For the second time in as many games, the Atlantic Trojans dropped both games of their doubleheader. Tuesday night saw two low scoring affairs as the Clarinda Cardinals edged the Trojans with the girls falling 37-35 while the boys dropped their game by a score of 59-47. While both games were inherently different, the defenses gave the Trojans a chance to win in both. After a chaotic final minute, the girls had the ball with a chance to tie or win in the final seconds, while the boys where in the game well into the fourth quarter before Clarinda pulled away. Ultimately, the lack of consistent offensive production cost the Trojans as the girls fell to 6-7 while the boys dropped to 2-9.

GIRLS

The girls’ game was characterized by tough defense and missed opportunities. Defensively, the Trojans played quite well. They were the more aggressive than Clarinda and forced more turnovers. They allowed double-digit points in a quarter just once (10 points in the second quarter). However, the offense struggled to provide consistent support. Although the Clarinda defense deserves credit for making it difficult for the Trojans to work the paint, Atlantic had opportunities. They led just once in the game in the fourth quarter but could not hold it.

However, heading into the final minute the Trojans had a chance to win the game. Through pressure packed, tense moments, the Trojans had the final possession with a chance to tie or take the lead. However, Clarinda was incredibly smart in using their available fouls to take valuable seconds off the clock. When they had no more fouls to give and 9 seconds left, Atlantic had two inbounds to get a look at the basket, but ultimately never threatened. Makenna Schroeder led the Trojans with 10 points while Brynne Lamp and Katrina Williams each contributed eight.

BOYS

The boys did a lot of good things. They had a strong start to the game and a strong start to the second half. All throughout the night, they found ways to drive the lane and earn trips to the free throw line. Kale Jensen went 11-for-13 at the charity stripe while Gavin McLaren went a perfect 4-for-4 in the first half. However, after giving up the lead late in the first and surrendering back-to-back threes to start the second, they never led again. Although the constantly fought back throughout the course of the game, they could never get over the hump. To make matters worse, both Jensen and Gavin McLaren fouled out taking the team’s top two scores out of the game. Despite the lack of offense, the effort was there for the Trojans. Hudson McLaren had his best game of the season contributing 18 points while Jensen had a strong effort with 17.

Hawkeye Ten Conference 

Clarinda – 59 vs Atlantic – 47

Glenwood – 64 vs Harlan – 58

Kuemper Catholic – 79 vs Denison-Schleswig – 37

Shenandoah – 58 vs Red Oak – 50

Western Iowa Conference 

Tri-Center – 67 vs IKM-Manning – 53

Underwood – 63 vs Audubon – 49

Missouri Valley – 73 vs Riverside – 59

Treynor – 52 vs Logan-Magnolia – 28

Corner Conference 

Fremont-Mills – 69 vs Griswold – 32

Bedford – 69 vs Stanton – 25

East Mills – 66 vs Hamburg – 57

Sidney – 34 Essex – 33

Pride of Iowa Conference 

Southwest Valley – 66 vs East Union – 41

Mount Ayr – 67 – Nodaway Valley – 51

Rolling Valley Conference 

Ar-We-Va – 57 vs Exira-EHK – 33

Boyer Valley – 62 vs Paton-Churdan – 42

Woodbine – 55 vs Glidden-Ralston – 44

West Central Activities Conference 

Woodward-Granger – 61 vs ACGC – 37

Hawkeye Ten Conference 

Clarinda – 37 vs Atlantic – 35

Harlan – 55 vs Glenwood – 52

Kuemper Catholic – 68 vs Denison-Schleswig – 31

Shenandoah – 55 vs Red Oak – 22

Western Iowa Conference 

Riverside – 44 vs Missouri Valley – 23

IKM-Manning – 51 vs Tri-Center – 47

Treynor – 72 vs Logan-Magnolia – 40

Corner Conference 

Fremont-Mills – 66 vs Griswold – 30

Bedford – 52 Stanton – 25

East Mills – 63 vs Hamburg – 16

Sidney – 45 vs Essex – 17

Pride of Iowa Conference 

Nodaway Valley – 73 vs Mount Ayr – 71

Southwest Valley – 62 vs East Union – 17

Rolling Valley Conference 

Exira-EHK-Audubon – 68 vs Ar-We-Va – 14

Boyer Valley – 41 vs Paton-Churdan – 32

Woodbine – 41 vs Glidden-Ralston – 38

West Central Activities Conference 

ACGC – 57 vs Woodward-Granger – 44

Non-Conference 

CAM – 69 vs Diagonal – 42

Newell-Fonda – 51 vs St. Albert – 47

A bad start was too much to overcome for second ranked Iowa State. Kansas raced out to a 26-point first half lead and beat the Cyclones 84-63, Tuesday night, handing them their first loss after 16 wins to start the season.

