The Dubuque Fighting Saints won their third game in a row, knocking off the Madison Capitols in overtime 4-3. Kaelan Taylor bookended the scoring for Dubuque, notching his first USHL goal in the second and scoring the game winner in overtime. Dubuque moved passed Youngstown in the standings with the win. The Fighting Saints have won four of five and have points in each of their last five games. Next for the Saints they host Cedar Rapids on Friday night.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) – AJ Green had 21 points as Northern Iowa beat Evansville 73-58 on Sunday.

Trae Berhow had 14 points and 11 rebounds for Northern Iowa (12-15, 7-7 Missouri Valley Conference), which ended its five-game road losing streak. Former Western Dubuque prep Spencer Haldeman added 14 points.

The Panthers improve to 2-0 against the Purple Aces this season. Northern Iowa takes on Missouri State on the road on Wednesday. Evansville plays Loyola of Chicago on the road on Wednesday.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Megan Gustafson scored 24 of her 31 points in the second half, and No. 14 Iowa beat No. 7 Maryland 86-73 on Sunday to move into a tie with the Terrapins atop the Big Ten.

Gustafson also had 17 rebounds for the Hawkeyes (21-5, 12-3), who have won 10 of 11. They are now just three victories from claiming at least a share of the league title after their first top-10 win of the season.

Iowa travels to Indiana on Thursday.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Joe Gibbs Racing was able to complete a sweep of the top three spots in the Daytona 500, one month after co-founder J.D. Gibbs died following a long battle with a degenerative neurological disease. Denny Hamlin moved out front after a final restart and had teammate Kyle Busch blocking in the final lap to win the race for the second time in four starts. Erik Jones finished third, while reigning NASCAR champion Joey Logano ended up fourth.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Kevin Durant was the MVP of last night’s NBA All-Star Game after scoring 31 points to lead Team LeBron to a 178-164 victory over Team Giannis (YAH’-nihs). LeBron James and Kawhi  Leonard each had 19 points for the winners, who trailed by 18 in the first half. Giannis Antetokounmpo  led all scorers with 38 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.

UNDATED (AP) – Major League pitchers generally will have 20 seconds to deliver to the plate when teams play exhibition games in Arizona and Florida beginning this week. The intention is to get players and umpires accustomed to the clock in the event MLB makes the rule change for the upcoming regular season. Owners have the right to implement one this year without consent, but Commissioner Rob Manfred has been reluctant to initiate on-field modifications without agreement from players and their union head, Tony Clark.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – J.B. Holmes earned his first PGA victory in three years by capturing the waterlogged Genesis Open at Riviera. Holmes rallied from a four-shot deficit with a final-round 70 that also earned him a trip to the Masters. He overtook Justin Thomas, who three-putted three times on the back nine and shot a 75.

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) – Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Chubb Classic for his seventh PGA Tour Champions title. He beat Bernhard Langer and Olin Browne with a 5-foot par putt on the first hole of a playoff. Jimenez closed with a 5-under 66 at The Classics at Lely Resort to match Langer and Browne at 13-under 200. Browne had a double bogey on the par-4 18th in regulation for a 66.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION ALL STAR GAME

Final Team LeBron West 178 Team Giannis East 164

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Pittsburgh 6 N-Y Rangers 5
Final St. Louis 4 Minnesota 0
Final New Jersey 4 Buffalo 1
Final Philadelphia 3 Detroit 1
Final Florida 6 Montreal 3
Final Anaheim 5 Washington 2

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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (9) Houston 85 Tulane 50
Final (11) Michigan St. 62 Ohio St. 44
Final St. John’s 71 (13) Villanova 65

Dubuque area wrestlers collected TWO state championships last night at the Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

The first came at 113 pounds as Cascade sophomore Aidan Noonan finished an undefeated season with a state title by defeating Beau Klingensmith of Woodbury Central 4-2. Noonan ends the season at 49-0.

Hempstead senior Joe Pins, the state consolation champion the past two seasons got to top of the medal stand this time. Pins claimed the championship at 132 with a 4-2 decision over Ben Monroe of Ankeny Centennial. Pins final record was 35-and-3.

Western Dubuque senior Devin Ludwig came up short of the state title losing by fall in the 3-A 182 championship losing to Linn-Mar’s Jacob Wempin to come in 2^nd.

Other medal winners from the consolation finals were:

• Western Dubuque’s Ryker Kurimski capturing 3^rd place at 160. In Class 2A Taven Rich of Maquoketa was also a consolation champ at 285.
• Dyersville Beckman had two wrestlers take home 4^th place medals in Class 1A, Grant Hoeger at 138 and Owen Grover at 195.
• Also in Class 1A: Cascade senior Nolan Noonan ended his career with a 5^th place finish at 132 pounds.
• Other medal winners were at 170 in Class 3A; Jake Hosch of Western Dubuque finishing 6^th and Kent Kragenbrink of Hempstead placing 7th. Tyler Murphy of Hempstead was 8^th at 145 and Elijah Demmer also was 8^th at 152.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL

IOWA

• Senior 76, Cedar Rapids Washington 55 (Rams finish 15-3 and secure an MVC title)

WISCONSIN

• Mineral Point 92, Riverdale 38
• Platteville 63, River Valley 51
• Cuba City 69, Iowa-Grant 49
• Darlington 47, Southwestern 31
• Fennimore 68, Boscobel 51

ILLINOIS

• East Dubuque 64, Eastland 44 (Warriors finish regular season 27-1)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Iowa Regional Tournament Scores

• Bellevue Marquette Catholic 52, Calamus-Wheatland 16 (Marquette advances to play Lynnville-Sully Monday at Iowa City West for a trip to state)
• Maquoketa Valley 46, Dyersville Beckman 38
• Cascade 46, South Winneshiek 20 (Cascade meets Maquoketa Valley Monday night at Senior High for a trip to state)

WISCONSIN

• Darlington 48, Riverdale 43
• Mineral Point 69, Fennimore 37
• Black Hawk 81, Albany 27

Most of the KDTH Area wrestlers who competed on day one at the state high school wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines will be back in action again today.

In Class 3A, Four Western Dubuque Bobcats punched their tickets to the quarterfinals with wins in the first round: Dawson Biermann (113), Ryker Kurimski (160), 170 Jake Hosch (170), and Devin Ludwig (182). WD’s Elijah Demmer (152) is still alive in the consolation bracket. For Hempstead, 132-pounder Joe Pins advanced to the quarters, while the other five Mustang qualifiers advanced on the consolation side of the bracket.

In Class 2A, Wahlert 160-pounder Connor Dehn lost two matches and was eliminated from the tourney. Maquoketa’s two qualifiers – Abraham Michel (182) and Taven Rich (285) – both won their first matches and will be in the quarterfinals this afternoon.

Today’s action will begin at 9:00 this morning with 3A and 1A quarterfinals followed by the second round consolation rounds in each class.

Postseason Boys Basketball

Class 2A District 5

Dyersville Beckman 51, Oelwein 44 – Blazers will meet North Linn at Independence in the District Final Tuesday

Class 2A District 6

Cascade 42, Northeast Goose Lake 33

Tipton 54, Monticello 49 – Cascade and Tipton will meet Tuesday in Maquoketa

Class 1A District 6

Easton Valley 70, Bellevue Marquette 43

Edgewood-Colesburg 68, Clayton Ridge 29

Regular Season Boys Basketball

Iowa City Liberty 45, #5 Senior 43

Wahlert 65, Cedar Rapids Xavier 50

Hempstead 66, Iowa City High 52

#4 Iowa City West 65, Western Dubuque 46

Wisconsin

Benton 62, River Ridge 51

Boscobel 82, Riverdale 37

Iowa-Grant 60, Highland 48

Potosi 58, Cassville 30

Shullsburg 57, Belmont 43

Illinois

Galena 63, Scales Mound 60

Girls Basketball

Wisconsin

Mineral Point 63, Cuba City 35

College Mens Volleyball

Mount Mercy 3, Clarke 0

NBA

Orlando 127, Charlotte 89

Knicks 106, Atlanta 91

New Orleans 131, Oklahoma City 122

NHL

Islanders 3, Columbus 0

Florida 3, Calgary 2 (SO)

Detroit 3, Ottawa 2

Tampa Bay 6, Dallas 0

Colorado 4, Winnipeg 1

Nashville 3, Montreal 1

Chicago 5, New Jersey 2

St. Louis 4, Arizona 0

Toronto 6, Vegas 3

Vancouver 4, LA Kings 3 (SO)

Washington 5, San Jose 1

Top 25 College Basketball

#3 Gonzaga 73, Loyola Marymount 60

#9 Houston 71, UConn 63

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano won yesterday’s Daytona 500 qualifying races in a pair of Ford sweeps. Harvick won the first of the 150-mile qualifying races that set the field for NASCAR’s showcase event. Logano used a last-lap pass for the lead in the second one. Peter Kligerman, Casey Mears, Tyler Reddick and Brendan Gaughan secured spots for Sunday’s season-opening race, while Joey Gase and Ryan Truex both missed qualifying for their first Daytona 500.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Two people with direct knowledge of the deals tell The Associated Press that the Minnesota Twins have worked out five-year deals with right fielder Max Kepler and shortstop Jorge Polanco, two of their best young position players. Kepler’s deal is worth $35 million and includes a $10 million club option, while Polanco’s package is valued at $25.75 million with the possibility of a guaranteed option for 2024 and a 2025 club option. Polanco hit .288 in 77 games last season, while Kepler batted .224 with 20 home runs, 30 doubles and 58 RBIs in 156 games.

NEW YORK (AP) – Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for verbally abusing and confronting a referee during last night’s 127-107 loss at Portland. Kerr screamed at referee Ken Mauer, smashed his clipboard, and was given two technical fouls with 3:54 remaining in the fourth quarter, leading to an automatic ejection. He became incensed once a foul called on Warriors forward Draymond Green was upgraded to a flagrant foul 1.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Jordan Spieth was part of a two-way tie for the lead when the first round of the PGA’s Genesis Open was suspended by darkness. Spieth was at 5 under through 12 holes when the round was stopped. He’s tied with Sung Kang, who has completed 14 holes. Tiger Woods never made it to the course after a steady rain held up play for several hours.

UNDATED (AP) – Missouri has filed a notice of appeal with the NCAA’s committee on infractions following sanctions levied against three of its programs for academic misconduct involving a former tutor. The NCAA banned the Tigers’ football, baseball and softball teams from the postseason for a year and placed the entire athletic department on probation late last month. The school immediately vowed to fight the punishments, and U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt even called upon the NCAA to take another look at the case.

