MARYVILLE, Missouri – The No. 3-ranked Northwest Missouri State University men’s basketball team withstood a hot shooting night from the Newman University Jets and improved to 9-1 on the season with an 81-70 triumph at Bearcat Arena.

Bearcat senior Ryan Hawkins registered his eighth career 30-point scoring game as he led all scorers with 30 points. Junior Diego Bernard posted 18 points and came up just shy of joining Northwest’s 1,000 point club. Bernard has recorded 998 points in his Bearcat career. Northwest had four scorers in double figures as Trevor Hudgins tallied 11 and Luke Waters notched 10.

Newman shot 56.1 percent from the floor and drained 7-of-13 three-point shots. The Jets drained seven of their first 10 three-pointers in the contest and held a five-point lead in the second half.

Northwest looked to be in a runaway in the first half as the home squad built a 28-14 lead just after the 10-minute mark in the first half. The Bearcats forced nine Jet turnovers in the first 10 minutes to build the 14-point cushion.

The Jets refueled and used a 10-0 run to cut the lead to four at 28-24 with 6:54 to play in the half. Newman’s Ian Lee buried his third three-pointer of the half to trim the Northwest lead to 35-33 at the break. Newman hit 5-of-8 three-pointers in the first half and shot 57.9% from the field. Northwest shot 60.0% from the field but was only 3-of-9 from three-point land.

Newman extended its lead to five at 50-45 on a Jorge Oliva bucket with 14:26 to play in the game. Northwest got within one at 50-49 only to see Newman extend it back to five at 54-49. Hudgins hit a field goal and then Hawkins completed a conventional three-point play to knot the game at 54-54. Northwest would retake the lead following a deep three from Hawkins with 9:28 left in the second half.

The Jets evened the contest against 59-59 on a basket from Deandre Johnson with 6:13 to play. But Northwest used a 12-3 spurt to take a nine-point lead at 71-62 following another triple from Hawkins with 3:17 on the clock. Northwest eventually pushed the lead back to 13 and tallied an 11-point victory at 81-70.

Northwest will be back in action at home Saturday against the University of Central Oklahoma. Tip is set for approximately 3:30 p.m., following the women’s contest.

Indiana guard Rob Phinisee (10) celebrates with teammates during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Iowa, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Iowa City, Iowa. Indiana won 81-69. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 23 points despite second-half foul trouble and Indiana’s defense shut down No. 4 Iowa in an 81-69 comeback victory. It was a season low in points for the Hawkeyes, who came in second in the nation in scoring at 92.2 points per game. Iowa had its five-game winning streak snapped and fell out of a tie for first place in the conference. Rob Phinisee added 18 points for the Hoosiers, and Aljami Durham scored 14. Indiana trailed 53-44 with 12 minutes to play, then went on a 23-3 run. The Hawkeyes did not have a field goal for an 11-minute stretch until Joe Toussaint’s layup with 59.6 seconds remaining.

The Atlantic boys swimming team competed in a dual against Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln at Kirn Middle School on Thursday night. The Lynx came out ahead of the Trojans 77-44.

Brayden Atkinson won the 200 Meter Individual Medley in a time of 2:34.07. He also was 2nd in the 100 Meter Freestyle in 1:00.94. Byran York won the 100 Meter Backstroke in 1:09.64 and also finished 2nd in the 200 Meter Freestyle in 2:10.71. Alex Lihs was 2nd in the 50 Meter Freestyle with a time of 28.72.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Harlan 73, Atlantic 60
Glenwood 84, Red Oak 33

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 46, IKM-Manning 31

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM 62, AC/GC 40
Whiting 58, West Harrison 51

Pride of Iowa Conference

Central Decatur 62, I-35 34
Lenox 51, Earlham 39
Southwest Valley 51, East Union 37
Southeast Warren 59, Moulton-Udell 17

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 63, Harlan 47
Glenwood 58, Red Oak 53

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 38, IKM-Manning 35 (Aud: Gavin Smith seals win with blocked shot at the buzzer)
Riverside 68, Shenandoah 45

Rolling Valley Conference

AC/GC 50, CAM 44
West Harrison 60, Whiting 11

Corner Conference Tournament Semifinals

Sidney 64, Stanton 59
East Mills 58, Fremont-Mills 30

Consolation Saturday: Stanton vs. Fremont-Mills 5:30 p.m.
Championship Saturday: Sidney vs East Mills 7:30 p.m.

