CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Oderah Chidom had 12 points with 11 rebounds and No. 15 Duke cruised to an 86-48 victory over Iowa State at the Cancun Challenge on Friday. Chidom was 6 of 7 from the floor with three assists. Rebecca Greenwell scored 15 points and Azura Stevens chipped in 14 for Duke (5-1). Bryanna Fernstrom scored 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting to lead Iowa State (2-2).

The Cyclones had an early 9-5 lead before the Blue Devils used an 8-4 surge to take a 13-9 first quarter lead, and stretched it to 39-24 at halftime. Duke outscored the Cyclones 29-9 in the fourth quarter, bouncing back after allowing Idaho 19 fourth-quarter points in a 74-68 win on Thursday.

Duke is 3-0 against the Cyclones, and 8-0 in games played in Cancun. The Blue Devils face Texas State on Saturday.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jonquel Jones scored 23 points, including the go-ahead bucket, and had a school record 26 rebounds to lift No. 24 George Washington past No. 25 Iowa for an 81-77 double-overtime win in the Lone Star Showcase on Friday.

Tied at 73 with 1:28 left in the second overtime period, Jones sank back-to-back baskets to build the margin George Washington (5-1) held the rest of the way. Jones’ rebound total broke a school record that had stood since 1976.

Iowa (5-1) trailed by as much as eight in the fourth quarter but forced overtime with a layup from Chase Coley to tie it at 64. The Hawkeyes quickly edged ahead before Jones forced the second OT with a layup that tied it at 69.

Brianna Cummings added 13 points, Hannah Schaible had 12, Caira Washington 11 and Lauren Chase 10.

Coley led Iowa with 22 points and 10 rebounds.

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Charles Cooke scored 22 points to lead Dayton past Iowa 82-77 in the first round of the AdvoCare Invitational on Thursday night. Cooke connected on two free throws to give Dayton a 78-77 lead with 50 seconds left. Scoochie Smith’s layup extended the lead to 80-77 with 11 seconds to go.

Cooke secured the win by hitting two more free throw with 4 seconds remaining. He played the final few minutes of the game with four fouls. Dayton (4-0) also got 16 points from both Kendall Pollard and Kyle Davis. Jarrod Uthoff had 18 points for Iowa (3-1)

Iowa used a 16-2 run to take a 75-71 lead with 3 minutes to play. Mike Gesell’s long-range jumper ended the surge. Davis ended a 7-0 run with a slam during the first minute of the second half that put Dayton ahead 52-39.

CEDAR PARK, Texas (AP) — Chase Coley scored a career-high 22 points and No. 25 Iowa beat Wright State 83-77 on Thursday at the Lone Star Showcase. Coley was 11 of 16 from the floor and Alexa Kastanek was 6 of 9 from 3-point range for all 18 of her points. The Hawkeyes shot 49 percent to the Raiders’ 34 percent.

Kim Demmings had 28 points but was only 1 of 9 from 3-point range. Emily Vogelpohl added 15 points while Antania Hayes had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Richelle van der Keijl 11 points and 11 rebounds. The Raiders (4-2) led by five in the second quarter before they were outscored 32-6, leaving the Hawkeyes ahead 51-30.

Wright State was within 80-77 with a minute left but Demmings missed a long 3-pointer and Whitney Jennings made three free throws. Iowa is 5-0 for the second straight season and ninth time in program history.

The Iowa Newspaper Association announced their All-State Football honorees on Wednesday.  6 honorary captains were named for each class along with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd team honorees in each class.

The honorary captains will be up for the Ed Thomas Mr. Football and they include:  4A- Shaun Beyer, Cedar Rapids Kennedy WR/DB.  3A- Noah Clayberg, Pella QB.  2A- Logan Backhaus, Spirit Lake QB.  1A- Carson Lensing, South Winnishiek DE/TE.  A- Colton Dinsdale, Gladbrook-Reinbeck MLB/RB/WR/KR.  8-Man- Ben Specht, MMC QB.

