Drake coach Niko Medved hopes the home court remains an advantage tonight (Wednesday night), when Drake hosts the Loyola Ramblers in a battle of the co-leaders in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Bulldogs are unbeaten at home this season.

Both teams are 6-2 in the Valley and it is the second straight home game for the Bulldogs where first place is on the line. Tip-time from Drake Stadium is 7-p.m.

(Learfield Sports)

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Denison-Schleswig 64, Harlan 63
Glenwood 79, Clarinda 25
Shenandoah 59, Fremont Mills, Tabor 48
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 73, Red Oak 42

Western Iowa Conference

IKM-Manning 69, Riverside 38
Logan-Magnolia 62, Missouri Valley 35
Treynor 65, Audubon 37
Tri-Center 60, Griswold 20
Underwood 58, A-H-S-T-W 50

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 53, Ridge View 42
Boyer Valley 87, Glidden-Ralston 34
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 53, CAM 51

Pride of Iowa Conference

Mount Ayr 76, Bedford 52
Southwest Valley 51, Lenox 40

Corner Conference

Sidney 46, East Mills 35
Stanton 76, Essex 28

Other Scores

Carroll 77, Perry 54
Des Moines Christian 46, Earlham 38
East Sac County 75, Manson Northwest Webster 72
Madrid 60, Panorama 49
Van Meter 100, West Central Valley 38
Winterset 61, ADM, Adel 51
Woodward Academy 58, AC/GC 43

Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City vs. Sergeant Bluff-Luton, ppd.
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln vs. Sioux City, North, ppd.
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson vs. Sioux City, West, ppd.

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Denison-Schleswig 71, Harlan 60, 2OT
Glenwood 51, Clarinda 34
Red Oak 78, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 50
Shenandoah 53, Fremont Mills, Tabor 22

Western Iowa Conference

IKM-Manning 72, Riverside, Oakland 16
Logan-Magnolia 74, Missouri Valley 37
Treynor 65, Audubon 12
Underwood 56, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 42

Rolling Valley Conference

Coon Rapids-Bayard 54, Woodbine 41
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 66, CAM, Anita 45
Ridge View 68, Ar-We-Va, Westside 53

Pride of Iowa Conference

Mount Ayr 64, Bedford 39
Southwest Valley 45, Lenox 39

Corner Conference

Essex 42, Stanton 23

Other Scores

ADM, Adel 50, Winterset 48
Carroll 76, Perry 34
Des Moines Christian 40, Earlham 39

Melcher-Dallas 39, Twin Cedars, Bussey 22
Orient-Macksburg 32, Iowa Christian Academy 29

Lamoni 45, Moravia 24
Murray 56, Ankeny Christian Academy 13

Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City vs. Sergeant Bluff-Luton, ppd.
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln vs. Sioux City, North, ppd.
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson vs. Sioux City, West, ppd.

The “Field of Dreams” baseball diamond near Dyersville that was the set for a 1987 movie has been vandalized. A vehicle left tire ruts in both the infield and outfield. Dyersville Police say it appears the damage was caused by a single vehicle, making one pass through the field. It happened sometime Monday night.

Field of Dreams officials say they will work on repairing the damage before opening day, which is April 1st.

(Radio Iowa)

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Freshman Luka Garza scored 17 points with a career-high 16 rebounds, Tyler Cook added 17 points and Iowa walloped Wisconsin 85-67 on Tuesday night, snapping a two-game losing streak. Isaiah Moss scored 15 points for the Hawkeyes (11-11, 2-7 Big Ten), who won for just the second time in seven games and for the first time at home in league play.

The difference for Iowa was that it never trailed after falling behind by at least 17 points in each of its previous six games. Instead, the Hawkeyes got off to a scorching start — forcing nine straight Badgers misses to go up by 12 midway through the first half. Iowa, which jumped ahead by holding Wisconsin star Ethan Happ to just four points in the opening half, made it 50-32 on an Moss 3 early in the second half and never looked back.

Happ finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds and Khalil Iverson had 17 for the Badgers (10-11, 3-5), who played their worst game in weeks just four days after throttling Illinois 75-50 in Madison.