Other: Clarinda Academy 47, Essex 46 OT

Pride of Iowa Conference

Southwest Valley 69, East Union 68

Double Dual @ Clarinda
Clarinda 45, Atlantic/CAM 31
(Atlantic-CAM Winners: Cruz Weaver, Joe Weaver, Jaxson Bell, Brian South, Jarrett Armstrong, Taye Jordan)
Clarinda 37, Glenwood 30
Glenwood 48, Atlantic/CAM 27
(Atlantic-CAM Winners: Cruz Weaver, Joe Weaver, Jaxson Bell, Brian South, Devin McKay)

@ Creston
Creston/O-M 81, Denison-Schleswig 0
Creston/O-M 80, East Union 0
Creston/O-M 82, Shenandoah 0
Denison-Schleswig 45, East Union 18
Denison-Schleswig 36, Shenandoah 15 

@ Kuemper Catholic
Harlan 63, AHSTW 12
Harlan 60, Red Oak 18
Harlan 60, Kuemper Catholic 10
Kuemper Catholic 51, Red Oak 30
Kuemper Catholic 48, AHSTW 15
Red Oak 42, AHSTW 36

@ Carroll
Winterset 56, Carlisle 22
Winterset 51, Carroll 27
Carlisle 43, Carroll 42

@ Panorama
Van Meter/Earlham 42, Panorama 38
Van Meter/Earlham 42, Interstate-35 40
Van Meter/Earlham 54, SE Warren/Melcher-Dallas 29
Interstate-35 54, Panorama 23
Interstate-35 48, SE Warren/Melcher-Dallas 24
SE Warren/Melcher-Dalls 54, Panorama 23

The Harlan girls basketball team opened up the game with an 11-0 run and held Atlantic at bay the rest of the game on their way to a 73-60 win Thursday night. The Cyclones led 22-10 at the end of the first, 38-25 at half, and 53-41 at the end of the third. Everytime the Trojans would close the gap to 12 or 10, the Cyclones responded with a big shot. Brecken Van Baale had a number of timely threes to turn momentum back to the Cyclones.

Van Baale finished with a game high 18 points. The Cyclones had three other players in double figures with 17 from Claire Schmitz, 15 for Jocelyn Cheek, and 13 from Ashley Hall. The Class 4A 11th ranked Cyclones improved to 10-3 with the win. The Cyclones will next play Saturday in Omaha at Sokol Arena against Bishop Neumann, NE at 9:30 a.m.

Atlantic was led by 15 points from Jada Jensen and 13 from Haley Rasmussen in the loss. The Trojans fall to 6-8 on the year and will now prep for a Saturday home game against Urbandale that was added to the schedule Thursday. That varsity game will tip at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night.

Watch the full game replay HERE.

The Atlantic boys basketball team has been searching for a complete game signature win. They got one on Thursday night over Harlan 73-60. The Trojans got a big night from Skyler Handlos with 26 points and Garrett Reynolds was huge off the bench with 13 points and a strong haul of rebounds.

The game was tied at the end of the first at 17. Atlantic was able to build an 8 point lead in the second but the Cyclones responded with a 9-0 run at the end of the half to take a one point lead into the break. Brayton Schechinger came of the bench to hit two threes and Connor Frame converted a three point play with just over a second left to give the Cyclones an edge.

Skyler Handlos got the first bucket of the second half to give the Trojans the lead back and they never trailed again. The Trojans outscored the Cyclones 17-5 in the third quarter to lead by 11 heading into the fourth. The Cyclones got within 8 early in the fourth but the Trojans quickly answered with a 7-0 run to build the lead back up. Dayton Templeton added 12 to help the Trojans improve to 5-5 on the season.

Harlan was led by 12 points from Connor Frame and 8 from Brad Curren. The Cyclones fall to 5-6 on the season and will next up face Boys Town on Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. at Creighton’s Sokol Arena before visiting Denison-Schleswig next Tuesday.

Atlantic will now prep for a Saturday home game against Creston. That game will be a 4:00 p.m. varsity tip-off.

Watch the full game replay HERE.

(IHSAA) The IHSAA Board of Control approved and accepted the lone recommendation out of recent meetings of the joint IHSAA and IGHSAU classification committee, adding one classification of football ahead of the 2021 season.

The new classification will be Class 5A, adding an 11-player group to reduce the disparity in enrollment in the IHSAA’s largest class of football, and to increase the number of participating teams and student-athletes in the postseason.

The board approved separate scheduling and playoff plans across the seven football classifications:

Class 5A, Class 4A, Class 3A: 36 teams, 9 regular season games, 16 playoff qualifiers.

Class 2A, Class 1A: 48 teams, 8 regular season games, 32 playoff qualifiers.

Class A: Remainder of 11-player teams, 8 regular season games, 32 playoff qualifiers.

Eight-Player: All 8-player teams, 8 regular season games, 32 playoff qualifiers.

Teams in 2A, 1A, A, and 8P will be permitted to play a ninth regular season contest should they not qualify for the postseason.

Additional information regarding playoff qualification and district assignments will be released at a later date.