NBA

Brooklyn 148, Cleveland 139 (3 OT)

Milwaukee 106, Indiana 97

Boston 118, Detroit 110

Philadelphia 126, Knicks 111

Toronto 129, Washington 120

Minnesota 121, Houston 111

Chicago 122, Memphis 110

Miami 112, Dallas 101

Denver 120, Sacramento 118

Clippers 134, Phoenix 107

Portland 129, Golden State 107

Top 25 College Basketball

#1 Tennessee 85, South Carolina 73

#13 Villanova 85, Providence 67

#15 Texas Tech 78, Oklahoma State 50

#17 Florida State 88, Wake Forest 66

#22 Virginia Tech 76, Georgia Tech 68

NHL

Pittsburgh 3, Edmonton 1

Anaheim 1, Vancouver 0

Postseason Girls Basketball

Class 5A Region 5

Waterloo West 49, Senior 30 – Senior’s season ends with a 9-12 record

Class 4A Region 5

Wahlert 48, West Delaware 32 – Wahlert visits Central DeWitt in Regional Semifinal Saturday

Western Dubuque 59, Iowa City Liberty 25 – Bobcats play at Cedar Rapids Xavier in Regional Semifinal Saturday

Class 2A Region 4

Cascade 64, Belle Plaine 33 – Cougars will host South Winneshiek in Regional Semifinal Friday

Beckman 42, Bellevue 37

Maquoketa Valley 57, East Buchanan 41 – Beckman hosts Maq Valley in Regional Semifinal action Friday

Class 1A Region 3

Elkader Central 56, Dunkerton 41 – Central will face Gladbrook-Reinbeck in Regional semifinal Friday

Class 1A Region 4

Bellevue Marquette 57, Clinton Prince of Peace 29 – Mohawks will host Calamus-Wheatland Friday

Wisconsin

Potosi/Cassville 52, Highland 31

Benton 42, Belmont 29

Postseason Boys Basketball

Class 2A

Dyersville Beckman 68, LaPorte City Union 38 – Blazers advance to face Oelwein tonight in district semifinal at Troy Mills

Class 1A

Central Elkader 51, Wyoming Midland 50 (OT)

Postseason Boys Basketball – Games Tonight

Class 1A, District 6

Elkader Central at Clinton Prince of Peace

Bellevue Marquette vs. Easton Valley at Clinton Prince of Peace

Maquoketa Valley vs. Central City at Edgewood-Colesburg

Clayton Ridge at Edgewood-Colesburg

Class 2A, District 5

Dyersville Beckman vs. Oelwein at Troy Mills

Class 2A, District 6

Cascade vs. Northeast Goose Lake at Monticello

Monticello vs. Tipton

Regular Season Boys Basketball

Iowa City West 73, Wahlert 59

Men’s College Basketball

UNI 77, Illinois State 64 – Trae Berhow had a season-high 20 points and former Western Dubuque prep Spencer Haldeman scored 16 for the Panthers. UNI’s next action comes Sunday when they visit Evansville.

Loras 87, Luther 84

Clarke 93, Graceland 91 (2 OT)

UW-Whitewater 58, UW-Platteville 49

Women’s College Basketball

Loras 67, Luther 60

Clarke 75, Graceland 72

UW-Whitewater 63, UW-Platteville 52

College Wrestling

Dubuque 43, Simpson 6

They will clear the mats just before 9:00 this morning at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines as the three-day Iowa High School State Wrestling Championships get underway.  Up first, Class 3A wrestlers including, six qualifiers from Hempstead and five from Western Dubuque, will have their first round and then first round consolation matches. Class 1A wrestlers including qualifiers from Cascade, Dyersville Beckman, and Bellevue take the mats at 1:30. The 2A matches get underway at 6:00. That includes qualifiers from Wahlert and Maquoketa. Wrestling continues through Saturday evening, when state champs will be crowned at each weight in all three classes.

The wrestlers from Western Dubuque got their time at Wells Fargo Arena started early, as they competed in the State Dual Tournament yesterday. The Bobcats were the 8-seed in the Class 3A field, but managed to beat that seeding and take home 7th place. WD sent out a junior varsity lineup for their first two duals, losing to Southeast Polk 72-6 and 51-14 against Waukee. But their varsity wrestlers took the mat for the 7th place matchup, where the Bobcats defeated West Des Moines Valley 46-28. Top seed Southeast Polk won the Class 3A championship, while West Delaware took the crown in Class 2A and Don Bosco came out on top in Class 1A.

DENVER (AP) – A person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press that the Denver Broncos have agreed to acquire Joe Flacco from the Baltimore Ravens for a fourth-round pick in this year’s draft. The 34-year-old Flacco spent his first 11 NFL seasons with Baltimore and started the Ravens’ first nine games last year, completing 61.2 percent of his passes for 2,465 yards, 12 touchdowns and six interceptions. The MVP of the 2013 Super Bowl became expendable in Baltimore with the emergence of rookie Lamar Jackson.

DENVER (AP) – Isaiah Thomas finally made his Denver Nuggets debut last night after the guard was deemed fit to play following hip surgery. Thomas hit two big 3-pointers down the stretch and finished with eight points off the bench to help Denver beat Sacramento, 120-118. The 30-year-old Thomas signed a one-year deal with the Nuggets last summer and hadn’t played in an NBA game since suiting up for the Los Angeles Lakers 11 months ago.

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) – Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola has avoided a salary arbitration hearing set for this week by accepting a four-year, $45 million contract. The 25-year-old right-hander set career bests last year when he was a first-time All-Star, going 17-6 with a 2.37 ERA. His new deal includes a $16 million team option for 2023 with a $4.25 million buyout.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Major leaguers are 6-3 in arbitration this year following yesterday’s victories by Cleveland pitcher Trevor Bauer, Houston hurler Gerrit Cole and Cincinnati left-hander Alex Wood. Bauer was awarded $13 million, Cole was given a $13.5 million package and Wood came away with a $9.65 million deal. Players are now ensured a winning arbitration record in consecutive years for the first time since 1989-90.

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Sidney Crosby’s team was better than Connor McDavid’s squad as Matt Murray stopped 38 shots in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 3-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers. Murray stoned McDavid on a penalty shot in the second period to keep the Penguins ahead. The outcome puts the Penguins in a virtual third-place tie with Columbus in the NHL’s Metropolitan Division, five points behind the first-place New York Islanders.

The Western Dubuque High School Wrestling team will be on the mat this morning at the State Team Duals at Wells Fargo Arena. The Bobcats who qualified by winning a Regional Dual title last week are the number 8 seed  and wrestle top seed Southeast Polk at 9 o’clock on mat 1.  The winner advances to the semi-finals at 1 o’clock facing the Fort Dodge-Waukee winner. The loser drops into the consolation round.

HIGH SCHOOL

BOYS BASKETBALL

• Platteville 79, Dodgeville 48

GIRLS BASKETBALL

• Cuba City 47, Richland Center 40
• Mineral Point 69, Iowa-Grant 47

Clarke University sophomore Makenna Haase has been named the NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball Player of the Week. Haase, also this week’s Heart of America Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, recorded three double-doubles last while averaging 18.7 points and 15 rebounds per game.  She shot 58.8 percent from the field during the week.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Cassius Winston scored 23 points to help No. 11 Michigan State beat 20th-ranked Wisconsin 67-59 on Tuesday night.

In doing so, the Michigan State (20-5, 11-3 Big Ten) star outdueled Wisconsin’s Ethan Happ, who scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds.

Wisconsin: Hosts Illinois on Monday.

ATLANTA (AP) – Even Superman couldn’t pull it off. Despite a triple-double while being jeered in Atlanta, the Los Angeles Lakers lost 117-113 against the Hawks. Fans yelled “Kobe’s better” at James. Atlanta tied a franchise record for 3-pointers in a quarter, going 10 of 17 in the opening period.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – The high-powered Tampa Bay Lightning just keep on rolling. NHL points leader Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three assists, Brayden Point added a goal and two assists, and the Lightning beat the Calgary Flames 6-3 Tuesday night. Kucherov has 88 points, including seven over his last two games after going a pair of games without getting on the scoresheet.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) – LaMarcus Aldridge scored 22 points, including San Antonio’s final seven, as the Spurs broke a four-game losing streak with a 108-107 squeaker over the Memphis Grizzlies. Memphis rookie Jaren Jackson Jr. had two free throws to tie the game with a second left. He missed the first, and in attempting to miss the second, banked it in, giving San Antonio the final possession to run out the clock.

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Antonio Brown wants out of Pittsburgh. A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press the perennial Pro Bowl wide receiver has asked the Steelers for a trade. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because any trade involving Brown cannot be completed until after the new league starts in March.

OAKLAND (AP) – The Raiders have had their first talks about returning for one final season in Oakland since the city filed suit over the team’s planned move to Las Vegas. Oakland Coliseum executive director Scott McKibben said that he met with Raiders president Marc Badain last week about a lease for 2019.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Atlanta 117 L.A. Lakers 113
Final Boston 112 Philadelphia 109
Final San Antonio 108 Memphis 107
Final Orlando 118 New Orleans 88
Final Golden State 115 Utah 108

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Columbus 3 Washington 0
Final Buffalo 3 N-Y Islanders 1
Final Dallas 3 Florida 0
Final Boston 6 Chicago 3
Final Tampa Bay 6 Calgary 3
Final Carolina 4 Ottawa 1
Final Philadelphia 5 Minnesota 4
Final Winnipeg 4 N-Y Rangers 3
Final St. Louis 8 New Jersey 3
Final Detroit 3 Nashville 2
Final Toronto 5 Colorado 2
Final Arizona 5 Vegas 2

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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (2) Duke 71 (16) Louisville 69
Final (19) LSU 73 (5) Kentucky 71
Final Penn St. 75 (6) Michigan 69
Final (10) Marquette 92 DePaul 73
Final (11) Michigan St. 67 (20) Wisconsin 59
Final (24) Maryland 70 (12) Purdue 56
Final (18) Kansas St. 71 Texas 64
Final (25) Buffalo 76 Akron 70

HIGH SCHOOL

BOYS BASKETBALL

Illinois

• East Dubuque 62, River Ridge 38 (Warriors now 25-1)

Wisconsin

• Cuba City 62, Fennimore 58
• Platteville 79, Dodgeville 48
• Cassville 53, Lancaster 47
• Mineral Point 73, Iowa Grant 50
• Darlington 60, Boscobel 35
• Highland 57, River Ridge 51
• Monticello 66, Benton 58

Iowa

• Calamus-Wheatland 62, Bellevue Marquette Catholic 31
• Maquoketa 77, Central DeWitt 62

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Wisconsin

• River Valley 49, Fennimore 42
• Darlington 68, Boscobel 55
• Riverdale 54, Wisconsin Heights 36
• Mineral Point 69, Iowa Grant 47

Fighting Saints Win at Madison

The Dubuque Fighting Saints scored three second period goals and got points from 10 different players as they defeated Madison 5-4 on the road last night. The Fighting Saints built a three goal lead after two periods of play and then hung on in the third. Next up Dubuque will host Green Bay on Friday night at Mystique Community Ice Center.

The Senior Rams have moved one spot to 5^th in the latest Iowa Associated Press boys basketball poll.  3 other Mississippi Valley Conference teams are ranked with Iowa City West 4^th, Cedar Falls 7^th, and Cedar Rapids Prairie 8^th.  In Class 3-A, Maquoketa is ranked 5^th.

In the weekly AP Wisconsin boys poll; Prairie du Chien is ranked 9^th this week in Division 3. In Division 4, Darlington is down one spot this week ranked 3^rd and Mineral Point is still ranked 9^th.

