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The Northern Iowa basketball team is in Orlando for today’s start of the Tire Pros Invitational. The Panthers open this afternoon against an Arizona State team that is 2-0 with wins over Portland State and Cal Poly. Tip-time is 3:30.
That’s UNI coach Ben Jacobson. Former Duke standout Bobby Hurley is the coach for Arizona State.
Jacobson calls the Panthers a work in progress on the offensive end.
UNI opened with a convincing win over Coe but Jacobson says he will find out a lot more about his team this weekend.
The winner plays the winner of the game between Oklahoma and Tulane on Friday night.
(Learfield Sports)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs linebacker Justin Houston could make his season debut this weekend against Tampa Bay. Coach Andy Reid said Wednesday that the four-time Pro Bowler is “heading in that direction,” but he also warned that there is no hurry to get Houston onto the field. Houston had surgery to repair the ACL in his left knee in February.
The Chiefs were without several players at practice Wednesday. Middle linebacker Derrick Johnson is dealing with spasms in his hamstring, cornerback Marcus Peters has a hip pointer, defensive tackle Jaye Howard has a hip flexor, defensive tackle Dontari Poe has swelling in his knee and wide receiver Jeremy Maclin still has a groin strain. Reid was not sure which will be available against the Buccaneers.
Kansas City Chiefs safety Eric Berry has been named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week the NFL announced this morning.
Berry had nine tackles (7 solo), two passes defensed, one tackle for loss and one interception returned for a touchdown in the Chiefs’ 20-17 win over the Carolina Panthers. Berry’s pick-six brought the Chiefs within three points in a game that they were down as many as 17.
The interception was Berry’s second of the season and the 12th of his career. It was his fourth career interception return for a touchdown.
(info from Chiefs.com)
AMES, Iowa – The senior duo of Jadda Buckley and Seanna Johnson guided Iowa State to a 76-68 victory over UNI Tuesday night at Hilton Coliseum. The win moves the Cyclones to 2-0 on the season, while the Panthers suffered their first loss to drop to 1-1 on the campaign.
Buckley led all scorers with 25 points, her fourth career game over 20 points, while Johnson posted 15 points and a career-best 18 rebounds. Bridget Carleton joined the duo in double figures with 14.
Scoring came at a premium for much of the game but the Cyclones went on a 9-2 run to close the third quarter that gave them a 54-47 lead. They would push the lead to as many as 10 and hang on down the stretch in the fourth quarter.
Iowa State returns to Hilton Coliseum on Sunday when the Cyclones host Drake. Tip between ISU and the Bulldogs will be at 6 p.m.
(from Cyclones.com)
Hunters play a large role in managing Iowa’s world class deer herd by working with landowners and neighbors to reduce doe numbers, providing tissue samples to monitor for chronic wasting disease and by reporting successful hunts to the harvest reporting system. Officials with the Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources say the reported harvest is an important piece of information used when wildlife experts discuss possible changes to seasons, antlerless quotas, or other potential regulation changes.
But each year, more and more hunters are skipping this step. Presently, one out of five successful hunters is not reporting their harvest. “Our officers are conducting spot checks and have been writing more failure to report tickets,” said Chris Ensminger, wildlife research supervisor for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. “Harvest numbers are an important piece of information used in our models for deer populations around the state. If harvest is higher than is what has been reported, the proposed management strategies won’t accurately reflect what is on the ground. It’s the local hunters who get short changed in the end.”
Reporting the harvest only takes a few minutes. Hunters must report their harvest to the DNR by midnight of the day after it is killed, or before taking it to a locker or taxidermist, or before processing it for consumption, or before transporting it out-of-state, whichever occurs first. The hunter whose name is on the transportation tag is responsible for making the report.
If no animal is harvested, no report is necessary.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Martez Harrison scored 22 points and UMKC held off Drake down the stretch to take a 68-62 win Tuesday night. UMKC knocked down 11 of 27 shots from beyond the arc to hold off the Bulldogs, who battled back from an 11-point halftime deficit. Drake got within four, 54-50, with 5:06 left in the game, but could not close the gap.
Harrison connected on 7 of 9 shots from the field and knocked down 3 of his 5 shots from distance. LaVell Boyd added 18 points by knocking down 3 of his 7 attempts from beyond the arc. UMKC bounced back from a season-opening loss to No. 22 Creighton Friday, 89-82.
Reed Timmer finished with 15 points to lead Drake (0-2) in its first trip to UMKC and the Bulldogs still lead the series, 5-2. The Bulldogs lost their season opener to South Dakota, 79-74.
The Atlantic High School Winter Sports squads are set to host a season Kickoff/Coaches vs. Cancer Event on Saturday, November 19th at the Atlantic High School Gymnasium. The event will begin at 6:00pm with an open practice for Boys Basketball followed by the Girls at 6:30pm. A 3-point contest will then be held at 7:00pm. After the 3-point contest all AHS Winter Athletes (Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Wrestling, Boys Swimming, Dance Team, and Cheerleaders will be introduced. Following the introductions a staff basketball game will be played.
There is no cost to attend the event but a free will donation will be accepted to benefit the Coaches vs. Cancer Event. There will also be Coaches vs. Cancer logos that will be for sale for $1 that will be hung up in the high school with donor names. The free will donation will be matched by Duke Aerial. Kim Durst, American Cancer Society Representative, will also speak at the event after the introductions to talk about the organization and leading a cancer donation activity.
If over $2,000 is raised at the event, Atlantic High School Principal Heather McKay and Assistant Principal/AD Matt Alexander will play a game of egg roulette. 100% of the funds raised will go to benefit Coaches vs. Cancer and the American Cancer Society.
Atlantic Senior Cross Country runner Phoenix Shadden signed a letter of intent on Tuesday at the Atlantic High School to continue his running career at Southwestern Community College in Creston. Phoenix just completed a very successful Senior campaign that saw him finish 10th in the Boys Class 3A State Meet. Shadden said the decision to attend Southwestern just felt right.
Southwestern CC second year Head Coach Nick Ekel said he first noticed Phoenix at the Kuemper Catholic meet this season and liked his toughness. He said Phoenix is the type of runner that he’s looking for.
Coach Ekel said Phoenix’s work ethic and mental toughness stood out and that’s what he is trying to build his program around.
Phoenix is the son of Jennifer Phippen and Brandon Shadden.
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