Iowa State will try to strop its slide tomorrow night at TCU. The Cyclones squandered a 15 point second half lead in Saturday’s overtime loss at home to Kansas State. They have dropped four straight and stand 3-9 in the Big 12.

Cyclone coach T.J. Otzelberger. With six games remaining in the regular season there is still time to get things turned around.

The Cyclones are 16-9 on the season. The next game at TCU on Tuesday night will be an 8:00 p.m. start.

Boys district basketball play gets in full swing for Class 1A and 2A schools Monday night with district quarterfinal games. Here is a look at the area games.

CLASS 1A

District 13

@ Saydel
TBD @ Grand View Christian 8:00pm
Murray vs. Ogden 6:30pm

@Madrid
East Union @ Madrid 8:00pm
Earlham vs. Ankeny Christian 6:30pm

District 14

@ East Mills
TBD @ East Mills 8:00pm
Bedford vs. Sidney 6:30pm

TBD @ St. Albert  7:00pm
Lenox @ Stanton 7:00pm

District 15

@AHSTW
Griswold @ AHSTW 8:00pm – ON KJAN
Audubon vs. Riverside 6:30pm- ON KJAN

@CAM
CAM vs. IKM-Manning 8:00pm
Nodaway Valley vs. Exira-EHK 6:30pm

District 16

TBD @ West Harrison 7:00pm
Woodbine @ Tri-Center 7:00pm
Logan-Magnolia @ Boyer Valley 7:00pm
Ar-We-Va @ Coon Rapids-Bayard 7:00pm

CLASS 2A

District 15

@ Panorama
I-35 vs. Woodward-Granger 6:30pm
West Central Valley @ Panorama 8:00pm

District 16

@ Red Oak
Clarinda vs. Shenandoah 6:30pm
Missouri Valley @ Red Oak 8:00pm

Loyola Chicago ripped past the UNI Panthers 85-58 on Sunday afternoon in Chicago. The Ramblers jumped out to a 12 point halftime lead and never let the foot off the gas.

Loyola had three players finish in double-figures, led by 18 from Lucas Williamson. He hit three 3’s in the game and also dished out 6 assists. Loyola improved to 19-5 on the season and 10-3 in MVC play.

UNI was led by 20 points from AJ Green and 10 from Trae Berhow. The Panthers drop to 14-10 overall and 10-4 in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Next up for the Panthers is a trip to Illinois State on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.

The Drake Bulldogs women’s basketball team lost 65-73 to Southern Illinois Sunday afternoon.

The Salukis’ owned the first half as the Bulldogs struggled to make a shot. Forward’s Gabby Walker and Abby Brockmeyer each scored nine points for SIU in the first 20 minutes. Both also entered foul trouble late in the second quarter.

The Bulldogs came back from halftime with a fire inside them as they went on a 13-0 run to minimize SIU’s 15 point lead to only two. But it wasn’t enough to come back for a win.

Graduate guard Maddie Petersen broke both 1000 points and 500 assists on her career in the loss fro Drake.

The Bulldogs fall to 12-12 overall and 4-9 in the Valley. They will travel to UNI Saturday for a 2:00 p.m. contest.

Atlantic grabbed a postseason win over Shenandoah 41-33 on Saturday night at the Atlantic High School. The Trojans found some footing in the second quarter on a slow scoring night for both teams. It was just 6-4 Trojans after the first and Atlantic used a 10-2 run to end the half with a 19-10 lead. They’d only let the Fillies get as close as 4 the rest of the way.

The Trojans started to focus more on getting some penetration against the Fillies zone in the second quarter and Atlantic Head Coach Dan Vargason said that helped turn things around.

Jada Jensen finished with a game-high 14 points and Paytn Harter added 12 for Atlantic. The Trojans improved to 9-13 on the season and advance to the 3A Region 7 Semifinals on Wednesday night at Sergeant Bluff-Luton. Coach Vargason said they are excited for another opportunity.

Shenandoah was led by 10 points from Ava Wolf and their season ends with a record of 10-12.

CLASS 2A First Round

Region 7
I-35 53, Colfax-Mingo 26
Woodward-Granger 42, Madrid 38

Region 8
Kuemper Catholic 73, Southwest Valley 30
AHSTW 67, Missouri Valley 22

Class 3A Quarterfinals

Region 7
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 63, Greene County 13
Atlantic 41, Shenandoah 33– ON KJAN
Des Moines Christian 66, Red Oak 21
Harlan 60, Clarinda 27

GIRLS BASKETBALL

CB Abraham Lincoln 65, Des Moines Lincoln 24
Gilbert 63, Carroll 46

BOYS BASKETBALL

Carroll 88, Gilbert 55
Treynor 67, CB Thomas Jefferson 54

The Iowa State women’s basketball team blew out TCU 93-70 in Fort Worth on Saturday. Five Cyclones finished in double-figures. Ashley Joens led the way with a monster double-double of 32 points and 14 rebounds.

Lexi Donarski added 16 points and Emily Ryan scored 14 points to go with an incredible 17 assists.

The Cyclones improved to 21-3 on the season, the best start to a season in school history.

Next up for the Cyclones is a trip to 16th-ranked Texas on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

The Drake men’s basketball team fell on the road at Bradley 68-59 on Saturday. The Braves shot much better in the second half and outscored the Bulldogs by 8 to win it.

Rienk Mast had 15 points and Mikey Howell added 14 to lead Bradley to their third straight win in the series. The Braves improved to 15-11 overall and 9-5 in the Valley.

Drake was led by a game-high 20 points from Tucker DeVries. The Bulldogs drop to 17-9 overall and 8-5 in MVC play.

Lewis Central advanced 3 wrestlers on to State and CB Abraham Lincoln sent 3 wrestlers on from the Class 3A District 6 meet at Lewis Central.

Lewis Central qualifiers were Carter Schorsch (2nd at 106), Braylon Kammrad (1st at 170), Dillon Woods (2nd at 195).

CB Abraham Lincoln’s State Qualifiers were: Jaymeson VanderVelde (1st at 106), Jonathan Ryan (2nd at 113), and Carlos Andrade (2nd at 182).