In the girls poll; Prairie du Chein remains ranked 4^th in Division 3. In Division 4, Mineral Point is still ranked 8^th. Black Hawk is still top ranked in Division 5 and River Ridge is 3^rd.

MESA, Ariz. (AP) – Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback and MLB first-round pick Kyler Murray says he will pursue a career in the NFL. Murray tweeted that he is firmly and fully committing his life and time to becoming an NFL quarterback, adding that football has been his love and passion his entire life. Murray was drafted ninth overall by the Oakland Athletics last June before throwing for 4,361 yards and 42 touchdowns for Oklahoma, leading the Sooners to the CFP semifinals.

CLEVELAND (AP) – The Cleveland Browns have signed running back Kareem Hunt, three months after he was cut by the Kansas City Chiefs. Hunt was placed on the NFL’s commissioner’s exempt list and dropped by the Chiefs after a video showed him pushing and kicking a woman the previous February. Hunt has sought treatment and counseling, but he could still be suspended by the league under its personal conduct policy for the incident and two others that surfaced after he was released by Kansas City.

NEW YORK (AP) – The NBA has determined that Golden State’s Kevin Durant should have been called for a discontinued dribble on the Warriors’ final possession of what became their 120-118 win over Miami on Sunday. Golden State made a pair of free throws on that possession to pull out the victory. The league opted not to fine Heat coach Erik Spoelstra (SPOHL’-strah) for his postgame comments about the officiating.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) – Phil Mickelson finished off a 7-under 65 to win the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and match the tournament record with his fifth victory. Mickelson had a three-shot lead over Paul Casey with two holes to play when it was too dark too finish Sunday night because of delays from rain and a hail storm. He hit a 7-iron to 8 feet on the par-3 17th and played it safe down the par-5 18th, making a 6-foot birdie for a three-shot victory over Casey.

UNDATED (AP) – Tennessee remains the top team in the latest Associated Press men’s basketball poll for the fourth consecutive week after extending its team-record winning streak to 18 games. The Vols received 40 of 64 first-place votes, while second-ranked Duke picked up 24. Third-ranked Gonzaga switches places with No. 4 Virginia following the Cavaliers’ 10-point home loss to Duke on Saturday. Fifth-ranked Kentucky is followed by Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Houston and Marquette.  Wisconsin is ranked 20th, Iowa is 21st, and Iowa State is rated 24th.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Detroit 121 Washington 112
Final Cleveland 107 N-Y Knicks 104
Final Indiana 99 Charlotte 90
Final Toronto 127 Brooklyn 125
Final Oklahoma City 120 Portland 111
Final Milwaukee 112 Chicago 99
Final Minnesota 130 L.A. Clippers 120
Final Houston 120 Dallas 104
Final Denver 103 Miami 87

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Washington 6 L.A. Kings 4
Final Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 1
Final San Jose 7 Vancouver 2

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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (4) Virginia 69 (8) North Carolina 61
Final OT (14) Kansas 82 TCU 77

Bohannon nets winner, lifts No. 20 Iowa past Northwestern

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Jordan Bohannon hit a 3-pointer from 23 feet with three-tenths of a second remaining as No. 20 Iowa rallied from a 13-point deficit and beat Northwestern 80-79 Sunday night. Bohannon scored his first points with 5:28 to go on a jumper and finished with 15 points with 3-for-4 shooting from 3-point range, including the winner for Iowa (19-5, 8-5, Big Ten).
Freshman Joe Wieskamp scored 21 points, including a 3-pointer that was part of the Hawkeyes’ comeback with less than six minutes remaining. Tyler Cook had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and Isaiah Moss scored 16 points on 6-for-12 shooting.

Iowa has won three straight and sit three games behind Michigan in the Big Ten Conference standings.

UP NEXT Iowa: At Rutgers on Saturday.

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Gustafson, No. 16 Iowa woman swamp Buckeyes 78-52

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Megan Gustafson had 19 of her 29 points in the second half when No. 16 Iowa pulled away for a 78-52 win over Ohio State on Sunday.

Kathleen Doyle added 16 points for the Hawkeyes (19-5, 10-3 Big Ten), who have won three straight and eight of the last nine.

Gustafson also had 16 rebounds for her 77th career double-double, tying the conference record with former Ohio State star Jantel Lavender. Last Monday, Gustafson received her record 20th conference player of the week award, one more than Lavender. Gustafson has scored 20 or more points in 12 of 13 conference games and 21 overall to lead the nation at 27.2 points a game.

Byron takes Daytona pole…Ducks drop Carlyle…Pacers add guard…Lefty leafs Pebble Beach

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – William Byron has won the pole for Sunday’s Daytona 500, giving Hendrick Motorsports the top starting spot for the fifth consecutive year. Byron and teammate Alex Bowman locked in the front row for “The Great American Race” during qualifying laps at Daytona International Speedway, while Casey Mears and Tyler Reddick secured two of the remaining spots in the Monster Energy Cup season opener. Jimmie Johnson won the rain-shortened exhibition Clash after triggering a wreck that wiped out nearly the entire field at Daytona.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – The Anaheim Mighty Ducks have fired head coach Randy Carlyle following the team’s seventh straight loss and 19th in its last 21. General manager Bob Murray will serve as interim coach for the rest of the season as the Ducks try to vacate the cellar in the NHL’s Western Conference. Carlyle is the winningest coach in Ducks history and led the franchise to the 2007 Stanley Cup and three appearances in the conference finals during his two stints with the team.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Free agent guard Wesley Matthews has officially signed with the Indiana Pacers to help fill the void left when All-Star guard Victor Oladipo suffered a season-ending knee injury late last month. Matthews averaged 12.8 points and 2.3 assists in 45 games for the Mavericks this season before going to the Knicks in a trade that sent Kristaps Porzingis to Dallas last week. He was dropped by the Knicks before clearing waivers on Saturday.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) – Phil Mickelson had a three-shot lead over Paul Casey with two holes remaining with the final round of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am was suspended yesterday. Mickelson was three strokes back before making his big run starting with a 9-iron to a foot behind the cup on the par-4 ninth. That was part of a five-hole stretch in which Mickelson made three birdies and Casey had two bogeys.

ARE, Sweden (AP) – Lindsey Vonn became the first female skier to win medals at six different world championships when she won the bronze medal in the downhill at the world championships in Sweden, the final race of her career. It’s also her fifth downhill medal at worlds, matching the record established by Annemarie Moser-Proell and Christel Cranz. It came five days after Vonn crashed in super-G.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Dallas 102 Portland 101
Final Philadelphia 143 L.A. Lakers 120
Final Sacramento 117 Phoenix 104
Final Orlando 124 Atlanta 108
Final Golden State 120 Miami 118

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final OT St. Louis 5 Nashville 4
Final New Jersey 3 Carolina 2
Final OT Boston 2 Colorado 1
Final Winnipeg 3 Buffalo 1
Final Chicago 5 Detroit 2
Final N-Y Islanders 2 Minnesota 1
Final Tampa Bay 5 Florida 2
Final N-Y Rangers 4 Toronto 1

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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (12) Houston 65 (25) Cincinnati 58
Final (20) Iowa 80 Northwestern 79

Men’s College Basketball

No. 22 Loras 74, Coe 71

Missouri Valley defeated Clarke 73-72

Women’s College Basketball

Loras 64, Coe 54

Clarke defeated Missouri Valley 59-49

Other Men’s College Basketball of local interest

(7) Michigan 61,  (19)  Wisconsin 52

Illinois 99, Rutgers 94 (OT)

TCU 92, Iowa St. 83

Drake 83, N. Iowa 77

Minot St. 87, Upper Iowa 84

Wis.-Platteville 57, Wis.-River Falls 54

Boy’s Basketball

Galena 70 River Ridge 62

Girl’s Basketball

Darlington 74, Fennimore 40

College Volleyball Men’s

Loras 3, Concordia of Chicago 0

Loras 3, Lakeland Muskies 1

College Baseball

At Cleveland, Georgia – Double Header

Truett-McConnell 4, Clarke 3

Truett-McConnell 4, Clarke 3

Hockey

Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 2 Dubuque Fighting Saints 1

Iowa Boys HS BB

Hempstead 68  Waterloo West 54

Senior 79   Waterloo East 54

Cascade Western Dubuque 56  Bellevue 23

Cedar Falls 74, Epworth Western Dubuque 57

Wisconsin Boys HS BB

Dodgeville 61 Richland Center 50

Southwestern 39 Fennimore 53

Cassville 49 Benton 57

Shullsburg 57 Potosi 53

Illinois Girls HS BB

Lanark (Eastland) 53 E. Dbq 40

Iowa Girls HS BB

Senior 53   Waterloo East 38

Linn-Mar 61   Wahlert 45

Waterloo West 49  Hempstead 38

Cedar Falls 53, Epworth, Western Dubuque 44

Wisconsin Girls HS BB

Lancaster 45  Prairie du Chien 50

Platteville 57 Dodgeville 45

Richland Center 52  River Valley 32

Darlington 58 Cuba City 53

Mineral Point 70 Boscobel 42

Riverdale 52 Fennimore 37

Southwestern 47  Iowa Grant 48

Belmont 52 Pecatonica 48

Benton 28 Potosi/Cassville 69

Shullsburg 34 River Ridge 50

College Wrestling

Wartburg-23   Loras-16

Dubuque-6   Coe-44

Mens College Volleyball

Clarke-0   Lourdes-3

Mens College Baseball

Clarke-2   Truett-McConnell College-3

Dubuque Fighting Saints 4-2 toppling  RoughRiders in CR Friday

Saturday Saints at home vs Rough Riders puck drop at 7:05pm

Saturday is a red letter date on the Iowa High School wrestling calendar with District Meets being held across the state with the top two finishers in each weight class advancing to the state meet next week in Des Moines.

Area Class 3A wrestlers will be at Western Dubuque High School in Epworth. Wrestlers from W-D, Hempsted, and Senior will be joined by Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Washington and Kennedy along with Linn-Mar and Marion.

Area Class 2A wrestlers who qualified from the sectional meet last Saturday will be wrestling at the district meet at Dewitt. Wahlert 160 pounder Conner Dehn is the Golden Eagles lone qualifiers…Maquoketa has three wrestlers who will be vying for state berths.

Area Class 1A wrestlers who qualified last Saturday will be Jesup. Dyersville Beckman will have 5 wrestlers, Cascade has four wrestlers competing and Bellevue has 3.
Wrestling at all district sites begins at noon.

In Wisconsin, area wrestlers will begin post season action at the regional level on Saturday attempting to qualify for the sectionals next week. The area Division 2 regional is at Prairie du Chien and Division 3 wrestlers will be competing at Lancaster. Wrestling at Prairie starts at 10 this morning while action gets started at 10:30 in Lancaster.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association has announced the pairings for the 3A and 4A boys basketball tournaments.

In Class 3A Substate 4: Wahlert will meet Mount Vernon on February 18^th at Marion with the winner to meet the Anamosa-Marion winner in the semi-finals on February 21^st. The winner meets the survivor from the top half of the bracket that includes top seed Maquoketa in the final on February 25^th at US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids.

