DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Reed Timmer had 19 points, Casey Schlatter added 13, and Drake shot nearly 70 percent from the field en route to a 97-52 win over Simpson (Iowa) in the season opener for both teams on Friday. Timmer, who earned Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman and All-Newcomer honors last season, finished 6 of 7 from the field and 6 of 6 on free throws.

Drake used an 18-0 run in the first half to take a 26-6 lead within the first 10 minutes. The Bulldogs led 50-18 at halftime. Dominik Olejniczak’s 12 rebounds led an impressive effort from the Drake bench which totaled 47 points and 32 rebounds.

Dillon Gretzky, nephew of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, scored a team-high 14 points for Simpson and pulled down five rebounds. He was the only Storm player to score in double figures.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Georges Niang scored 17 points, and No. 7 Iowa State held off Colorado 68-62 on Friday in coach Steve Prohm’s debut. Abdel Nader had 14 points and Naz Mitrou-Long scored 13 for the Cyclones (1-0), who held the Buffaloes to just 36.5 percent shooting. Niang, a preseason All-American, also had a pair of assists — including an alley-oop pass to Jameel McKay that put Iowa State ahead 64-57 with 1:13 to go. George King had 14 points for Colorado (0-1), which was picked seventh in the Pac-12’s preseason media poll.

(At the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls)

Class A

Gladbrook-Reinbeck 19, Denver 16 OT

Akron-Westfield 36, Mount Ayr 35

Class 4A

Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 31, Bettendorf 14

Dowling Catholic, WDM 24, West Des Moines 6

(At the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids)

Class 5A –

(3-1) Ankeny Centennial over Bettendorf 19-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-21

Class 4A –

(3-0) West Delaware over Harlan 25-16, 25-15, 25-19

Class 3A –

(3-0) Nevada over West Liberty 25-21 25-14 30-28

Class 2A –

(3-1) Western Christian def. Sumner-Fredericksburg, 25-16, 22-25, 25-18, 28-26

Class 1A –

(3-1) Janesville def Sidney, 20-25, 25-17, 29-27, 25-13

Norwalk 35, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 7

Pella 45, West Delaware, Manchester 26

Don Bosco, Gilbertville 30, Newell-Fonda 7

Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 35, Glidden-Ralston 21

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — No. 8 Iowa insists it isn’t worried about the Big Ten West title, a league championship or its current standing in the playoff chase. Starting 10-0 for the first time is all the Hawkeyes (9-0, 5-0 Big Ten, No. 5 CFP) care about these days.

Iowa can knock off the first of what it hopes will be many milestones on Saturday when it hosts Minnesota (4-5, 1-4). The Hawkeyes have never won 10 in a row to start a season — not even when they finished in the top 10 three years in a row earlier last decade.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Four years ago, Iowa State dashed Oklahoma State’s national title hopes on a chilly night in November. An equally poor performance on Saturday in Ames would probably doom the Cowboys again; even with Baylor and Oklahoma still left on their schedule.

No. 5 Oklahoma State (9-0, 6-0 Big 12) could have a clear path to a playoff spot — despite being ranked just eighth by the committee — after trouncing previously-unbeaten TCU 49-29 last week. But with so much competition for the top four slots, the Cowboys can’t afford to look past Iowa State.

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(At the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids)

Class 5A Semifinals

(3-0) Ankeny Centennial over Dubuque Hempstead 25-20, 25-19, 25-23

(3-2) Bettendorf over Cedar Falls 25-22, 25-19, 24-26, 21-25, 15-9

Class 4A Semifinals

(3-0) West Delaware over Lewis Central 25-17, 25-8, 25-22

(3-1) Harlan over Bishop Heelan 24-26, 25-19, 25-17, 25-22

Class 3A Semifinals

(3-0) West Liberty over Mount Vernon 24-22, 25-20, 25-13

(3-0) Nevada over Kuemper Catholic 25-20, 25-15, 26-24

Class 2A Semifinals

(3-1) Western Christian over West Branch, 25-20 25-15 19-25 25-23

(3-2) Sumner-Fredericksburg over Dike-New Hartford, 25-22 25-13 22-25 12-25 17-15

Class 1A Semifinals

(3-0) Sidney over Central Lyon, 26-24 25-20 25-21

(3-0) Janesville over Tripoli, 25-23 25-15 25-14

(Championship Games in all Classes take place Friday)

Thursday (11/12/2015)

8-MAN:
Don Bosco, Gilbertville 30, Newell-Fonda 7
Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 35, Glidden-Ralston 21

CLASS 3A:
Norwalk vs Sergeant Bluff-Luton at UNI-Dome @ 5:36 PM
Pella vs West Delaware, Manchester at UNI-Dome @ 8:21 PM