That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger. The Cyclones made a bit of a run in the second half but could get no closer than 11 points.

Otzelberger says the Cyclones were not able to generate enough turnovers to ignite the offense.

The Cyclones are 3-1 in the Big 12 and will try to bounce back Saturday at Cincinnati.

Northern Iowa suffered its third straight loss, Tuesday night. Illinois-Chicago shot a sizzling 62 percent in the second half and rallied for a 69-61 win in the McLeod Center. UNI coach Ben Jacobson says there were too many mistakes on defense.

The Panthers fall to 4-3 in Missouri Valley play.

Trey Campbell led UNI with 21 points. Ben Schwieger added 17 and the Panthers were only three-of-24 from three point range.

Iowa coach Ben McCollum says the Hawkeyes have proven they can be competitive against ranked teams and the next step is finding ways to win close games. After dropping games to Minnesota and Illinois the Hawkeyes are on the road Wednesday night to take on fifth ranked Purdue.

Foul trouble has been a problem, especially on the road. McCollum says the Hawkeyes need to do a better job of guarding without fouling.

McCollum says the combination of star point guard Braden Smith and size oin the front line make the boilers tough to guard. Purdue is averaging better than 80 points per game.

McCollum says Purdue is an elite team on offense.

It will be a 5:30pm, Iowa time tip-off in Mackey Arena.

The 19th ranked Iowa State women look to snap a three game losing skid on Wednesday night with a visit to Colorado. ISU announced on Monday that junior forward Addy Brown will be sidelined indefinitely with an injury.

That’s ISU coach Bill Fennelly, who says Brown will still have a role with the team.

With Brown and junior guard Arianna Jackson both sidelined the Cyclones will need to get creative to get the ball to junior center Audi Crooks.

The Cyclones are 2-3 in the Big 12 and 14-3 overall.

QUAD AT WOODBINE

CAM – 30 vs AHSTW – 12

West Central Valley – 60 vs CAM – 6

Woodbine – 58 vs CAM – 12

West Central Valley – 48 vs AHSTW – 12

Woodbine – 54 vs AHSTW – 6

West Central Valley – 42 vs Woodbine – 36

Individual

CAM – Raiden Mills (3), Charlie Rouse (3), Oliver Becker (2), Parker Wilson, Landon Calhoun

AHSTW – Roman Scheffler (3), Drake Kiesel (2), Nikko Stearns

BOYS

Hawkeye Ten Conference 

Red Oak – 45 vs Creston – 40 

Western Iowa Conference 

Tri-Center – 63 vs AHSTW – 54 

Pride of Iowa Conference 

East Union – 64 vs Nodaway Valley – 48

Southwest Valley – 67 vs Lenox – 39 

Non-Conference 

MVAOCOU – 44 vs Boyer Valley – 35

Maryville – 56 vs Clarinda – 46 

St. Albert – 65 vs Woodbine – 40 

GIRLS

Hawkeye Ten Conference 

Creston – 58 vs Red Oak – 45

Western Iowa Conference 

AHSTW – 46 vs Tri-Center – 27

Pride of Iowa Conference 

Nodaway Valley – 75 vs East Union – 23

Southwest Valley – 54 vs Lenox – 36

Non-Conference 

MVAOCOU – 71 vs Boyer Valley – 44

Northern Iowa coach Ben Jacobson hopes the Panthers are closer to full strength Tuesday night when they host Illinois-Chicago. Forwards Will Hornseth and Tristan Smith both missed Saturday’s 75-69 loss at Bradley. The Panthers are 4-2 in Missouri Valley play.

Jacobson says Smith’s loss hurts the Panthers defensively and they may continue with a smaller lineup.

Illinois-Chicago is 2-4 in the Valley but is coming off an overtime win at Illinois State.

The Panthers beat the Flames 60-54 in Chicago back in mid-December.