In Class 4A Substate 5: Senior drew a 1^st round bye and will host a semi on February 22^nd against the winner of the Clinton and Cedar Rapids Washington first round game. The semi winner advances to the final on February 26^th at US Cellular Center facing the team out of the top of the bracket, the number one seed is Bettendorf.

In Class 4A Substate 5: Hempstead will host a first round game February 18 against Muscatine with the winner to play at Cedar Rapids Prairie February 22^nd. The winner meets the top of the bracket winner which includes top seed North Scott.

In Class 4A Substate 3: Western Dubuque will travel to Waterloo West February 18 with the winner meeting top seed in Cedar Falls in the semifinals with the winner advancing to the final on February 26^th at US Cellular Center to facing the other semi-final winner, Linn-Mar is the number 2 seed.

The Dubuque Fighting Saints will look to rebound from last weekend with two games against the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. After falling to CR and Fargo in their last two games, the Fighting Saints will have a chance to avenge one of those loses and move forward in the conference standings as well. Dubuque currently sits in 5th, but they are just two points back of third place Youngstown. Both games this weekend will see puck drop set for 7:05. Friday’s game will be at The Stable in Cedar Rapids and Saturday Dubuque will host at Mystique Community Ice Center.

On Monday the Saints will travel to Madison to battle the Capitols in a make-up game.

Bohannon’s late run helps No. 20 Iowa hold off Indiana 77-72

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) – Jordan Bohannon matched his season high with 25 points, including scoring the last 11 for No. 20 Iowa as the Hawkeyes held on for a 77-72 victory at Indiana on Thursday night.

Tyler Cook added 21 points as Iowa won its second straight. The Hawkeyes (18-5, 7-5 Big Ten) also ended a three-game losing streak in the series and won at Assembly Hall for the first time since 2015.

The Hoosiers were led by Romeo Langford with 22 points. Juwan Morgan scored 17 as the Hoosiers (13-10, 4-8) lost for the eighth time in nine games.

It sure wasn’t easy, though, as the Hawkeyes offense bogged down in the second half – even after Morgan went to the bench with his fourth foul with 16:42 to go.

The Hoosiers’ defense kept them close long enough to finally overcome the absence of Morgan and charge back from a 58-48 deficit with 11:16 remaining. The Hoosiers allowed just two baskets over the next 7 1/2 minutes and eventually closed to 64-61 with 3:47 left.

But after Langford missed a 3 to tie it, Cook answered with a 12-foot turnaround jumper and Bohannon knocked down two 3s and five of six free throws to seal it.

Indiana got within three twice – when Langford made a 3 with 19.8 seconds left and again when Rob Phinisee made a 3 with 6.8 seconds to go – but never got another chance to tie the score.

Iowa opened the game on a 9-2 run then took control with a 15-3 spurt that gave it a 26-18 lead. Then the Hawkeyes’ 3-point shooters warmed up and helped the Hawkeyes pull out to a 46-36 lead at the half.

Cook had 13 points, five rebounds and three assists for Iowa in the first half.

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Gustafson’s 41 leads No. 16 Iowa women past No. 23 Spartans

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Megan Gustafson poured in 41 points and grabbed 14 rebounds last night to lead No. 16 Iowa to an 86-71 win over No. 23 Michigan State.

Kathleen Doyle added 18 points with four 3-pointers, eight assists and seven rebounds for the Hawkeyes (18-5, 9-3 Big Ten Conference). .

Gustafson scored Iowa’s first eight points and had 11 in the first quarter to stake the Hawkeyes, who are 12-0 at home, to a 23-15 lead.

UNDATED (AP) – Marc Gasol was moved before yesterday’s trade deadline, but Anthony Davis remained in New Orleans. The Toronto Raptors picked up Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies for Jonas Valanciunas , CJ Miles, Delon Wright and a second-round draft pick in 2024. The Los Angeles Lakers couldn’t put together a strong enough package to the Pelicans’ liking for Davis, who will go back into the trade market after the season ends.

UNDATED (AP) – Team captains LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo  have selected their rosters for the Feb. 17 NBA All-Star game in Charlotte. James chose Kevin Durant with the first overall pick before taking Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard and James Harden for his starting lineup. Antetokounmpo will start Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid , Paul George and hometown favorite Kemba Walker.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Philadelphia Phillies have acquired All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto  from the Miami Marlins for catcher Jorge Alfaro, two pitching prospects and $250,000 in international signing bonus pool allocation. The 27-year-old Realmuto was a first-time All-Star last season before ending the year hitting .277 with career highs of 21 homers, 74 RBIs and an OPS of .825. The Phillies also give up their top pitching prospect in 20-year-old right-hander Sixto Sanchez, along with left-hander Will Stewart.

UNDATED (AP) – Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson has died at 83 after being in failing health and in hospice care at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. Robinson is the only player to earn the MVP award in both leagues and became the first black manager when he took over the Cleveland Indians in 1975. The menacing slugger ranked fourth in major league history with 586 home runs when he retired as a player in 1976.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) – Phil Mickelson hit every fairway while firing a 6-under 65 in the first round of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. According to the PGA Tour, it was the seventh time Mickelson has hit every fairway in a single round and the first time since Torrey Pines 21 years ago. The accurate performance leaves him one stroke behind co-leaders Scott Langley and Brian Gay, who closed out the front nine with five straight birdies for a 29 at the turn.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Indiana 116 L.A. Clippers 92
Final Orlando 122 Minnesota 112
Final Toronto 119 Atlanta 101
Final Oklahoma City 117 Memphis 95
Final L.A. Lakers 129 Boston 128
Final Portland 127 San Antonio 118

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final SO L.A. Kings 3 Philadelphia 2
Final OT Florida 3 Pittsburgh 2
Final SO N-Y Islanders 2 New Jersey 1
Final OT Washington 4 Colorado 3
Final OT Carolina 6 Buffalo 5
Final Ottawa 4 Anaheim 0
Final Montreal 5 Winnipeg 2
Final OT St. Louis 1 Tampa Bay 0
Final Vegas 4 Detroit 3
Final Edmonton 4 Minnesota 1
Final OT Nashville 3 Dallas 2
Final OT Chicago 4 Vancouver 3
Final Columbus 4 Arizona 2
Final San Jose 5 Calgary 2

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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (4) Gonzaga 92 San Francisco 62
Final (12) Houston 77 UCF 68
Final (20) Iowa 77 Indiana 72
Final (25) Cincinnati 69 Memphis 64

The Western Dubuque High School wrestling team has advanced to the Class 3-A State Duals this Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Last night before a packed gym in Epworth, the Bobcats defeated Iowa City High 40-21 after City High had advanced by winning their semi-final dual against Cedar Rapids Prairie.

At Waverly, the Hempstead Mustangs took down Linn-Mar 44-27, but then were defeated by host Waverly-Shellrock 77-6.

Western Dubuque and Waverly Shellrock will be joined in the 3A state duals by the other regional winners: Ankeny Centennial; Bettendorf; Fort Dodge; Southeast Polk; Valley, West Des Moines; Waukee;

In Class1A at Denver; Dyersville Beckman defeated Alburnett 45-36, then lost in the final to Denver 65-18.

HIGH SCHOOL

BOYS BASKETBALL

• Galena 50, West Carroll 40

GIRLS BASKETBALL

• #1 5A Iowa City, City High 67, Dubuque, Senior 37
• #1 4A Marion 68, Dyersville Beckman 42

Illinois 1-A Regional at Galena

• Eastland 48, Galena 31
• East Dubuque 52, River Ridge-Scales Mound 48

COLLEGE

MENS BASKETBALL

• Coe 74, Dubuque 64
• Central Methodist 59, Clarke 54
• #3 U-W Oshkosh 83, U-W Platteville 81

WOMENS BASKETBALL

• Coe 81, Dubuque 78
• Clarke 73, #24 Central Methodist 71
• U-W Oshkosh 65, U-W Platteville 43

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Ethan Happ had 15 points and 13 rebounds to help No. 19 Wisconsin avenge a loss to Minnesota with a 56-51 victory Wednesday night, the Badgers’ sixth straight win overall.

D’Mitrik Trice hit a 3-pointer with 1:44 remaining and 3 seconds left on the shot clock to give Wisconsin (17-6, 9-3 Big Ten) a 52-46 lead and seal a fourth consecutive victory at rival Minnesota. Gophers coach Richard Pitino fell to 2-9 in his career against the Badgers, who were held to a season-low 34.5 field goal percentage (19 for 55).

UP NEXT Wisconsin: Travels to face No. 7 Michigan, after winning the first matchup 64-54 on Jan. 19.

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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The UNI men’s basketball team took on the Braves of Bradley in the McLeod Center last night, the Panthers fell to the visiting Braves 79-71.

AJ Green led the way with 24 points in the Panthers loss. Former Senior High prep Luke McDonnell and former Western Dubuque prep Spencer Haldeman each contributed 7 points. The Panthers now 10-14 on the season travel to Drake on Saturday.

Yesterday marked the start of the final signing period for prospective college football players.  Hempstead High School senior lineman Jesse Hilby signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Northern Iowa. He will join teammate Reed Snitker, who committed to UNI last month.

Iowa added two more new signees to the 20 who were announced in December, Defensive back Jermari Harris and defensive lineman T.J. McCall. The Hawkeyes also announced grad transfer punter Michael Sleep-Dalton is joining the program.

Iowa State added a four star prospect to their recruiting class yesterday. Safety Isheem Young of Philadelphia, Pa. signed with the Cyclones.  Young is ranked as a top-400 player and the Number 30 safety nationally by 247Sports’ composite rankings.

Locally Clarke University announced 27 athletes who have signed letters of intent to enroll and play for the Pride this season, the first in school history. Head coach Miguel Regelado says this year’s newcomers hail from 12 different states, including four from Arizona, California, Iowa and Illinois.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Kevin Durant had 23 points, nine assists, eight rebounds and three steals, helping the Golden State Warriors to a 141-102 victory over the San Antonio Spurs. After the win, Durant expressed frustration with all the talk about where might play next season.

DALLAS (AP) – Luka Doncic scored 19 points in his third triple-double, Dorian Finney-Smith had 15 points and 10 rebounds and the new-look Dallas Mavericks made another move by trading Harrison Barnes while beating the Charlotte Hornets 99-93. Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 12 points in his Dallas debut after the blockbuster deal that brought Kristaps Porzingis from the New York Knicks. Dallas announced after the game it is sending Barnes to Sacramento.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – James Harden and the Houston Rockets are finding their rhythm at the right time. Harden made eight 3-pointers and scored 36 points, helping Houston beat the Sacramento Kings 127-101 on Wednesday night. The Rockets close out a four-game trip with their third consecutive victory.

NEW YORK (AP) – Major League Baseball and its players are discussing bold changes to spark the sport. They include a three-batter minimum before a pitching change except at the start of an inning, a single trade deadline set before the All-Star break and expanded rosters. The union is renewing its push to extend the designated hitter to the National League. And management is proposing expanding minimum time on the disabled list.

