The Atlantic Trojans opened up the season with a 71-50 road victory over the Carroll Tigers on Monday night. Alyssa Ginther came off the bench in the second quarter and led the team with 22 points, including 4 threes to lead all scorers in the game. McKenzie Waters had 16 and Baylee Newell had 9 to help the Trojans get the win.

Atlantic started slow but got the last bucket of the first quarter to take a 12-11 lead. A couple of threes by Ginther and another by freshman Haley Rasmussen helped the Trojans push the lead to 10 by halftime 32-22. The final two threes of Ginther’s night came in the third quarter as the Trojans blew the game open to a 52-36 lead.  Free throws helped to expand the lead as well as Atlantic ended up in the bonus both halves and finished 18-33 from the stripe.

Atlantic Head Coach Kelly Juhl said it was nice to see everyone get on track after starting the game slow.

Coach Juhl thought the defensive effort was pretty good for the Trojans and was impressed by the offensive production.

Alyssa Ginther talked about the team knowing that they need to play tough pressure defense to make up for the size difference that they will face most nights.

Atlantic will be back home on Tuesday night to face the 4A 11th-rated Denison-Schleswig Lady Monarchs. We’ll have coverage on KJAN with pregame at 7:15pm and Tip-off at 7:30pm. Watch the replay of the Carroll contest on our TV page!

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) — Bryce Washington scored 15 points and pulled down 10 rebounds and Louisiana-Lafayette defeated Iowa 80-71 in the opening game of the inaugural Cayman Islands Classic on Monday.

Frank Bartley IV led the Ragin’ Cajuns (3-1) with 17 points. JaKeenan Gant added 16 points and four blocks, and Justin Miller scored 14 points to go with seven rebounds. Louisiana was only 5 of 21 from 3-point range but shot 49 percent overall.

The Hawkeyes (3-1), who opened their season with three home games, were led by Isaiah Moss, who made all 10 of his free throws, with a career-high 24 points. Jordan Bohannon added four 3-pointers and 21 points. Iowa shot just 37 percent overall and 32 percent from the arc, where they had been shooting at a 44 percent clip, tops in the Big Ten.

The teams were tied at 10 when the Ragin’ Cajuns went on a 21-1 run capped by a Washington bucket with 2:22 left in the half, which ended with Louisiana ahead 37-17.

The lead reached 24 points early on after the break but Moss led an Iowa rally in the second half in which he scored 20 points. His 3-pointer with just under two minutes left got the Hawkeyes within nine, 70-61, and he added seven more points but Gant hit a pair of free throws with 49 seconds left and his dunk with a half-minute to go made it a 13-point game.

The eight-team tournament runs through Wednesday.

Iowa will now play South Dakota State on Tuesday and we’ll have it on KJAN. Pregame will start at 10:00am, with tip-off scheduled for 11:00am Central Time.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State coach Matt Campbell says running back David Montgomery will be ready to go when the Cyclones play at Kansas State on Saturday.

That’s good news for the Cyclones (7-4, 5-3 Big 12) because they’ll need all the healthy bodies they can muster against a Kansas State team that is coming off an upset of Oklahoma State and has won three of its last four games. The Wildcats (6-5, 4-4) have defeated Iowa State nine straight times and haven’t lost to the Cyclones at home since 2004.

Montgomery tweaked his left ankle in a 23-13 victory over Baylor last Saturday. He remained on the field for several minutes. X-rays found no damage and he walked without a limp on Monday

Game Score: Purdue 24, Iowa 15

$25– Ron Jensen of Anita- Purdue 24, Iowa 17- 2pts

$10– Amber Leed-Kelly of Omaha, NE- Purdue 24, Iowa 12- 3pts

$5– Ryan Leed of Anita- Purdue 20, Iowa 15- 4pts

$5– Charles Allen of Avoca- Purdue 21, Iowa 13- 5pts

$5– Perry Kelley of Harlan- Purdue 28, Iowa 21- 10pts

Next Game: Friday, November 24^th @ Nebraska 3:00pm

The high school girls basketball season gets into full swing this week and the preseason rankings have been released by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

2017 Preseason Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
Friday, November 17, 2017

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The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Others receiving votes: Michigan 49, Iowa St. 47, South Carolina 30, NC State 9, San Diego St. 8, Wake Forest 7, Texas A&M 1, Fresno St. 1.

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — De’Antae McMurray scored 23 points, including the winning jumper with 15 seconds left, Drexel turned the ball over on its final two possessions and Drake held on for a 90-88 win in double overtime in the third place game of the relocated Paradise Jam on Sunday.

Tramaine Isabell, who scored 32 for Drexel, was called for traveling after McMurray’s basket. McMurray then missed a pair of free throws with five seconds left, but he made up for it with a steal before the Dragons got off a final shot.

McMurray had a 3-point play in the middle of a 7-0 run that put the Bulldogs up 88-85 with 47 seconds left. But Sammy Mojica, who opened the second overtime with a 3, hit one at 41 seconds to tie the game.

Nick McGlynn had 16 points and 12 rebounds and Graham Wood had 13 points as six players scored in double figures for Drake (3-1).

Kurk Lee had 21 points for Drexel (2-3) and Austin Williams had 14 rebounds.

The tournament was moved from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands to the Vines Center in Lynchburg due to damage from Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

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The Northern Iowa Panthers will host Monmouth in the opening round of the FCS Playoffs. The Panthers are in for the 19th time after finishing 7-4 with a 41-3 win over Indiana State. UNI closed the regular season by winning five of its final six games. The players watched the selection show at coach Mark Farley’s house.

Farley says the Panthers were thrilled with the opportunity to play at home. He says travel can be difficult this time of year and that makes playing at home even more important.

It will be the first meeting between UNI and Monmouth while the playoff appearance for the Hawks is their first in school history. MU earned a 9-2 record on the season and a 4-1 record overall in the Big South.

(Learfield Sports)

Iowa State had a 24 point second half lead trimmed to four but the Cyclones held off Boise State 75-64 Sunday, to win the Puerto Rico Tipoff at Myrtle Beach. Donovan Jackson scored 26 points, including ISU’s final 13 points of the game.

After dropping their first two games the Cyclones have won three straight. Junior guard Nick Weiler-Babb was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

(Learfield Sports)