(Radio Iowa) – The 15th ranked Iowa Hawkeyes continue a busy portion of their schedule with a game today (Saturday) at Michigan State. The Hawkeyes are 8-5 in the Big Ten after a Wednesday night win over Rutgers and beat the Spartans 84-78 just 10 days ago. Iowa coach Fran McCaffery.

McCaffery says the things that were important against Rutgers will also be needed against the Spartans.

Junior guard Joe Wieskamp is coming off a 26 point, 10 rebound effort against Rutgers. The Muscatine native has made 21 of his last 38 shots from three point range.

Wieskamp says a key has been adjusting to the physical style of play in the Big Ten.

Michigan State is 4-7 in the Big Ten.

(Radio Iowa) – First place in the Missouri Valley race will be on the line beginning today (Saturday) in Des Moines, when Drake hosts Loyola to open a two game series. The Ramblers are ranked 22nd and enter with a 12-1 Valley mark. Drake is 10-1 after a Wednesday night win over UNI. Drake coach Darian DeVries feels his team regained its edge against the Panthers.

DeVries says Loyola is impressive on defense.

DeVries says both teams are in the hunt for an NCAA at-large bid and that helps the entire conference.

Loyola is 17-3 overall and enters with a 10-game winning streak.

District Wrestling is on tap across the state on Saturday as wrestlers try to earn their way to the Individual State Tournament next week. The Champion and Runner-Up at each weight class advances to the State Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines February 18th-20th.

Here’s a look at the area District sites and teams that have wrestlers involved. Jim Field will have updates on results throughout the afternoon on KJAN. Action begins at noon at each site.

CLASS 3A

@ CB Abraham Lincoln: Carroll, CB Abraham Lincoln, CB Thomas Jefferson, Denison-Schleswig, Indianola, Lewis Central, Norwalk, WDM Valley.

CLASS 2A

@ Bishop Heelan, Sioux City: Bishop Heelan, Boyden Hull-Rock Valley, Cenrtral Lyon- G-LR, Cherokee Washington, Harlan, Kuemper Catholic, MOC-Floyd Valley, Ridge View, Sergeant Bluff-Luton, Sheldon-S. O’Brien, Sioux Center, West Lyon.

@ Creston: Atlantic-CAM, Central Decatur, Chariton, Clarinda, Clarke, Creston, Glenwood, Panorama, Red Oak, Shenandoah, Southwest Iowa, Winterset.

CLASS 1A

@ AC/GC: AC/GC, Alta-Aurelia, Audubon, Coon Rapids-Bayard, East Sac County, Lawton-Bronson, Logan-Magnolia, MVAOCOU, Nodaway Valley, Ogden, South Central Calhoun, St. Edmond, West Monona, Westwood.

@ Underwood: AHSTW, Bedford-Lenox, East Mills, East Union, Missouri Valley, Mount Ayr, Riverside, Southwest Valley, St. Albert, Treynor, Tri-Center, Underwood, West Central Valley.

Class 2A and 3A Girls Regional basketball play begins on Saturday around the state. Here is a look at the area match-ups. We’ll have coverage on KJAN of that Atlantic Trojans opener in Class 3A Region 1 against Greene County. Pregame at 4:50 p.m. with tip-off set for 5:00 p.m.

CLASS 2A

Region 5
East Sac County @ IKM-Manning 7:00 p.m.
West Central Valley @ I-35 3:00 p.m.

Region 8
Missouri Valley @ Lawton-Bronson 7:00 p.m.
MVAOCOU @ Tri-Center 4:00 p.m.
Alta-Aurelia @ South O’Brien 5:00 p.m.

CLASS 3A

Region 1
Kuemper Catholic @ Cherokee Washington 4:00 p.m.
Greene County @ Atlantic 5:00 p.m. -ON KJAN
Red Oak @ Panorama 5:00 p.m.
Clarinda @ Shenandoah 5:30 p.m.

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Carroll 71, ADM 58

BOYS BASKETBALL
Atlantic 54, Clarinda 40 (Atlantic earns share of Hawkeye Ten title)
Carroll 66, ADM 53
Creston 65, Harlan 55
Lenox 75, East Union 47
Martensdale-St. Marys 66, Murray 40
Nodaway Valley 49, CAM 27
Pleasantville 50, Chariton 30
West Harrison 60, Coon Rapids-Bayard 46 (West Harrison Rolling Valley Conference Champions)
Woodward-Granger 76, Mormon Trail 56

District 12
SE Warren 74, Moulton-Udell 31

District 13
Diagonal 58, Orient-Macksburg 34

District 14
Griswold 68, Essex 27
Fremont-Mills vs Clarinda Academy (Postponed to Saturday)

District 15
Glidden-Ralston 52, Paton-Churdan 32

District 16
West Monona 80, Heartland Christian 55

The Atlantic boys basketball turned in a strong performance on Friday night for a big 54-40 conference road win over Clarinda. The Trojans raced out of the gate strong and led 18-9 by the end of the first and were up 28-19 at half. The Trojans held the Cardinals at bay by ten or more points most of the rest of the way and really pulled away in the final period to secure the win. The big win gave the Trojans a 9-1 conference record for a share of the Hawkeye Ten Conference Title, joining Glenwood at the top of the standings for the year.

Skyler Handlos finished with 13 points to lead a balanced scoring night for Atlantic. Ethan Williams had 11, Dayton Templeton finished with 10, and Grant Sturm had 8. The Trojans improved to 11-6 on the season, a heck of a strong finish after sitting at 3-5 after their January 12th loss to the Cardinals at home. The Trojans will finish up the regular season on Tuesday night with a home game against Denison-Schleswig and then enter the postseason with a home game against Creston on the 22nd.

Clarinda struggled shooting the ball and getting good looks against the Trojans. They really struggled against Atlantic’s 2-3 zone in the second half. Drew Brown was the only Cardinal in double-figures with 11. The Cardinals finish the regular season at 9-10. They will open up postseason play in Substate 8 First Round play on Monday night against Underwood.

Catch a full postgame interview with Atlantic Head Coach Jeff Ebling on our Saturday Morning Coaches Show at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow morning.

The pigtail games in the Class 1A District boys basketball brackets will be contested tonight. Here is a look at area match-ups that are set for a 7:00 p.m. start with home teams listed first.

District 12
SE Warren vs Moulton-Udell

District 13
Diagonal vs Orient-Macksburg

District 14
Griswold vs Essex
Fremont-Mills vs Clarinda Academy

District 15
Paton-Churdan vs Glidden-Ralston

District 16
West Monona vs Heartland Christian

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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Ochai Agbaji scored 19 points with five 3-pointers, Christian Braun had 18 points, five rebounds and six assists, and Kansas cruised past Iowa State 97-64 for its second straight victory since getting left off the Top-25 poll earlier this week. On Monday, Kansas dropped out of The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll for the first time in 12 years, ending a record streak of 231 consecutive weeks ranked. Later that night, Kansas forced No. 23 Oklahoma State into 19 turnovers to roll to a 78-66 victory. Kansas led for all of 25 seconds in this one. Jalen Wilson had a double-double for the third straight game, scoring 16 points with 11 rebounds for Kansas. Jalen Coleman-Lands scored 20 points for Iowa State.