ARE, Sweden (AP) – Lindsey Vonn is sitting out downhill training again, two days after her crash in the super-G at the world championships. Vonn got the wind knocked out of her after hitting the safety nets and was left with bruises on her face and a puffy right eye. Vonn’s spokeswoman Claire Abbe tells The Associated Press, “She’s good, just resting. She’ll plan to run the course again for sure before Sunday.” The 34-year-old Vonn has announced she will retire after Sunday’s downhill.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Brooklyn 135 Denver 130
Final Milwaukee 148 Washington 129
Final New Orleans 125 Chicago 120
Final Dallas 99 Charlotte 93
Final Utah 116 Phoenix 88
Final Houston 127 Sacramento 101
Final Golden State 141 San Antonio 102

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Toronto 5 Ottawa 4
Final SO N-Y Rangers 4 Boston 3

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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (6) Nevada 98 Colorado St. 82
Final OT (14) Villanova 66 Creighton 59
Final (19) Wisconsin 56 Minnesota 51
Final OT (21) LSU 92 Mississippi St. 88
Final (24) Maryland 60 Nebraska 45

Weather permitting, the Western Dubuque and Hempstead High School wrestling teams will take the mat tonight in the Class 3-A Regional Duals.

Western Dubuque earned the right to be a host site by finishing as one of the top 8 ranked teams in 3-A. The 8th ranked Bobcats have a first round bye and will meet the winner of the semi-final dual between 10th ranked Cedar Rapids Prairie and 22nd ranked Iowa City High.

Hempstead ranked 15th travels to Waverly where the Mustangs will meet 21st ranked Linn-Mar with the winner to square off against 2nd ranked Waverly-Shellrock.

In Class 1A, Dyersville Beckman travels to Denver to meet Alburnett in one semi-final with the winner to face the Denver vs Highland Riverside winner.

The regional champs advance to the state duals next week at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Wrestling at all regional sites begins at 6 o’clock.

BOSTON (AP) – Hundreds of thousands of cheering New England Patriots fans packed the streets of Boston to watch the team roll through downtown following Sunday’s 13-3 Super Bowl win over the Los Angeles Rams. The city’s World War II-era amphibious “duck boats” carried players, coaches and their families through central Boston yesterday. Security was tight, leading to the arrest of a dozen people, according to authorities. Police say it was one of the largest crowds Boston has seen for a championship parade, although no official number was released.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Washington Wizards guard John Wall will need surgery after suffering a partial rupture of his left Achilles tendon in a fall at home. A team doctor says Wall was wearing a walking boot when he slipped and tumbled on Jan. 29. Surgery is expected to be performed next week, and Wall will need about 11 to 15 months to recover. Wall was already lost for this season following left knee surgery.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa and Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Tommy Pham have won their salary arbitration cases, giving players a 3-1 lead over teams in cases this winter. Correa was awarded a $5 million salary, rather than the $4.25 million offered by the Astros. Pham will get $4.1 million instead of the $3.5 million offered by the Rays.

TORONTO (AP) – Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews has signed a five-year extension worth over $11.6 million per season. The No. 1 pick in the 2016 NHL draft has 97 goals and 178 points in 182 regular-season games, including 23 goals and 46 points in 38 contests this season. The 21-year-old Matthews signed his deal after 22-year-old teammate and forward William Nylander accepted a six-year pact worth $10.2 million this season and $6.9 million the following years.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania appeals court is denying Jerry Sandusky’s request for a new trial but is ordering him to be resentenced for a 45-count child sexual abuse conviction. Superior Court said yesterday that Sandusky was improperly sentenced using mandatory minimums. The 75-year-old former Penn State assistant football coach was sentenced in 2012 to 30 to 60 years in state prison for sexual abuse of 10 boys.

HIGH SCHOOL

BOYS BASKETBALL

• Hempstead 69, Iowa City Liberty 46
• Cedar Rapids Jefferson 77, Wahlert 65
• Dyersville Beckman 61, #3 3-A Maquoketa 55

Wisconsin

• Cuba City 64, Dodgeville 51
• Fennimore 85, River Valley 61
• Potosi 55, Southwestern 38

Illinois

• East Dubuque 35, Pearl City 31

GIRLS BASKETBALL

• Wahlert 58, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 47
• #4 5-A Cedar Rapids Prairie 51, Western Dubuque 39
• #5 2A Cascade 45, #9 Bellevue 30 (Cascade head coach Mike Sconsa with win # 300-69)
• #8 1-A Bellevue Marquette Catholic 56, Calamus-Wheatland 43
• Maquoketa 68, West Delaware 53

Illinois (1^st round 1-A Regional Play at Galena)

• Galena 49, Warren 25 (Galena meets Lanark Eastland this evening followed byEast Dubuque vs River Ridge/Scales Mound.)

Wisconsin

• Lancaster 58, Benton 36
• Dodgeville 42, River Valley 33
• Fennimore 53, Boscobel 48
• Monticello 58, Belmont 34
• Shullsburg 64, Argyle 59
• Potosi/Cassville 73, Juda 36

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) – Iowa State got an offensive spark off the bench and saw its leading scorer come alive when he was needed, and that was just enough to earn another road victory.

Lindell Wigginton scored 17 points to help lead No. 17 Iowa State to a 75-74 victory over Oklahoma on Monday night. Marial Shayok added 16 points, 10 in the final eight minutes, including a crucial off-balance 3-pointer as the shot clock expired with 1:19 remaining, for Iowa State (18-5, 7-3 Big 12). Iowa State had five different players hit double digits in points.

UP NEXT Iowa State: The Cyclones return home to face TCU on Saturday, the first of two meetings against the Horned Frogs in a span of two weeks.

The Dubuque Senior boys basketball team has climbed two spots in this weeks Associated Press Iowa High School basketball rankings. The Rams who’ve won 11 straight games are ranked 6th this week in Class 4-A. Senior has a top 10 conference showdown scheduled for tonight as they travel to 5th ranked Cedar Falls.

In Class 3-A, Maquoketa climbed one spot and the Cardinals are ranked 3rd this week.

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The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Class 4A
Record Pts Prv
1. North Scott, Eldridge (9) 16-0 98 2
2. Bettendorf 16-1 81 3
3. Waukee (1) 16-1 76 1
4. Iowa City, West 12-3 64 4
5. Cedar Falls 13-2 50 6
6. Dubuque, Senior 12-2 49 8
7. Sioux City, East 15-1 41 7
8. Davenport, Central 13-3 30 5
9. Valley, West Des Moines 14-3 23 T9
10. Prairie, Cedar Rapids 12-3 18 T9
Others receiving votes: Des Moines, North 8. Ames 7. Linn-Mar, Marion 3. Indianola 2.
Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Clear Lake (7) 17-0 94 1
2. Norwalk (2) 13-3 85 2
3. Maquoketa (1) 15-1 76 4
4. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 15-3 75 3
5. Pella 13-4 50 5
6. West Delaware, Manchester 13-4 38 8
7. Fairfield 13-3 27 9
8. Glenwood 12-4 23 NR
9. Carroll 13-3 21 7
10. Denison-Schleswig 12-4 17 NR
Others receiving votes: Gilbert 14. Oskaloosa 14. Marion 5. Boone 3. Spencer 3. Xavier, Cedar Rapids 2. Center Point-Urbana 1. Le Mars 1. Storm Lake 1.
Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. North Linn, Troy Mills (8) 17-0 98 1
2. Boyden-Hull (2) 18-0 89 2
3. West Sioux, Hawarden 18-0 72 4
4. South Hamilton, Jewell 17-1 70 6
5. South Central Calhoun 18-1 42 7
6. Van Meter 16-1 39 3
7. Treynor 16-2 32 5
8. Camanche 16-2 30 8
9. Dike-New Hartford 15-1 26 9
10. Pella Christian 11-6 22 NR
Others receiving votes: Regina, Iowa City 13. Western Christian, Hull 9. West Branch 5. Sioux Center 2. Forest City 1.
Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Grand View Christian (8) 17-1 98 1
2. Montezuma (1) 17-0 73 2
3. New London 17-0 68 3
(tie) George-Little Rock 17-2 68 5
5. Ankeny Christian Academy (1) 18-0 64 4
6. Ar-We-Va, Westside 19-0 47 7
7. Stanton 19-0 44 6
8. Prince of Peace Prep, Clinton 15-1 39 8
9. Sioux Central, Sioux Rapids 17-2 18 9
10. Exira1Elk Horn-Kimballton 17-2 13 10
Others receiving votes: Easton Valley 6. Newman Catholic, Mason City 6. Bishop Garrigan, Algona 3. South O’Brien, Paullina 2. Notre Dame, Burlington 1.

UNDATED (AP) – The Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals have hired new head coaches. Brian Flores takes over the Dolphins after serving as the New England Patriots’ linebackers coach. Zac Taylor had been the Los Angeles Rams’ quarterbacks coach before accepting a head coaching offer with the Bengals.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – The New York Giants have released veteran linebacker Connor Barwin, who finished with just one sack and 12 tackles in 15 games last season. Barwin signed a two-year contract with the Giants last July after playing for Houston, Philadelphia and the Los Angeles Rams. Barwin’s release creates a $365,000 hit against New York’s 2019 salary cap.

DALLAS (AP) – Kristaps Porzingis won’t play for the Dallas Mavericks this season as he continues his recovery from a knee injury suffered last February. The Mavs acquired the 2018 All-Star in a blockbuster trade with the New York Knicks last week. The 7-foot-3 Latvian can become a restricted free agent after this season, but Dallas owner Mark Cuban says he envisions Porzingis forming a Euro star pairing with 19-year-old rookie Luka Doncic for years to come.

CLEVELAND (AP) – The Portland Trail Blazers have added front-court depth by getting Rodney Hood from Cleveland. The Cavaliers receive guards Nik Stauskas and Wade Baldwin, along with a second-round pick in 2021 and 2023. Hood is averaging 12.2 points in 45 games this season, his fifth in the NBA. He signed a one-year, $3.4 million qualifying offer last summer after helping Cleveland reach the 2018 NBA Finals.

UNDATED (AP) – Tennessee remains at No. 1 for the third straight week and the top four are unchanged in The Associated Press men’s basketball poll. The Volunteers received 48 of 64 first-place votes, second-ranked Duke claimed 12 and No. 3 Virginia four. Gonzaga and Kentucky round out the top five and are followed by Nevada, Michigan, North Carolina, Michigan State and Marquette. Iowa is back in the poll this week ranked 20th. Iowa State is ranked 17th and Wisconsin is 19th.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Atlanta 137 Washington 129
Final Detroit 129 Denver 103
Final Milwaukee 113 Brooklyn 94
Final Indiana 109 New Orleans 107
Final Houston 118 Phoenix 110
Final Sacramento 127 San Antonio 112

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final OT L.A. Kings 4 N-Y Rangers 3
Final Philadelphia 2 Vancouver 1
Final Toronto 6 Anaheim 1
Final Dallas 5 Arizona 4

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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (16) Louisville 72 (11) Virginia Tech 64
Final (17) Iowa St. 75 Oklahoma 74
Final (18) Texas Tech 81 West Virginia 50

ATLANTA (AP) – Sony Michel  scored on a two-yard run with seven minutes left to help the New England Patriots win their sixth Super Bowl title, 13-3 over the Los Angeles Rams. Tom Brady was 21 of 35 for 262 yards and no touchdowns in the lowest-scoring Super Bowl ever. The Rams managed just 260 net yards and didn’t score until Todd Zuerlein’s game-tying, 53-yard field goal late in the third quarter.

