The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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A spot in the MVC championship game is up for grabs as Northern Iowa and Drake are set to face off this (Saturday) evening, in St. Louis. The teams split the regular season series at one win apiece. The teams last met on Feb. 9, when Northern Iowa made only four foul shots on six attempts while the Bulldogs hit 17 of 18 en route to a six-point victory. Tip-off at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis is at 5:05 p.m. CST
Drake’s Nick McGlynn has averaged 15.2 points and 8.3 rebounds while Tremell Murphy has put up 10.3 points and 6.1 rebounds. For the Panthers, AJ Green has averaged 14.9 points while Wyatt Lohaus has put up 9.9 points. Green has connected on 34.2 percent of the 193 3-pointers he’s attempted and has made 7 of 21 over his last five games. He’s also made 85.7 percent of his foul shots this season.
The Bulldogs have recently used assists to create buckets more often than the Panthers. Drake has 41 assists on 75 field goals (54.7 percent) across its previous three contests while Northern Iowa has assists on 30 of 63 field goals (47.6 percent) during its past three games. Drake is rated first among MVC teams with an average of 76 points per game.
Area Counties: Crawford-Carroll-Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas-Cass-Adair-Madison-Adams-Shelby-Pottawattamie-Montgomery-Union-Taylor-Ringgold
451 AM CST Sat Mar 9 2019
…Areas of Fog with Patchy Dense Fog Early Today…
Strong southeast winds are warming temperatures over the snowpack across Iowa; creating fog over much of the area early today. Visibility is occasionally dropping to under a quarter mile and a few places a few hundred feet at times. The fog is thickest over western and southwest Iowa. Rain is currently moving up from Missouri and Kansas early today. As the rain moves across the area between 6 am and 9 am this morning, the fog should slowly lift and visibility improve somewhat during late morning hours.
Until then, area travelers should allow extra time to reach their destination safely; slow down and exercise caution while driving over Iowa this morning.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tremell Murphy had a season-high 26 points as Drake got past Illinois State 78-62 in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tourney on Friday night. Anthony Murphy had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Drake (24-8). Noah Thomas added 13 points. Liam Robbins had three blocks for the hosts. Illinois State put up 17 points in the first half, a season low for the team. Phil Fayne had 18 points for the Redbirds (17-16). Milik Yarbrough added 11 points and seven rebounds.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Wyatt Lohaus had 21 points as Northern Iowa narrowly beat Southern Illinois 61-58 in the Missouri Valley Conference Tourney quarterfinals on Friday night. Southern Illinois coach Barry Hinson announced he would be stepping down after the loss. Hinson coached the Salukis since the 2012-13 season and spent nine years at Missouri State before that. Hinson never made an NCAA Tournament appearance in his 17 years as a Division I coach. He and the chancellor agreed last March that he would step down if the Salukis didn’t make the NIT or NCAA tourney this year.
Trae Berhow had 11 points for Northern Iowa (15-17). Luke McDonnell added seven rebounds. Kavion Pippen had 22 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks for the Salukis (17-15). Armon Fletcher added 14 points and six rebounds.
Today: Areas of dense fog this morning; Cloudy w/rain. High 41. SE winds @ 15-25.becoming NW and gusting to near 30 mph
Tonight: Cloudy w/light snow or flurries. Low 23. NW @ 15-30.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 33. NW @ 10-20.
Monday: P/Cldy. High 36.
Tuesday: Mo. Cldy w/rain. High 43.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 40. Our Low was 27. Rainfall in Atlantic this morning (up until 7-a.m., was .05″) Last year on this date our High was 45 and the Low was 24. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 76 in 1986. The Record Low was -10 in 1912.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Megan Gustafson scored 30 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to help No. 10 Iowa pull away late for a 70-61 victory over Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. The regular-season runner-up Hawkeyes have won nine of their last 10 and will make their first semifinal appearance since 2014 on Saturday. Tenth-seeded Indiana was led by Ali Patberg with 25 points.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State star Marial Shayok is a game-time decision for a matchup against No. 8 Texas Tech because of a sprained pinkie toe. Shayok, who is averaging a team-high 18.7 points per game, injured his foot at practice. Texas Tech has won eight in a row and five of its last six by at least 15 points. The Red Raiders can clinch at least a share of their first Big 12 title with a win.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton and TCU have placed assistant basketball coaches on administrative leave after they allegedly took $6,000 bribes from an aspiring sports agent to send clients his way. Creighton’s Preston Murphy and TCU’s Corey Baker are on leave pending internal reviews by their schools. Yahoo Sports reported Christopher Dawkins is accused of paying the bribes. Neither is expected to be charged.
