ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — No. 12 Oklahoma has won its sixth Big 12 football championship in a row. Spencer Rattler threw a touchdown and ran for another one as the Sooners held on to beat No. 8 Iowa State 27-21 in the title game. That impressive title streak still probably won’t be enough to get the 8-2 Sooners back in the College Football Playoff for the fourth year in a row.

Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler (7) throws against Iowa State during the first half of the the Big 12 Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)

They have won seven games in a row since losing at Iowa State on October 3.. Big 12 rushing leader Breece Hall ran for two touchdowns for the 8-3 Cyclones but was held to a season-low 79 yards.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Jalen Suggs scored 18 of his career-high 27 points in the first half and No. 1 Gonzaga held off a late rally to beat No. 3 Iowa 99-88. This was the Bulldogs first game since pausing activities in early December because of the coronavirus.

Gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs (1) shoot a 3-pointer during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Iowa, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020 in SIoux Falls, S.D. (AP Photo/Josh Jurgens)

Gonzaga showed little rust from not playing a game since Dec. 2. Suggs, the West Coast Conference freshman player of the week last week, entered the game against Iowa averaging 13.3 points per game. Luka Garza led Iowa with 30 points and 10 rebounds on 13 of 18 shooting.

The Lewis Central Titans girls basketball team poured in 15 three pointers and ran away from Atlantic 66-34 on Friday night in Council Bluffs. Freshman Lucy Scott led the barrage with six makes from downtown and finished with 20 points to lead all scorers. The Titans combined that terrific outside shooting with some great zone defense to build a big early lead. The Titans led 15-2 at the end of the first and 39-7 by halftime. 6 different players made a three in that first half for LC.

The Titans got 14 points from McKenna Pettepier and 8 each from Keely Diercks and Adrian Okerbloom. Lewis Central improved to 4-0 on the season and will next have a big road game at Glenwood on Tuesday. That game is a rematch of a State Semifinal game that the Titans won last season.

Atlantic played much better in the second half of the game and started to get some better offensive looks. Haley Rasmussen was the Trojans leading scorer with 13 points, 11 of those in the second half. Atlantic falls to 3-4 and will host a 1A ranked Nodaway Valley team on Saturday night before facing Shenandoah on Tuesday to finish the pre-holiday portion of the schedule.

The Atlantic boys basketball team picked up a road win over Lewis Central on Friday night 53-47. It was a tight game throughout but the Trojans grabbed a lead in the third quarter and held on down the stretch. Atlantic turned a one point deficit at half 22-21 into a three point lead at the end of the third 34-31. The Trojans had as much as a 7 point lead in the fourth before holding off a late Titan push. Ethan Sturm came up huge in the fourth quarter with four threes, including one with a little over a minute left to push the Trojans out to a five point lead and held seal the win.

Sturm finished with those 12 points. Skyler Handlos had 13 to lead all scorers and Dayton Templeton finished with 10. The Trojans improved to 2-2 on the season and will host Nodaway Valley on Saturday and Shenandoah on Tuesday before the holiday break.

Lewis Central was led by 12 points from Nicholas Miller. The Titans fall to 2-3 and they will next travel to Glenwood on Tuesday.