The Iowa Hawkeyes will play 15th ranked LSU in the Outback Bowl in Tampa on New Years Day. It will complete a bounce back year for a program that missed out on a bowl in 2012 with a 4-8 record. The Haweyes are 8-4, after finishing the regular season with three straight wins, and will take on an LSU team that is 9-3. It will be the second time Iowa and LSU have met in a bowl game.

Back in the 2005 Capitol One Bowl Drew Tate hit Warren Holloway with a 56 yard touchdown pass as time expired for a 30-25 Iowa win. The Tigers will be without senior quarterback Zach Mettenberger, who suffered a knee injury in the regular season finale but Hawkeyes Coach Kirk Ferentz says in the 2005 meeting the Tigers played three different quarterbacks.

Ferentz says it will be a great opportunity for the Hawkeyes. Iowa became the fourth choice out of the Big Ten and wins over Michigan and Nebraska the final two weeks moved the Hawkeyes up the pecking order. Iowa AD Gary Barta believes fans are anxious to travel to a bowl game after missing out last season. Iowa has always been an attractive bowl team because of the number of fans it brings but Barta says the difference this season were the results on the field.

This will be Iowa’s fourth trip to the Outback Bowl and the first one since a lopsided win over South Carolina in 2009.

(Radio Iowa/Learfield Sports)

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — UCLA linebacker Anthony Barr has won the Lott IMPACT Trophy as the collegiate defensive player having the biggest influence on his team. The other finalists were Chris Borland of Wisconsin, Devon Kennard of Southern California and James Morris of Iowa.

Barr, the first Bruin to win the 10th annual award, led UCLA with 20 tackles for losses. He also had 10 sacks, five forced fumbles, four fumbles recoveries and 62 total tackles. The award is named for Hall of Fame defensive back Ronnie Lott and goes to a player with strong academic work, community involvement and team leadership. UCLA will receive $25,000 for its general scholarship fund.

Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott was the speaker at Sunday night’s banquet at the Pacific Club in Newport Beach. Manti Te’o of Notre Dame won last year.

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — The Kansas City scored early and often Sunday, breaking a three-game losing streak with a 45-10 embarrassment of the Washington Redskins. The Chiefs improved to 10-3 by dominating an opponent that offered little resistance. They scored on their first four possessions, sacked Robert Griffin III five times and Kirk Cousins once, and returned a punt and a kickoff for touchdowns.

The score was 17-0 after the first quarter and 38-10 at halftime. Quintin Demps immediately answered the lone Redskins touchdown with a 95-yard kickoff return, part of a stunning tally of 321 return yards by Kansas City in the first half alone. The Redskins fell to 3-10, increasing speculation that coach Mike Shanahan will be gone at the end of the season.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Melvin Ejim scored 20 of his 22 points in the second half and overtime, and 17th-ranked Iowa State rallied from 18 points down to beat Northern Iowa 91-82 on Saturday for its best start in 10 years. Georges Niang added a career-high 22 points for the Cyclones (7-0), who also snapped a 3-game losing streak against the rival Panthers (3-5).

Iowa State went on a 23-2 run midway through the second half to erase a 49-31 deficit. But Northern Iowa’s Seth Tuttle banked in a 3 with 1.3 seconds left to force OT. Ejim responded with back-to-back 3s to put the Cyclones ahead 82-75 with 1:18 left.

Nate Buss had 23 points and Wes Washpun scored 18 with eight assists for Northern Iowa.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Melsahn Basabe had a season-high 15 points and No. 23 Iowa cruised past Drake 83-66 on a neutral floor Saturday night. Devyn Marble and freshman Peter Jok each scored 14 for Hawkeyes (9-1), who won their fourth straight over the intrastate-rival Bulldogs. Iowa closed the first half on a 10-0 run and never looked back, stretching its lead to 23 points with 5:18 left.

Chris Caird led the Bulldogs (6-2) with 21 points. Their winning streak was snapped at four games. Iowa improved to 57-10 against Drake, which shot just 31 percent in the second half.