ATLANTA (AP) – Julian Edelman was the MVP of Super Bowl 53 after missing all of last season with a torn ACL. Edelman had 10 receptions for 141 yards, including a 13-yard grab on the tiebreaking drive. Sony Michel received MVP consideration after running for 94 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries. The entire Patriots defense was just as valuable, becoming the first Super Bowl team to force the opposition to end its first eight possessions with punts.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Rickie Fowler overcame a bizarre triple bogey with birdies on two of his last four holes to win the PGA’s Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale. He closed with a 3-over 74 for a 17 under total, two strokes ahead of Branden Grace. Fowler was up by five until he took a 7 on the par-4 11th. A chip shot skipped across the green and into the water before his second ball rolled into the water on its own. Grace took the lead with consecutive birdies, but hit his tee shot into the water on the drivable par-4 17th for a bogey.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida State says quarterback Deondre Francois is no longer a member of the team. FSU head coach Willie Taggart said in a statement that he recently notified Francois of his decision, which comes a day after the quarterback’s girlfriend posted a video to Instagram alleging abuse by Francois. The Tallahassee Democrat reports that the video shows neither Francois nor the girlfriend, but a woman can be heard begging a man to stop hitting her.

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bob Friend has died at 88. The three-time All-Star is the Pirates’ all-time lead with 3,480 1/3 innings pitched, 477 starts and 1,682 strikeouts. Friend was 197-230 with a 3.58 ERA in his career. Friend was 18-12 with a 3.00 ERA in 1960 to help the Bucs reach the World Series.

SUPER BOWL

Final New England 13 L.A. Rams 3

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Memphis 96 N-Y Knicks 84
Final Boston 134 Oklahoma City 129
Final Toronto 121 L.A. Clippers 103

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Boston 1 Washington 0
Final OT Montreal 4 Edmonton 3
Final Calgary 4 Carolina 3

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (14) Villanova 77 Georgetown 65
Final (17) Purdue 73 Minnesota 63

Boys High School Basketball Scores

Dyersville Beckman 59, Mount Vernon 55

Hempstead 50, Western Dubuque 47

Senior 68, Wahlert, 35

Maquoketa 60, Clear Creek-Amana 46

Monticello 54, Cascade, 46

Goose Lake 51, Bellevue 47

Cuba City 57, Boscobel 49

Mineral Point 83, Southwestern 62

Prairie du Chien 63, Platteville 47

East Dubuque 42, Galena 34

Girls High School Basketball Scores

Dyersville Beckman, 44, Mount Vernon 38

Bellevue 60, Goose Lake 39

Cascade, 36, Monticello 24

Senior 56, Wahlert, 42

Maquoketa 76, Clear Creek-Amana 56

Shullsburg 44, Benton 41

Dubuque Fighting Saints Hockey

The Dubuque Fighting Saints couldn’t solve the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders in a 2-0 shutout loss on Friday night. The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders held Dubuque to 11 shots over the final two periods. The Fighting Saints return home and return to action tonight against the Fargo Force.

National Sports Updates from the Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Brad Davison scored 21 points and Ethan Happ added 18 as No. 24 Wisconsin beat No. 21 Maryland 69-61. The Badgers lead the Big Ten in 3-point shooting and heated up from outside in the second half. Maryland has lost three of four.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Luka Garza scored 19 points, Joe Wieskamp added 16 and Iowa stunned fifth-ranked Michigan 74-59, handing the Wolverines just their second loss of the season. Ryan Kriener scored 15 points with 10 rebounds for the Hawkeyes, who snapped a two-game losing streak with by far their biggest win of the season.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – Deja Church and Akienreh Johnson both had career scoring highs of 19 points, Michigan dominated the boards and the Wolverines took a 90-81 victory over No. 13 Iowa. Church was 9-of-11 shooting and Johnson 6 of 9 with three 3-pointers for the Wolverines (13-9, 4-6 Big Ten), who lost to the Hawkeyes (16-5, 7-3) by 14 on Jan. 17.

ATLANTA (AP) – Neither the New England Patriots nor the Los Angeles Rams have a player on the injury report heading into tomorrow’s Super Bowl in Atlanta. Rams kicker Greg Zuerlein and defensive back Blake Countess returned to full participation in practice yesterday, and head coach Sean McVay says running back Todd Gurley is fully healthy. Linebacker Dont’a Hightower worked out with the Patriots after missing Thursday’s practice with an illness, and defensive tackle Malcom Brown was at full speed after being limited Thursday due to a calf injury.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers has announced his retirement after 17 NFL seasons, nine Pro Bowl appearances and six All-Pro selections. Peppers ranks fourth in league history with 159 1/2 sacks and is the only player with at least 150 sacks and 10 interceptions. He began his career with an eight-year run in Carolina and played his last two years with the Panthers after stops in Chicago and Green Bay.

NEW YORK (AP) – Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki are going to the All-Star Game one more time after being added to the player pool by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. Wade and Nowitzki will be drafted by team captains in a newly-added third round of the Feb. 7 draft for the Feb. 17 game in Charlotte.

HIGH SCHOOL

BOYS BASKETBALL

• Western Dubuque 54, Wahlert 48

GIRLS BASKETBALL

• Cedar Rapids Washington 71, Senior 37
• Cuba City 62, Boscobel 51

WRESTLING

• Hempstead 39, Linn-Mar 32
• Senior 72, Cedar Rapids Washington 8
• Clinton 47, Senior 33
• Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern 42 ,Riverdale 35

COLLEGE

REGIONAL WOMENS BASKETBALL

• Maryland 75, Wisconsin 57
• Ohio State 78, Illinois 70

After their mid-week game was postponed, the Fighting Saints will head to Cedar Rapids tonight to begin the weekend against the RoughRiders and then host the Fargo Force at home Saturday. This will be the first of five games against Cedar Rapids in the month of February for the Fighting Saints. Dubuque has only played CR twice this season and haven’t faced their Cowbell Cup rivals since October, 16th. The Fighting Saints will look to split the season series with Fargo after dropping the first game 4-2.

The Fighting Saints are currently tied for third place, but sit in fourth due to the Youngstown Phantoms holding the tie-breaker over Dubuque.

NEW YORK (AP) – The New York Knicks have shipped injured forward Kristaps Porzingis to the Dallas Mavericks in a deal involving seven players and two draft picks. The Mavs also receive guards Tim Hardaway Jr., Trey Burke and Courtney Lee, while the Knicks get Dennis Smith Jr., DeAndre Jordan, Wesley Matthews and two future first-round picks. The Knicks made the surprising move after saying Porzingis requested a trade earlier today.

NEW YORK (AP) – Oklahoma City guard Russell Westbrook is among the 14 players selected as reserves for the NBA All-Star game set for Feb. 17 in Charlotte. Joining Westbrook in the Western Conference player pool are San Antonio big man LaMarcus Aldridge, New Orleans forward-center Anthony Davis, Denver center Nikola Jokic , Portland guard Damian Lillard, Golden State guard Klay Thompson and Minnesota center Karl-Anthony Towns. The Eastern Conference reserve pool consists of Milwaukee forward Khris Middleton, Philadelphia swingman Ben Simmons and Orlando center Nikola Vucevic, along with Washington guard Bradley Beal, Detroit forward Blake Griffin, Toronto guard Kyle Lowry and injured Indiana guard Victor Oladipo.

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) – Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love took part in a full contact practice yesterday and could be days away from returning to the lineup. Love played just four games this season before undergoing surgery on his left foot in late October. Coach Larry Drew said Love “moved really well, shot the basketball well.”

DENVER (AP) – Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado will make $26 million this season after accepting the largest one-year salary for an arbitration-eligible player. Arenado broke the mark set by Josh Donaldson, who worked out a $23 million deal with the Blue Jays before last season. The six-time Gold Glove winner is a career .291 hitter with 186 home runs, 616 RBIs and an .886 OPS.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal judge has rejected arguments by two New Orleans Saints season ticket holders who filed suit against the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell for the league’s handling of a non-call by officials during the NFC championship game against the Los Angeles Rams. The non-call caused the Saints to settle for a tiebreaking field goal late in the fourth quarter, but the Rams tied it in the waning seconds of regulation before winning in overtime. The lawsuit argued that the league should invoke a rule allowing Goodell to order a redo of the game due to “extraordinarily unfair acts.”

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Orlando 107 Indiana 100
Final Detroit 93 Dallas 89
Final Milwaukee 105 Toronto 92
Final San Antonio 117 Brooklyn 114
Final OT L.A. Lakers 123 L.A. Clippers 120
Final Philadelphia 113 Golden State 104

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final N-Y Rangers 4 New Jersey 3
Final OT Philadelphia 3 Boston 2
Final Winnipeg 4 Columbus 3

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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (4) Gonzaga 93 BYU 63
Final (13) Houston 73 Temple 66
Final OT (17) Purdue 99 Penn St. 90

Iowa State rolls past West Virginia 93-68

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Lindell Wigginton scored a season-high 28 points off the bench and 20th-ranked Iowa State cruised past West Virginia 93-68 on Wednesday night, its fourth win in five games.

Marial Shayok scored 18 points for the surging Cyclones (16-5, 5-3 Big 12), who shot 26 of 40 inside the 3-point line and 29 of 32 from the free throw line.

After a somewhat sluggish start, Iowa State closed the first half on 18-6 run to jump ahead by 17. West Virginia hung around, even using its shelved press defense to confuse the Cyclones and pull to within 61-51 with just under 10 minutes left. Iowa State then hit seven straight shots, a stretch capped when Wigginton’s three-point play made it 74-56 with 6:12 to go.

UP NEXT Iowa State hosts Texas on Saturday.

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Loyola Holds Off UNI

CHICAGO (AP) – Cameron Krutwig hit his first 3-pointer of the season for a five-point lead with 48 seconds left and Loyola-Chicago held off Northern Iowa 61-60 on Wednesday night for its seventh straight home win.

Krutwig made a hook shot in the lane for a 57-55 lead and he blocked a shot under the basket at the other end. Inbounding it with 51.4 seconds on the clock and four on the shot clock, Krutwig was left wide open in the corner and he swished it. He had missed his previous two 3-pointers this season.

Former Dubuque Senior prep Luke McDonnell scored 16 points to lead UNI and  A.J.Green, averaging 14.9 points per game to lead MVC freshman, added 14 points for Northern Iowa (9-13, 4-5). Former Western Dubuque prep Spencer Haldeman added 9 points and 3 rebounds for UNI.