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals’ Yadier Molina went 1 for 2 as a designated hitter, the 36-year-old’s first game since left knee surgery in mid-December. Molina is likely to be behind the plate on Saturday, catching Adam Wainwright against Houston _ about a week ahead of the original projection for him to catch. Molina is a nine-time All-Star and nine-time Gold Glove.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Wyatt Lohaus had 21 points as Northern Iowa narrowly beat Southern Illinois 61-58 in the Missouri Valley Conference Tourney quarterfinals. Southern Illinois coach Barry Hinson announced he would be stepping down as coach of the Salukis after the loss.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Darrell Brown had 20 points as Bradley edged past Missouri State 61-58 in the Missouri Valley Conference Tourney quarterfinals. Brown, who converted all 10 of his foul shots, made two free throws with 8.3 seconds left for a four-point edge.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for robbing a Plattsmouth bank in 2012. Federal prosecutors for Nebraska say 28-year-old Joseph Lanckriet was sentenced Thursday to 56 months in prison. Prosecutors say that on Dec. 7, 2012, Lanckriet and another man robbed the SAC Federal Credit Union in Plattsmouth. Lanckriet and co-defendant Thomas Woodard were arrested four years later in Sioux City, Iowa.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The Davenport Community School District has announced teacher and staff cuts for the upcoming school year, following budget cuts approved by the school board last year. The Quad-City Times reports that the cuts include 75 teachers. District spokeswoman Dawn Saul said Friday that she did not know how many other employees are affected. The job cuts go into effect June 30.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say a 20-year-old western Iowa man has been arrested in Des Moines in the January death of a Council Bluffs man. Police say Nicholas Haner, of Harlan, was arrested Friday morning after officers spotted him in a stolen vehicle. Police say officers were able to stop the vehicle and immediately arrest Haner. Haner is charged in a warrant with first-degree murder in the death of 38-year-old Adam Angeroth was slain. Angeroth’s body was found in his apartment on Jan. 24.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography. Federal prosecutors for Iowa say 35-year-old Joseph Marchesini was sentenced Friday in Des Moines’ federal courthouse to 188 months in prison. Marchesini pleaded guilty in October 2018 to distribution of child pornography. In his plea, he admitted to distributing via the internet images of children _ some of them preschoolers _ being sexually assaulted.
Class 1A State Championship
Grand View Christian 43, Alburnett 24
Class 2A State Championship
North Linn, Troy Mills 60, Boyden-Hull 41
Class 3A State Championship
Oskaloosa 48, Norwalk 44
Class 3A State Third Place
Winterset 67, Clear Lake 49
Class 4A State Championship
Cedar Falls 44, Dubuque, Senior 41
Class 4A State Third Place
Waukee 66, North Scott, Eldridge 57
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Megan Gustafson scored 30 points and grabbed 17 rebounds Friday to help No. 10 Iowa pull away late for a 70-61 victory over Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. The Hawkeyes (24-6), the Big Ten regular-season runners-up, have won nine of their last 10 and will make their first semifinal appearance since 2014 on Saturday.
Tenth-seeded Indiana (20-12) was led by Ali Patberg with 25 points. Grace Berger added 13 points of the bench for last year’s WNIT champions. The 6-foot-3 Gustafson was simply too much for the smaller Hoosiers. She produced the highest point total in the tournament’s first nine games by going 11 of 19 from the field and matched the fifth-highest single-game rebounding total in tourney history. Gustafson also contributed four steals and four blocks.
The Hawkeyes stayed in control most of the game but struggled to put away the scrappy Hoosiers until the closing minutes. It was not a good look for a team trying to make a case to move up at least one seed line. But they still have a chance to improve their standing as they pursue their first Big Ten Tournament crown since 2001.
Gustafson drew nine fouls. … Makenzie Meyer scored all 12 of her points on 3s. … Hannah Stewart finished with nine points and 13 rebounds. … The Hawkeyes were 7 of 16 on 3s and 11 of 13 from the free-throw line.
UP NEXT
Iowa: Faces third-seeded Rutgers in Saturday’s semifinals at 6:30-p.m.
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