BOYS BASKETBALL

• Central Decatur 77, West Central Valley 69
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 55, West Harrison 40
• Denison-Schleswig 51, Lewis Central 37
• East Mills 67, Heartland Christian 50
• IKM-Manning 70, Panorama 61

GIRLS BASKETBALL

• Central Decatur 64, West Central Valley 48
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 54, West Harrison 27
• Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 43, Guthrie Center 22
• Heartland Christian 50, East Mills 38
• Lewis Central 50, Denison-Schleswig 25
• Panorama 62, IKM-Manning 47
• Treynor 71, Abraham Lincoln 43
• Weeping Water, NE 45, Sidney 29

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Melissa Dixon scored 24 points, Bethany Doolittle 17 and No. 25 Iowa sank a record 17 3-pointers in a 95-47 defeat of Idaho State Saturday afternoon. Iowa, on a six-game win streak, move to 10-1, its best start in three seasons (12-1, 2010-11). Dixon and Doolittle set the tone from the start, when Dixon missed a 3-pointer on the first shot of the game and Doolittle rebounded and hit a jumper. Theairra Taylor added 16 points. Doolittle 10 had rebounds, Dixon hit 6 of 11 3-pointers.

The Bengals (2-5, 0-5 on the road) led 6-5 on a 3-pointer from Lindsey Reed but Iowa took the lead right back and marched away on a 10-1 run and never trailed again. Reed finished with 9 points on 3-for-10 3-point shooting for Idaho State and Rebecca Schrimpsher had a team-high 11. The Bengals hit just 14 of 65 shots.

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BOYS BASKETBALL
Hawkeye 10

• St. Albert, Council Bluffs 57, Atlantic 41
• Creston 62, Glenwood 53
• Harlan 80, Shenandoah 32
• Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 76, Clarinda 58
• Lewis Central 72, Red Oak 58

Rolling Valley

• CAM, Anita 44, Adair-Casey 42
• Ar-We-Va, Westside 64, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 57
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 42, Glidden-Ralston 32
• Paton-Churdan 77, Charter Oak-Ute 40
• Woodbine 51, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 42

Western Iowa

• A-H-S-T, Avoca 53, Griswold 40
• Audubon 50, Riverside, Oakland 47
• IKM-Manning 45, Underwood 44
• Treynor 70, Logan-Magnolia 37
• Tri-Center, Neola 72, Missouri Valley 49

Other Scores:

• ADM, Adel 64, Winterset 44
• Bedford 49, Lenox 40
• Carroll 69, Bondurant Farrar 67
• Des Moines Christian 58, Woodward-Granger 24
• Fremont Mills, Tabor 74, Clarinda Academy 73
• Mount Ayr 58, Southwest Valley 54
• Nishnabotna 57, Essex 45
• Nodaway Valley 76, East Union, Afton 36
• Ogden 66, Guthrie Center 38
• Sioux City, East 73, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 39
• Stanton 73, South Page, College Springs 48

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Hawkeye 10

•  St. Albert, Council Bluffs 39, Atlantic 32
• Glenwood 58, Creston 35
• Harlan 66, Shenandoah 28
• Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 62, Clarinda 46
• Red Oak 43, Lewis Central 33

Rolling Valley

• Adair-Casey 56, CAM, Anita 28
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 56, Glidden-Ralston 25
• Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 46, Woodbine 37
• Paton-Churdan 54, Charter Oak-Ute 39

Western Iowa

• Audubon 53, Riverside, Oakland 45
• Griswold 51, A-H-S-T, Avoca 31
• IKM-Manning 77, Underwood 58
• Treynor 68, Logan-Magnolia 30
• Tri-Center, Neola 59, Missouri Valley 45

Other Scores

• ADM, Adel 58, Winterset 31
• Bedford 58, Lenox 32
• Bondurant Farrar 73, Carroll 10
• Earlham 64, Madrid 33
• Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 43, Lawton-Bronson 23
• Melcher-Dallas 58, Orient-Macksburg 23
• Mount Ayr 44, Southwest Valley 30
• Panorama, Panora 74, West Central Valley, Stuart 44
• Sioux City, East 62, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 19
• Stanton 59, South Page, College Springs 22

Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the game played at St. Albert High School in Council Bluffs.  Note: Recording starts just into 1st quarter.

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