COLLEGE

MENS BASKETBALL

• The Dubuque Spartans defeated the 18^th ranked Loras Duhawks for the second time this season. The Spartans needed overtime for the 96-94 win at the Loras AWC. Senior Deonte Newsome led the Spartans with 28 points, the Duhawks were led by senior Ryan DiCanio with 33. Loras is now 16-5 and 8-4 while UD is 12-10 and 5-7.

WOMENS BASKETBALL

• The Loras Duhawks routed the Dubuque Spartans 104-48. Loras was led by Marissa Schroeder with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Miah Smith led UD with 17 points and 14 rebounds. Loras is now 17-4 on the season and 10-2 in the American Rivers. Dubuque fell to 3-18, 1-11 in the ARC.

ATLANTA (AP) – NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell defended the way the league handled a missed call late in the fourth quarter of the NFC championship game at New Orleans. Goodell says the play was addressed immediately after the game and added that it’s never a good outcome for the league whenever officiating is part of any kind of postgame discussion. He also said during his State of the League address in Atlanta that the NFL will keep focusing on opportunities to create a deeper pool of minority coaching candidates.

ATLANTA (AP) – Los Angeles Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman says he has received “one or two” death threats from frustrated New Orleans Saints fans on social media. Robey-Coleman was involved in the now-infamous play during which he was not penalized for his hit on Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis. No flag was thrown for pass interference for the helmet-to-helmet nature of the hit, for which Robey-Coleman was fined about $27,000 by the NFL.

UNDATED (AP) – Washington State and football coach Mike Leach have agreed on a one-year contract extension that runs through the 2023 season. The school said Wednesday that Leach will be paid $3.75 million in 2019, and $4 million per year the following four years. Leach guided Washington State to an 11-2 record last season, the most wins in program history. Meanwhile, the Oklahoma Board of Regents has approved a one-year contract extension for football coach Lincoln Riley through 2023.

UNDATED (AP) – Two people familiar with the negotiations say reliever Greg Holland and the Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a one-year, $3.25 million contract. The deal allows Holland to earn an additional $3.5 million in bonuses. The 33-year-old right-hander earned $14 million while going 2-2 with a 4.66 ERA for St. Louis and Washington last season. He has a 2.83 ERA in eight major league seasons.

DENVER (AP) – Mark Reynolds is back with the Colorado Rockies organization after accepting a minor league contract. The first baseman hit .248 with 13 homers and 40 RBIs in 86 games last season, opening the campaign with the Rockets before joining the Washington Nationals. Daniel Murphy is expected to be Colorado’s starting first baseman, with Ryan McMahon as the backup.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Dallas 114 N-Y Knicks 90
Final Boston 126 Charlotte 94
Final Chicago 105 Miami 89
Final OT Minnesota 99 Memphis 97
Final Denver 105 New Orleans 99
Final Washington 107 Indiana 89
Final Sacramento 135 Atlanta 113
Final Portland 132 Utah 105

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Pittsburgh 4 Tampa Bay 2
Final Dallas 1 Buffalo 0

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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (10) Marquette 76 Butler 58
Final (12) Virginia Tech 82 Miami 70
Final (14) Villanova 86 DePaul 74
Final (15) Louisville 82 Wake Forest 54
Final (19) LSU 72 Texas A&M 57
Final (20) Iowa St. 93 West Virginia 68

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Wisconsin star Ethan Happ had trouble getting going on the offensive end in the second half. Brad Davison was happy to help. The sophomore guard scored 10 of his 13 points after halftime to fuel No. 24 Wisconsin’s decisive surge in a 62-51 win over Nebraska on Tuesday night.

The Badgers (15-6, 7-3 Big Ten) won their fourth straight game, frittering away a big first-half lead before pulling away late.

UP NEXT Wisconsin: Hosts No. 21 Maryland on Friday.

NEW YORK (AP) – The NBA has slapped New Orleans Pelicans star Anthony Davis with a $50,000 fine because of his agent’s comments that Davis won’t sign an extension and wants to be traded. The NBA says the fine is for an intentional effort to undermine the contractual relationship between Davis and the Pelicans. Davis is under contract with New Orleans through the end of the 2019-20 season. Davis has averaged 29.3 points and 13.3 rebounds per game this season.

BOSTON (AP) – Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart each scored 21 points and the Boston Celtics beat Brooklyn 112-104 to snap the injury-riddled Nets’ six-game winning streak. Aron Baynes had 16 points, Marcus Morris 15, and Al Horford and Terry Rozier each had 14 for Boston, which tied a franchise record with 16 blocked shots and won for the sixth time in seven games.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Veteran reliever Shawn Kelley signed a one-year contract with the Texas Rangers that guarantees the right-hander $2.75 million and includes a club option for a second season. The Rangers made room on the roster for Kelley by designating outfielder John Andreoli for assignment. The 34-year-old reliever is going into his 11th major league season.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Bundle up, Gophers fans. The Barn will be open for business for Minnesota’s basketball game against Illinois. That’s despite extreme cold that has triggered scores of canceled events around the state. The university says the Gophers will play the Illini as scheduled on Wednesday. Overnight temperatures are forecast to fall as low as 30 degrees below zero with a wind chill of more than 40 below. With similar wintry weather gripping Chicago, DePaul kept its game against Villanova on track, too.

UNDATED (AP) – The NCAA football rules committee is going to consider changes to the overtime format. The goal is to make it less likely for games to go beyond two extra possessions amid concerns about player injuries. Among the more radical ideas is going to a 2-point-conversion shootout. The committee will also consider eliminating point-after-touchdown kicks in overtime, forcing teams to go for 2 from the very first possession.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Cleveland 116 Washington 113
Final Oklahoma City 126 Orlando 117
Final Milwaukee 115 Detroit 105
Final Brooklyn 122 Chicago 117
Final New Orleans 121 Houston 116
Final San Antonio 126 Phoenix 124
Final Philadelphia 121 L.A. Lakers 105

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final SO Winnipeg 4 Boston 3
Final Buffalo 5 Columbus 4
Final Philadelphia 1 N-Y Rangers 0

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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (1) Tennessee 92 South Carolina 70
Final OT (3) Virginia 66 (23) NC State 65
Final (5) Michigan 65 Ohio St. 49
Final (7) Kentucky 87 Vanderbilt 52
Final (8) Nevada 87 UNLV 70
Final (9) North Carolina 77 Georgia Tech 54
Final Texas 73 (11) Kansas 63
Final (18) Buffalo 83 Ball St. 59
Final (21) Maryland 70 Northwestern 52
Final Alabama 83 (22) Mississippi St. 79
Final (24) Wisconsin 62 Nebraska 51

The Senior Ram boys basketball team has climbed one spot in the latest Iowa High School basketball rankings from Associated Press. Senior is number  8 in Class 4-A.

Following their first loss of the season, Maquoketa slipped from the top spot in Class 3-A poll and are ranked 4^th this week.

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The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
Class 4A
Record Pts Prv
1. Waukee (5) 13-0 86 1
2. North Scott, Eldridge (4) 15-0 84 2
3. Bettendorf 13-1 65 4
4. Iowa City, West 11-2 58 5
5. Davenport, Central 12-2 44 6
6. Cedar Falls 11-2 40 7
(tie) Sioux City, East 13-1 40 3
8. Dubuque, Senior 10-2 39 9
9. Prairie, Cedar Rapids 11-3 10 NR
(tie) Valley, West Des Moines 13-3 10 8
Others receiving votes: Des Moines, North 6. Ames 6. Indianola 6. Johnston 1.
Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Clear Lake (4) 15-0 82 2
2. Norwalk (4) 12-3 78 4
3. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 12-3 62 8
4. Maquoketa (1) 14-1 59 1
5. Pella 11-3 48 3
6. Oskaloosa 9-4 46 5
7. Carroll 11-2 31 6
8. West Delaware, Manchester 11-4 29 10
9. Fairfield 12-3 20 NR
10. Gilbert 13-3 15 7
Others receiving votes: Marion 13. Glenwood 6. Denison-Schleswig 3. Xavier, Cedar Rapids 2. Spencer 1.
Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. North Linn, Troy Mills (7) 15-0 88 1
2. Boyden-Hull (2) 16-0 72 2
3. Van Meter 14-0 66 3
4. West Sioux, Hawarden 17-0 60 4
5. Treynor 14-1 58 5
6. South Hamilton, Jewell 15-1 46 6
7. South Central Calhoun 15-1 32 8
8. Camanche 14-2 25 T9
9. Dike-New Hartford 13-1 12 T9
10. Western Christian, Hull 10-4 11 7
Others receiving votes: Regina, Iowa City 9. OA-BCIG 6. West Branch 5. Sioux Center 3. Mount Ayr 1. Unity Christian, Orange City 1.
Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Grand View Christian (6) 16-1 87 1
2. Montezuma (3) 16-0 74 2
3. New London 15-0 69 4
4. Ankeny Christian Academy 14-0 52 5
5. George-Little Rock 15-2 50 3
6. Stanton 17-0 48 6
7. Ar-We-Va, Westside 17-0 46 7
8. Prince of Peace Prep, Clinton 14-1 31 8
9. Sioux Central, Sioux Rapids 15-2 10 9
10. Exira1Elk Horn-Kimballton 15-2 9 NR
Others receiving votes: Easton Valley 7. South O’Brien, Paullina 3. Notre Dame, Burlington 3. Bishop Garrigan, Algona 2. Newman Catholic, Mason City 2. Lynnville-Sully 2.

Following  their victory over top ranked Nebraska Wesleyan on Saturday, the Loras College men’s basketball team has moved up to number 17 in the latest D3hoops.com Top 25 poll. Loras snapped the defending national champions 31 game winning streak with the win.

Augustana is the new number one team in the poll, a team Loras also defeated earlier this season.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — For the ninth time this season, University of Iowa women’s basketball senior Megan Gustafson was named the Big Ten Player of the Week.

Gustafson has now been named the Big Ten Player of the Week 19 times, tying the conference record for weekly awards. Gustafson also tied her own single-season record of nine set in 2017-18.

Gustafson averaged 28.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, and shot 64 percent from the field and 85 percent from the free throw line in a pair of Iowa wins last week.

UNDATED (AP) – The agent for New Orleans Pelicans center Anthony Davis says the five-time All-Star has told the team that he wants to be traded to a championship-contending team and will not sign an extension. The Pelicans have issued a statement yesterday saying they will make a deal on their terms and their deadline, adding that they will only accept a trade that makes the most sense for the team. Davis is having the best season of his career, averaging 29.3 points and 13.3 rebounds.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Kansas City Royals and versatile second baseman Whit Merrifield have agreed to a four-year, $16.25 million contract, pending a physical. Merrifield led the American League with 193 hits and 45 stolen bases last season while batting .304 with 12 home runs and 60 RBIs. He’s a lifetime .293 hitter in 384 games since breaking into the majors with the Royals in 2016.

UNDATED (AP) – Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie has undergone surgery to repair torn ligaments in his right thumb. Head coach Kenny Atkinson declined to provide a timeline for Dinwiddie’s return. The 6-foot-6 guard is averaging 17.2 points, mostly coming off the bench. And Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo (oh-lah-DEE’-poh) has undergone season-ending surgery for a ruptured tendon in his right knee suffered last week against Toronto.

