winning field goal in the closing seconds of the Iowa game.

Cotton-Moya, a native of Bakersfield, Calif., started 10 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.

Lazard, a native of Urbandale, Iowa, caught 45 passes for 593 yards in his rookie season. Both totals rank second all-time on ISU’s rookie receiving record chart.

A wildlife research supervisor with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says hunters have reported harvesting 19-percent more deer in Iowa during the first shotgun season compared to last year. Willy Suchy credits the relatively mild weather. “Last year was a tough shotgun opener with really cold weather and strong winds,” Suchy said. Today (Wednesday) is the final day of the first shotgun deer season. Suchy anticipates the first season’s harvest will be around 37,000 deer.

“We’re similar to where we were in 2011-2012,” Suchy said. “We’re down substantially from the peak in 2006. Deer numbers are down.” Around 150,000 deer were killed in Iowa in 2006, the first year of so-called “mandatory harvest reporting” in the state. Prior to 2006, the DNR conducted a harvest “estimate” which was calculated based on a postseason postcard survey. Last year, hunters in Iowa killed fewer than 100,000 deer for the first time since the mid-1990s. Suchy isn’t sure yet if the harvest will be below six-digits again this year.

“A lot will depend on this next weekend, the second shotgun season. We still have a lot of licenses to be issued,” Suchy said. “Sometimes, when we have a good opener in the first season, a lot of hunters don’t go the second season so maybe there are (fewer deer killed). But, if we have good weather like we’re looking at, we may have somewhere around 100,000 animals reported.” The deer harvest during the first shotgun season increased over last year, despite 3,000 fewer licenses being sold this year compared to 2013. Suchy notes the license sales decline was primarily due to fewer antlerless licenses being available, which was by design.

Iowa’s second shotgun deer season opens this Saturday (December 13) and runs through Sunday, December 21.

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• Guthrie Center 42, Audubon 27
• Van Meter 45, Audubon 30
• Woodward-Granger 59, Audubon 18
• Woodward-Granger 46, Guthrie Center 36

• Logan-Magnolia 60, Missouri Valley 16
• CB Thomas Jefferson 64, Missouri Valley 12
• CB Thomas Jefferson 39, Logan-Magnolia 34

Hawkeye 10:

• Red Oak 49, Atlantic 44
• Clarinda 49, Maryville, Mo. 43
• Denison-Schleswig 51, Carroll 25
• Kuemper Catholic 45, St. Albert 39
• Lewis Central 48, Glenwood 36
• Shenandoah 59, Creston 54

Western Iowa:

• IKM-Manning 62, Riverside 19
• Logan-Magnolia 60, Griswold 35
• Missouri Valley 50, Audubon 22
• Treynor 63, Tri-Center 41
• A-H-S-T-W 49, Underwood 45

Rolling Valley:

• Adair-Casey 53, Coon Rapids-Bayard 36
• CAM 56, Boyer Valley 43
• Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 61, Paton-Churdan 29
• Glidden-Ralston 51, West Harrison 37
• Ar-We-Va 54, Woodbine 45

Corner:

• Essex 69, Clarinda Academy 6
• Fremont Mills 47, East Mills 21
• Sidney 44, South Page 21

Others:

• Bedford 64, Southwest Valley 38
• CB Abraham Lincoln 60, CB Thomas Jefferson 31
• Lenox 58, Nodaway Valley 31
• Orient-Macksburg 56, Diagonal 32
• Panorama 57, Earlham 30
• St. Edmond 48, Southwest Valley 38

NEW YORK (AP) — Shane Conlan and Derrick Thomas, two of the most dominant college linebackers of the 1980s, are part of a class of 14 former players and two coaches being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in New York. Thomas had 27 sacks and won the Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker in 1988 before going on to a successful NFL career with the Kansas City Chiefs. He was paralyzed in an automobile wreck in 2000 and died from complications about a month later. He was 33.

Conlan was a two-time All-American. He had two interceptions in his final college game as Penn State upset Miami 14-10 in the Fiesta Bowl to win the national title. The rest of the class is highlighted by TCU running back LaDainian Tomlinson, South Carolina receiver Sterling Sharpe and Southern California tackle Tony Boselli.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Bryce Dejean-Jones scored 22 points and No. 14 Iowa State beat Missouri-Kansas City 73-56 on Tuesday for its third straight win. Dejean-Jones topped 20 points for the third time for the Cyclones (6-1), who’ve won 25 straight non-conference games at home.

The Cyclones opened on a 24-9 run, powered by 11 early points from Dejean-Jones. They led by as many as 21 points in the first half. Monte Morris scored 13 points with five assists for Iowa State, which let UMKC (3-7) get within 11 midway through the second half before pulling away.

Frank Williams had 14 points for UMKC (3-7). The Kangaroos have lost three straight.