Winners of three straight, the Iowa Hawkeye men head to the Pacific Northwest for Sunday night’s game at Oregon. The Hawkeyes are 5-4 in the Big Ten while the injury riddled Ducks have lost seven straight. They are 1-9 in conference play. Iowa coach Ben McCollum is confident his team will not take Oregon lightly.

McCollum says the Hawkeyes need to get ready for Oregon’s switching defenses.

Tavion Banks has stepped up in the last three weeks to become the second leading scorer the Hawkeyes were looking for. In his last five games, Banks is averaging just over 16-and-a-half points.

McCollum says there is nothing special they can do to prepare for travel to the Pacific time zone.

QUAD AT ATLANTIC

Atlantic – 65 vs St. Albert – 15

Atlantic – 63 vs Shenandoah – 15

Atlantic – 75 vs Southwest Iowa – 6

Shenandoah – 48 vs Southwest Iowa – 35

St. Albert – 48 vs Southwest Iowa – 35

Individual

Dayton Van Horn (3), Hunter Kinzie (3), Keaton Schroeder (3), Braxton Hass (3), Landon Hagen (3), Jayden Harter (3), Donovan Hedrington (3), Travin Thomas (3), Cooper Woolsey (3), Carter Hadley (2), Dreven Smith (2), Collin Harris, Kalvin Hayes

TRIANGULAR AT SOUTHWEST VALLEY

Nodaway Valley – 45 vs Southeast Warren/Melcher-Dallas – 33

Nodaway Valley – 47 vs Southwest Valley – 35

Southeast Warren/Meclher-Dallas – 52 vs Southwest Valley – 23

Individual

Nodaway Valley – Josh Nelson, Trevyn Colton (2), Jett Christensen (2), Ty Strode (2), Mathew Nelson (2), Silas Pieken (2), Caleb Christensen (2), Ahston Honnold (2)

Southwest Valley – Brody Crozier (2), Gavin Wetzel (2), Jax Herring, Ben Waddell, Carson Cooper, Griffin Wetzel, Erik West, Lucas James

BOYS

Hawkeye Ten Conference 

St. Albert – 77 vs Denison-Schleswig – 42 

Non-Conference 

CAM – 61 vs Stanton – 59

Tri-Center – 62 vs Clarinda – 57

Red Oak – 56 vs AHSTW – 53 

Woodbine – 68 vs Fremont-Mills – 34 

GIRLS

Hawkeye Ten Conference 

St. Albert – 67 vs Denison-Schleswig – 22

Non-Conference 

CAM – 58 vs Stanton – 28

AHSTW – 48 vs Red Oak – 25

Griswold – 54 vs Lenox – 46

Clarinda – 56 vs Tri-Center – 40

Newman Catholic – 54 vs Kuemper Catholic – 49

Woodbine – 64 vs Fremont-Mills – 40

Glenwood – 56 vs Underwood – 42 

A bad start was too much to overcome, Thursday night, as the eighth ranked Iowa women suffered their first Big Ten loss. USC raced out to a 28-13 lead at the end of one and beat the Hawkeyes 81-69.

That’s Iowa coach Jan Jensen. The Hawkeyes trimmed an 18-point deficit to three in third quarter but USC followed with an 11-0 run and it was never close after that as Iowa falls to 9-1 in the Big Ten heading into Sunday’s game at third ranked UCLA.

The eighth ranked Iowa State men raced out to a 30-4 lead at the outset and crushed Colorado 97-67, Thursday night, in Ames. The Cyclones shot better than 61 percent to move to 6-2 in the Big 12. For the Cyclones, slow starts are no longer an issue.

That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger. The Cyclones held the Buffaloes to eight-of-24 shooting in the opening half and won the battle on the glass 38-22 to improve to 19-2 overall.

The Cyclones return to action Sunday at Kansas State.

The Drake women never led in an 85-79 loss at Bradley, Thursday night. The Bulldogs drop their second straight game and fall to 5-5 in the Missouri Valley.

That’s Drake coach Allison Pohlman. The Bulldogs were outscored 20-12 in the opening quarter.

Iowa hung on to beat USC.

Gary Dolphin and Bobby Hansen on the Hawkeye Network. Bennett Stirtz hit a pair of free throws with just over four seconds remaining in a 73-72 victory. It was a game the Hawkeyes led by 17 midway through the second half. USC guard Kam Woods led the rally with 27 of his game high 33 points in the second half.

Stirtz had 20 points as did Tavion Banks. Alvaro Folgueiras gave the Hawkeyes a big lift off the bench with 14 points.

That’s Iowa coach Ben McCollum. The Hawkeyes opened the second half with a 20-4 run before the Trojans came roaring back.

The Hawkeyes are 5-4 in the Big Ten and 15-5 overall.

Audi Crooks scored 33 points as the Iowa women won at 21st ranked Texas Tech 84-70. Crooks surpassed two thousand career points as the Cyclones improved to 5-5 in the Big 12.

After suffering a five game losing streak the Cyclones have now won three straight.

A huge rally in the Knapp Center. Drake erased a 19-point deficit in the final 13 minutes and beat Evansville 82-78.

That’s Drake coach Eric Henderson, who says defense triggered the rally.

Jalen Quinn had 26 points. The Bulldogs claimed their third straight win as they improve to 6-5 in the Missouri Valley Conference.