The Hawkeyes played one of their worst games in recent memory their last time out, an 87-64 loss to No. 3 Purdue in which they trailed 51-20 at halftime. So to jump out to a big lead and keep it was an extraordinarily encouraging sign for an Iowa team that had gone largely backward since Big Ten play resumed. Injuries also limited Iowa’s rotation to nine guys — a move that produced arguably the program’s best win on the year.

Iowa plays at Nebraska on Saturday.

Iowa native Shawn Johnson East says she’s disgusted with USA Gymnastics for failing to protect young girls. The 2008 Olympian, who won gold in the balance beam, posted a video to her YouTube channel as former team doctor Larry Nassar faces allegations of sexual abusing more than 100 girls over many years. Aly Raisman and Jordyn Wieber, two members of the 2012 U-S Olympic team, recently confronted Nassar at his sentencing hearing.

“To see the videos of Aly and Jordyn, these girls I grew up with and love so much, have to face this man – a man who has violated them in the worst way possible – is just disgusting,” Johnson East said. The YouTube video was posted Monday and Johnson East said she tried taping it several times, but struggled to talk about the issue. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=dAyg7C2-mjQ&app=desktop)

“I love these girls so much and the fact that a system that is supposed to protect children has failed them so bad is so wrong,” Johnson East said. According to Johnson East, USA Gymnastics – the sport’s national governing body – made winning medals more of a priority than protecting its athletes.

“I think as it pertains to USA Gymnastics, every single procedure, rule, guideline, and rule book you’ve ever made needs to be thrown out the window and redone,” Johnson East said. “Gymnastics is the best sport in the entire world, but if I had a daughter right now, I wouldn’t put her in it. That makes me really sad because I can’t even trust USA Gymnastics.”

USA Gymnastics announced Monday that its chairman, vice chairman, and treasurer have resigned.

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Freshman Mo Bamba scored a season-high 24 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Texas over Iowa State 73-57 Monday night.

The Longhorns led the entire way in a game they needed after a 35-point blowout loss over the weekend at West Virginia, the worst loss in coach Shaka Smart’s career. The win also kept the Longhorns (13-7, 4-4 Big 12) off the bottom of the Big 12 standings nearing the halfway point of the conference season. Texas finished last in the Big 12 last season.

Cameron Lard had 12 points and 12 rebounds to lead Iowa State (11-8, 2-6). The Cyclones’ growing pains continue. After knocking off then-No. 8 Texas Tech at home in their biggest win of the season, any confidence left from that win disappeared quickly under Roach’s early long-range shooting and the dominant presence of Bamba underneath.

Iowa State hosts Tennessee on Saturday.

Seymour 71, Orient-Macksburg 37

Twin Cedars, Bussey 48, Iowa Christian Academy 23

Ankeny Christian Academy 92, Moulton-Udell 34

Lamoni 56, Diagonal 47

Mormon Trail, Garden Grove 73, Moravia 61

Murray 65, Melcher-Dallas 52

Greene County vs. Winterset, ppd.

Red Oak vs. Ar-We-Va, Westside, ppd. to Feb 1.

Fremont Mills, Tabor vs. Bedford, ppd.

East Mills vs. Griswold, ppd.

Missouri Valley vs. Westwood, Sloan, ppd.

East Mills vs. Griswold, ppd.

Missouri Valley vs. Westwood, Sloan, ppd.

Bedford vs. Fremont Mills, Tabor, ppd.

Atlantic vs. Treynor, ppd.

Red Oak vs. Ar-We-Va, Westside, ppd.

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Others receiving votes: Dubuque, Senior 3.

Others receiving votes: South Tama County, Tama 8. Assumption, Davenport 7. West Delaware, Manchester 5. Le Mars 4. Waverly-Shell Rock 1.

Others receiving votes: Wapello 4. PCM, Monroe 2. Rock Valley 1. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 1.

Others receiving votes: Ankeny Christian Academy 11. New London 8. Bedford 8. Notre Dame, Burlington 3. Montezuma 3. Boyer Valley, Dunlap 3. Edgewood-Colesburg 3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 3. Wapsie Valley, Fairbank 2.

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 21, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Others receiving votes: Miami 83, Louisville 81, TCU 45, Kentucky 38, Kansas St 35, Seton Hall 25, Creighton 20, Florida St. 14, Houston 5, New Mexico St. 4, Providence 2, Boise St. 2.