NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Reggie Lynch opened the second half with a dunk as Illinois State emphatically pulled away from cold-shooting Drake after halftime for a 75-57 win on Saturday. Bobby Hunter topped the Redbirds (12-10, 5-5 Missouri Valley Conference) with 19 points and no turnovers. Nick Zeisloft added 15 points, all from deep (5-for-7 on 3-pointers). Lynch finished with 10.

Drake, trailing 43-35 at the half, didn’t score until Trevor Berkeley hit a pair of free throws with 14:39 to play. The Bulldogs (12-10, 3-7) didn’t make a field goal for nearly 10 minutes. By then, Illinois State led 57-40 before Berkeley scored with 10:26 to play, breaking a string of 10 misses by Drake.

Berkeley finished with a career-high 13 points. Illinois State was out-rebounded 41-27 but Drake was hampered by 34.5 percent shooting and 14 turnovers. The Redbirds shot 51.1 percent from the field, including 12 of 23 3-pointers.

Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the game played at Red Oak High School.

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Hawkeye 10:

•  Red Oak 65, Atlantic 53
• Harlan 77, Kuemper Catholic 51
• Lewis Central 54, Glenwood 39
• Shenandoah 57, Creston 51

Western Iowa:

• A-H-S-T 48, Logan-Magnolia 24
• IKM-Manning 86, Griswold 49
• Missouri Valley 58, Audubon 37
• Treynor 59, Riverside 38
• Tri-Center 63, Underwood 53

Rolling Valley:

• Adair-Casey 61, Woodbine 31
• Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 50, Coon Rapids-Bayard 40
• Charter Oak-Ute 53, West Harrison 45

Others:

• Central Decatur 61, Bedford 55 (OT)
• Essex 54, South Page 46
• Nishnabotna 74, Clarinda Academy 12
• Ogden 69, West Central Valley 61
• Panorama 40, Van Meter 38
• Perry 67, Carroll 35
• Sidney 49, East Mills 45
• Sioux City West 69, CB Abraham Lincoln 39
• Southwest Valley 51, Interstate 35 35
• Stanton 51, Fremont Mills 45
• Wayne 63, Nodaway Valley 60 (OT)

With KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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The Iowa men’s basketball team  returns to action this evening when it plays on the road for the third time in four games, traveling to Champaign, Ill., to face Illinois (13-8, 2-6). Tipoff is set for 6:36 p.m. at the State Farm Center . Coach Fran McCaffrey will be wearing a pin from the organization “Autism Speaks” (Autismspeaks.org) for Autism Awareness Day.

Iowa is 4-0 in games following a loss this season. The Hawkeyes lost in overtime Tuesday to Michigan State (71-69) in Iowa City, halting Iowa’s 20-game home win streak.  Tonight’s game features two of the Big Ten’s top scorers: Illinois’ Rayvonte Rice and Iowa’s Roy Devyn Marble.

Iowa’s five losses have all come to teams ranked in the top-25 and by a combined 14 points, including two in overtime. The Hawkeyes have lost games by two points against Michigan State in overtime, three points against Iowa State, four points against Wisconsin, and five points against Villanova  in overtime.

Illinois holds an 81-68 advantage in the series that began with a 46-36 Iowa win in 1908. The Illini have won nine of the last 12 against the Hawkeyes, but Iowa has won the last two, including last season’s only meeting in Iowa City (63-55) on March 5, 2013. Iowa’s last win at Assembly Hall came by a 78-72 margin during the 1998-99 season.

You can hear the game on KJAN, beginning at 5-p.m.  Tip-off is at 6:36.

(Hawkeye Sports.com)

Hawkeye 10:

• Atlantic 54, Red Oak 35
• Creston 70, Shenandoah 68
• Kuemper Catholic 45, Harlan 39

Western Iowa:

• IKM-Manning 70, Griswold 55
• Missouri Valley 58, Audubon 30
• Treynor 67, Riverside 29
• Underwood 67, Tri-Center 45

Rolling Valley:

• Ar-We-Va 65, CAM 44
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 59, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 34
• West Harrison 70, Charter Oak-Ute 52
• Woodbine 49, Adair-Casey 40

Others:

• Carroll 76, Perry 57
• Central Decatur 67, Bedford 62 (2OT)
• Clarinda Academy 79, Nishnabotna 75 (OT)
• CB Abraham Lincoln 55, Sioux City West 27
• Des Moines Christian 67, Guthrie Center 31
• East Mills 49, Sidney 33
• Essex 69, South Page 58
• Interstate 35 60, Southwest Valley 55
• Ogden 48, West Central Valley 41
• Pleasantville 50, Lenox 45
• Stanton 74, Fremont Mills 72

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) – The No. 23 Oklahoma Sooners will be on the road at No. 16 Iowa State in Big 12 basketball.  OU and ISU are to tip off at 3 p.m. Saturday in Ames, Iowa. The Sooners are 17-4 overall and 6-2 in the Big 12 and have won four straight. The Cyclones have lost four of their last five to fall to 15-4 on the season and 3-4 in conference play.

OU beat No. 8 Oklahoma State at home in its last game on Monday while ISU lost at No. 6 Kansas on Wednesday.

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• Atlantic/CAM 46, Red Oak 30
• Lewis Central 51, Atlantic/CAM 22
• Lewis Central 54, Red Oak 24

• Glenwood 43, Harlan 30

• Creston/O-M 84, St. Albert 0

• Griswold 24, Treynor 22
• Kuemper Catholic 54, Griswold 24
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 51, Griswold 24
• Kuemper Catholic 51, Treynor 16
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 48, Kuemper Catholic 23

• East Mills 54, A-H-S-T 21
• East Mills 36, Tri-Center 31

• Audubon 36, Logan-Magnolia 31

• Southwest Valley 48, Nodaway Valley 24
• Southeast Warren 46, Southwest Valley 27
• Southeast Warren 45, Nodaway Valley 18

• Bedford/Lenox 52, Maryville, MO 30
• Bedford/Lenox 48, Mount Ayr 27
• Bedford/Lenox 51, Pleasantville 18
• Mount Ayr 48, Maryvile, MO 21
• Mount Ayr 55, Pleasantville 15

BOYS BASKETBALL

• Clarinda Academy 55, Sidney 47
• Denison-Schleswig 58, St. Albert 55
• East Mills 77, South Page 31
• Stanton 54, Essex 40
• Nishnabotna 61, Heartland Christian 54

GIRLS BASKETBALL

• East Mills 38, South Page 22
• Nishnabotna 61, Heartland Christian 57 (OT)
• St. Albert 60, Denison-Schleswig 41
• Underwood 63, Thomas Jefferson 31