Bethany Doolittle scored 16 points as the Iowa Hawkeye women pulled away in the second half in a 69-55 victory over Illinois. The Hawks overcame 19 turnovers and four of 18 shooting from three point range to post their 20th victory of the season. Iowa coach Lisa Bluder says the Hawkeyes were more efficient in the second half.

Freshman Ally Disterhoft scored 13 points and added 10 rebounds for the Hawkeyes who improve to 8-4 in the Big Ten.

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JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Jhonny Peralta has made an early arrival at spring training and says he’s eager to meet his new teammates. Peralta checked into camp on Thursday, four days ahead of the mandatory reporting date.

Peralta was suspended for 50 games last season while with Detroit because of his involvement with the Biogenesis drug scandal. The 31-year-old free agent then signed a four-year deal with the Cardinals worth $53 million.

Cardinals fans have seemed to welcome Peralta, but the two-time All-Star says he’s expects a different reception once St. Louis hits the road.

BOYS REGULAR SEASON BASKETBALL
Abraham Lincoln 68, St. Albert 50
Logan-Magnolia 45, Audubon 32
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 45, Underwood 29
Missouri Valley 64, Westwood 27

GIRLS REGULAR SEASON BASKETBALL
Audubon 41, Logan-Magnolia 15
Creston 61, Clarinda 48
Glenwood 58, Denison-Schleswig 35
Panorama 64, Woodward-Granger 24
Underwood 56, Missouri Valley 49

GIRLS CLASS 1-A REGIONALS

Region 6 First Round
Coon Rapids-Bayard 63, Iowa Christian Academy 25
Grandview Park Baptist 62, Orient-Macksburg 33
Guthrie Center 47, CAM 29
Martensdale-St. Marys 36, Southeast Warren 32
Paton-Churdan 43, Glidden-Ralston 33
Southeast Webster-Grand 53, Northeast Hamilton 16

Region 7 First Round
Bedford 55, South Page 31
Essex 43, East Mills 38
Fremont Mills 63, Nishnabotna 24
Lamoni 44, East Union 32
Sidney 70, Clarinda Academy 24

Region 8 First Round
Adair-Casey 63, Boyer Valley 58 (OT)
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 62, West Harrison 34
Heartland Christian 48, Griswold 38
Kingsley-Pierson 56, Siouxland Community Christian 34
Storm Lake St. Mary’s 55, River Valley 40
Westwood 43, Charter Oak-Ute 35
Woodbine 66, Whiting 47

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Class 1-A Region 6 First Round:

• CAM @ Guthrie Center (7:00)
• Paton-Churdan vs. Glidden-Ralston @ Coon Rapids (6:00)
• Orient-Macksburg vs. Grandview Park Baptist @ Saydel (7:00)
• Iowa Christian @ Coon Rapids-Bayard (7:30)

Class 1-A Region 7 First Round:

• Clarinda Academy @ Sidney (7:00)
• Nishnabotna @ Fremont-Mills (7:00)
• East Mills @ Essex (7:00)
• South Page @ Bedford (7:00)

Class 1-A Region 8 First Round:

• Heartland Christian @ Griswold (7:00) — on KJAN —
• Boyer Valley @ Adair Casey (7:00)
• West Harrison @ Exira/EHK (7:00)
• Whiting @ Woodbine (7:00)

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Nate Buss came off the bench to lead Northern Iowa with 18 points and the Panthers eased into an 80-58 victory over Loyola of Chicago on Wednesday night. Buss made four 3-pointers and Marvin Singleton and Matt Bohannon added 12 points each as the Panthers combined to shoot 58.7 percent from the floor. Bohannon also added four 3’s and Max Martino finished with three.

Loyola (9-16, 4-9 Missouri Valley Conference) led by six midway through the first half, but back-to-back 3’s by Buss and Bohannon and two jumpers from Singleton put Northern Iowa ahead. The Panthers (12-13, 6-7) held a seven-point lead at the break, and stretched it to 20 points 7 minutes into the second half.

Devon Turk came off the bench to lead the Ramblers with 10 points and three 3-pointers, and Milton Doyle added seven assists. Loyola shot 39.6 percent from the floor.

ATLANTA – Iowa State women’s basketball senior Hallie Christofferson has been named to the Naismith Trophy midseason list, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced today.

Christofferson is one of 30 collegiate women’s basketball players named to the prestigious Naismith Trophy list. The senior is averaging 18.7 points per contest, which ranks second in the Big 12, and 7.4 rebounds.

Christofferson recently became just the eighth player in Cyclone history to reach 1,500 career points and sits eighth in Iowa State history with 1,568 points. Christofferson is a two-time Academic All- Big 12 honoree and was also named an ISU Scholar Athlete last season.

Christofferson has been named to a slew of awards including, the John Wooden Award midseason list, the Wade Trophy Midseason list, a semi-finalist for the Wooden Citizenship Cup award and a Senior CLASS Award finalist.

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3-A District 16 Semi-Finals @ Atlantic

• Glenwood vs. Winterset (6:30)
• Creston @ Atlantic (8:00)

3-A District 15  Semi-Finals @ Harlan

• Perry vs. Denison-Schleswig (6:30)
• ADM @ Harlan (8:00)

3-A District 3 Semi-Finals @ Carroll

• Ballard vs. Greene County (6:30)
• Boone @ Carroll (8:00)

4-A Sub-State 1 First Round

• Sioux City West @ CB Abraham Lincoln (7:00)
• CB Thomas Jefferson @ Lewis Central (7:00)