1st, 2nd, and 3rd Team honorees from the area in each class are listed below:

CLASS 8-MAN

First Team

RB: Christopher Brown, SR, Glidden-Ralston

DL: Noah Borkowski, SR, Glidden-Ralston

DL: Spencer Brown, SR, Lenox

LB: Drew Buckholdt, JR, Exira/EHK

P: Drew Ticknor, SR, CAM

Second Team

RB: Brandon Riley, JR, Coon Rapids-Bayard

RB: Josh Hopkins, SR, East Mills

OL: Nathan McNamara, SR, Glidden-Ralston

WR: Derek Schurke, JR, Ar-We-Va

LB: Alex Bechtold, SR, Stanton

DB: Carson Cline, SR, Lenox

DB: Brady Hansen, SR, Exira/EHK

P: Sam Philips, JR, Fremont-Mills

Third Team

RB: Mike Ward, SR, East Union

OL: Matt Glockel, JR, East Mills

OL: Isaac McAlister, JR, Coon Rapids-Bayard

LB: Sam Obert, JR, Coon Rapids-Bayard

DB: Parker Powers, JR, Fremont-Mills

CLASS A

First Team

WR/TE: Kyle Dolecheck, SR, Mount Ayr

LB: Riley Wohlers, SR, Logan-Magnolia

DB: Jacob Taylor, SR, Mount Ayr

Second Team

RB: Jake Mulford, SR, Audubon

OL: Jameson Muxfeldt, SR, Logan-Magnolia

DL: Logan Stark, SR, Mount Ayr

LB: Matthew Smith-Petersen, SR, Audubon

P: Nick Wurster, SR, Mount Ayr

Third Team

RB: Brennen Weiland, SR, Nodaway Valley

OL: Cole Jensen, SR, MVAO

OL: Lincoln Lutrick, SR, Mount Ayr

OL: Kole Thompson, SR, Bedford

DL: Jed McCreary, SR, Mount Ayr

LB: Danny Koch, JR, St. Albert

DB: Jarek Richardson, SR, Logan-Magnolia

P: Luke Waters, SO, St. Albert

CLASS 1A

First Team

WR: Tyler Conn, SR, Underwood

DL: Tameron McGurren-Leal, SR, AHSTW

LB: Justin Miller, SR, Missouri Valley

Second Team

QB: Nick Pedersen, SR, Underwood

K: Colin Opstvedt, SR, Underwood

DB: Nathan Herbst, SR, AHSTW

Third Team

OL: Seth Jimmerson, SR, Missouri Valley

OL: Jacob Thraen, SR, IKM-Manning

WR/TE: Nolan Chapman, SR, Treynor

DL: John Reber, SR, Treynor

CLASS 3A

First Team

RB: Chase Shiltz, JR, Creston/O-M

LB: Carter Von Essen, SR, Glenwood

K: Ethan Knudson, SR, Harlan

Second Team

RB: Matt Pauk, SR, Carroll

OL: Caleb Sanders, SO, Glenwood

OL: Reese Fitzpatrick, JR, Carroll

OL: Trevor Downing, SO, Creston/O-M

WR/TE: Mavrick Decker, JR, Glenwood

WR/TE: Dayton Ross, JR, Carroll

DL: Soren Jensen, JR, Carroll

DL: Cole Loeffelbein, JR, Glenwood

LB: Seth Maitlen, SR, Creston/O-M

Third Team

RB: Nick Tarney, JR, Harlan

OL: Max Langenfeld, SR, Harlan

CLASS 4A

First Team

DL: Mitchell Brinkman, SR, Lewis Central

Second Team

K: Caleb Shudak, SR, Lewis Central

Third Team

LB: Mac Southard, JR, Lewis Central

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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Wes Washpun scored 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Northern Iowa beat Division Three Dubuque 83-63 Wednesday night. Jeremy Morgan posted a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Panthers (3-1). Aarias Austin had 12 points and five rebounds and Bennett Koch added 11 points and five rebounds. The team averaged 55.6 percent shooting from the field, 70.6 percent from the line and had a 42-28 rebounding edge over the Spartans.

Northern Iowa went up 35-25 on an Austin 3-pointer with 3:03 left in the first half and the Panthers led 38-31 at the break. Washpun sank a 3-pointer to make it 60-51 with 8:24 to play and Wyatt Lohaus hit two more in the final three minutes to seal the win.

ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Reed Timmer had 21 points with five assists, and Drake pulled away in the second half to beat Pepperdine 69-53 in the third-place game of the Gulf Coast Showcase Wednesday night.

Timmer was 8 of 14 from the floor. Graham Woodward scored 13 points with three 3-pointers and six assists for Drake (3-3). Kale Abrahamson, who scored a career-high 41 points in the Bulldogs’ win against Western Kentucky to open the tournament, added 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting.

Stacy Davis scored 13 points and Jett Raines chipped in 10 to lead Pepperdine (2-4). The Bulldogs led 36-33 at halftime, and used an 11-4 surge to stretch their lead to 47-37 with 15 minutes left. Ore Arogundade made a pair of free throws, Jacob Enevold Jensen scored and Timmer added five points, and the Bulldogs led 61-45 with seven minutes left and cruised from there.

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