NEW YORK (AP) – Tennessee is spending a second straight week atop the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll after claiming 48 of 64 first-place votes. The top six remained unchanged, with second-ranked Duke followed by Virginia, Gonzaga, Michigan and Michigan State. The Spartans kept the sixth spot despite Sunday’s loss at Purdue. Kentucky, Nevada, North Carolina and Marquette round out the top 10.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired defenseman Jake Muzzin  from Los Angeles. The Kings receive forward Carl Grundstrom and the rights to unsigned defenseman Sean Durzi in the deal along with a 2019 first-rounder. The 29-year-old Muzzin has four goals and 17 assists in 50 games this season.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Golden State 132 Indiana 100
Final Charlotte 101 N-Y Knicks 92
Final Boston 112 Brooklyn 104
Final Denver 95 Memphis 92
Final Atlanta 123 L.A. Clippers 118

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final New Jersey 6 Pittsburgh 3
Final Philadelphia 3 Winnipeg 1

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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (2) Duke 83 Notre Dame 61
Final (16) Texas Tech 84 TCU 65

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Jordan Murphy and Amir Coffey each scored 23 points to help Minnesota hang on and beat No. 19 Iowa 92-87 on Sunday.

For the Hawkeyes, Luka Garza matched his career high with 25 points and Isaiah Moss pitched in 23 points on 6-for-10 shooting from 3-point range, but Iowa didn’t bounce back with much energy from their 15-point loss at home to sixth-ranked Michigan State three nights earlier.

The Gophers, who stormed back strong from a two-point loss at fifth-ranked Michigan that capped a rough three-game stretch, posted their highest score in regulation of a Big Ten game since they had 95 points against Iowa on Feb. 25, 2014.

UP NEXT Iowa: Returns home to face Michigan on Friday.

ATLANTA (AP) – The Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots have arrived in Atlanta to continue preparations for Super Bowl 53. The Rams are in the NFL title game for the first time since falling to the Patriots in 2002. Los Angeles also made Super Bowl appearances following the 1979 and 2000 seasons. The Patriots are in the Super Bowl for the third consecutive year, fourth time in the past five years and for the ninth time overall in the Bill Belichick-Tom Brady era.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – The AFC has won the Pro Bowl for the third straight year, beating the NFC, 26-7 amid a steady rain in Orlando. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes  was the game MVP after completing 7 of 14 passes for 156 yards, including an 18-yard touchdown toss to Colts receiver Eric Ebron . Jets safety Jamal Adams was the defensive MVP after recording an interception and a sack.

SAN DIEGO (AP) – Justin Rose closed with a 3-under 69 for a two-stroke victory over Adam Scott in the PGA’s Farmers Insurance Open. Rose bogeyed three of his first five holes in the final round to see a three-stroke lead cut to one before recovering. Rose finished 21 under and became the first player since Peter Jacobsen in 1995 to post all four rounds in the 60s at the event.

DETROIT (AP) – Nathan Chen has wrapped up his third consecutive U.S. Figure Skating Championship with a sensational free skate. Chen finished with a score of 342.22, defeating runner-up Vincent Zhou by over 58 points. Jason Brown was third. Chen’s free skate alone earned 228.80 points, which was higher than the total score for 14 of the 20 skaters.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Longtime San Francisco Giants owner Peter Magowan has died at 76 after a battle with cancer, according to the team. Magowan helped form the ownership group that bought the franchise for $100 million from Bob Lurie in December 1992 to keep the team from moving to Tampa Bay. One of his first moves was signing Barry Bonds to a six-year, $43.5 million free agent deal even before he formally completed the purchase of the ballclub.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Cleveland 104 Chicago 101
Final L.A. Clippers 122 Sacramento 108
Final Oklahoma City 118 Milwaukee 112
Final Utah 125 Minnesota 111
Final San Antonio 132 Washington 119
Final Houston 103 Orlando 98
Final Toronto 123 Dallas 120
Final Miami 106 N-Y Knicks 97
Final L.A. Lakers 116 Phoenix 102

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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final Purdue 73 (6) Michigan St. 63
Final (17) Houston 77 Tulsa 65
Final (18) Villanova 80 Seton Hall 52
Final Minnesota 92 (19) Iowa 87

NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION

Final    San  Antonio      126    New  Orleans      114
Final    Memphis              106    Indiana              103
Final    Golden  State    115    Boston                111
Final    Denver                126    Philadelphia    110
Final    Portland            120    Atlanta              111

NATIONAL  HOCKEY  LEAGUE

Final    Central              10    Pacific        4
Final    Metropolitan      7    Atlantic      4
Final    Metropolitan    10    Central        5

Men’s Big 10 College Basketball:

NEW YORK (AP) – Ayo Dosunmu scored 20 points, Tevian Jones had 18 and Illinois beat No. 13 Maryland 78-67 at Madison Square Garden.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Ethan Happ registered his second triple-double of the season as Wisconsin beat Northwestern 62-46 on Saturday.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – Geo Baker scored 20 points and Rutgers beat Penn State 64-60.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Luther Muhammad scored 18 of his career-high 24 points in the second half and Ohio State ended its longest losing streak in 21 years with a 70-60 win over struggling Nebraska.

Other Men’s Basketball:

Iowa State 87 Ole Miss 73

N.Iowa 81, Evansville 74

Area Men’s Basketball

Wis.-Platteville 83, Wis.-Stout 73

Loras 84- Nebraska Wesleyan 76

Simpson 75, Univ Dubuque 62College Storm.

Clarke 95   Evangel 78

Boys Basketball

Galena 66 Potosi 63

Other Sports:

Men’s College Volleyball

No. 6 St. Ambrose defeated Clarke 3-1

Wisconsin Boys HS BB

Riverdale 35 Cuba City 93

Shullsburg  44 Southwestern 55

Richland Center 72 Highland 52

Cassville 45 Fennimore 66

Iowa Boys HS BB

Senior 71 West Dbq 57

Hempstead 58   Wahlert 62

Iowa Girls HS BB

Dubuque, Senior 46, Epworth, Western Dubuque 44

Wisconsin Girls HS BB

Lancaster 47 River Valley 30

Dodgeville 19 Prairie du Chien 48

Fennimore 53 Cuba City 52

Riverdale 29 Mineral Point 68

Southwestern 36 Darlington 54

Illinois Girls HS BB

Galena 53 E. Dbq 43

Wahlert High School hall of fame coach Ed Colbert has died. Colbert died yesterday at the age of 91.  Colbert was the first boys basketball coach in school history and helped guide the Golden Eagle program to 10 state tournament appearances that included the first state championship in 1980 with a perfect record.

Before coming to Wahlert, Colbert coached at Fertile and Mason City Holy Name and had a career record 468 wins 173 losses, with a 345-137 record in 21 seasons at Wahlert.

Colbert was inducted into the Iowa High School Basketball Hall of Fame in 1981, , he also coach college basketball at Clarke from 1988 to 1993.

Funeral services are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Nativity Church in Dubuque. Visitation is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.

You can hear a complete feature on Colbert coming up during the sports at 12:20 and 5:20 this afternoon on AM 1370 and kdth.com.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Wisconsin

• Darlington 58, Cuba City 53
• River Valley 60, Lancaster 53
• Fennimore 62, Mineral Point 59
• Boscobel 65, Iowa Grant 48

Illinois

• Stockton 45, Galena 35

COLLEGE

WOMENS BASKETBALL

Regional

• Penn State 65, Wisconsin 59
• Michigan State 77, Illinois 60

WRESTLING

• #8 Loras 25, Cornell 15

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Cassius Winston scored 23 points, Nick Ward had 21 points with 10 rebounds and sixth-ranked Michigan State blew past No. 19 Iowa 82-67 on Thursday night, extending its winning streak to 13 games.

Matt McQuaid added three second-half 3-pointers for the Spartans (18-2, 9-0 Big Ten), who used a 24-2 run just after halftime to secure a school-record 21st consecutive league victory.

Tyler Cook scored 11 points in the first four minutes of the second half to give Iowa a 50-42 lead. But he was soon matched by the unflappable Winston, who hit three 3s in a row to help the Spartans retake the lead, 53-50.  Ward’s three-point play pushed the run to 14-0 and put Michigan State ahead 56-50. McQuaid’s 3 and three more points from Winston, this time at the foul line, gave the Spartans a 66-52 edge.

Luka Garza scored 20 points and Tyler Cook had 17 for Iowa (16-4, 5-4), which won its previous five games. The Hawkeyes entered leading the nation in free throw attempts and makes, but they hit just eight. Michigan State went 20 of 21 from the line.

UNDATED (AP) – Stephen Curry scored 38 points, local product Kevin Durant had 21 and the Golden State Warriors hammered the ball inside to beat the Washington Wizards 126-118 for their season-high ninth consecutive victory. The two-time defending NBA champions put up 70 points in the paint after shooting 1 of 6 from the outside in the first quarter. Curry was at the forefront of Golden State’s drive-the-paint strategy as he made just two of his eight 3-point attempts and was 12 of 16 inside the arc. Durant was 9 of 18 from the floor.

UNDATED (AP) – LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks are the captains for this year’s NBA All-Star Game. James and Antetokounmpo were the leading vote-getters from each conference, making them the players who will choose who plays on which team for the Feb. 17 matchup at Charlotte. They will draft their teams on Feb. 7. As the leading overall vote-getter, James will have the first pick.

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) – Los Angeles Rams kicker Greg Zuerlein strained his non-kicking foot at halftime of the NFC championship game by slipping on a turf-covered metal plate during warmups on the Superdome field. Zuerlein’s injury doesn’t appear to be serious, and the Rams expect him to kick in the Super Bowl next week, coach Sean McVay said Thursday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Dodgers have landed a right-handed hitter to complement their deep, left-handed heavy lineup in free-agent outfielder A.J. Pollock. Pollock and Los Angeles agreed to a $55 million, four-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because the agreement had not been announced.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Justify finished unbeaten, on and off the track. The Triple Crown winner for 2018 added Horse of the Year to his resume, getting the nod over Accelerate for the biggest prize handed out at the Eclipse Awards on Thursday night.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Golden State 126 Washington 118
Final Oklahoma City 122 New Orleans 116
Final Portland 120 Phoenix 106
Final Minnesota 120 L.A. Lakers 105

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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (4) Gonzaga 98 Santa Clara 39
Final (6) Michigan St. 82 (19) Iowa 67
Final (23) Louisville 84 (21) NC State 77

COLLEGE

MENS BASKETBALL

• Wartburg 88, #22 Loras 83
• Luther 97, Dubuque 87
• UW-Whitewater 88, UW-Platteville 80

WOMENS BASKETBALL

• #18 Wartburg 68, Loras 49
• Luther 75, Dubuque 70
• Clarke 80, Lincoln 61
• UW-Whitewater 71, UW-Platteville 55

Regional

• #17 Iowa 72, #14 Rutgers 66
• #2 Baylor 84, #20 Iowa State 69

MENS VOLLEYBALL

• Loras 3, Trine 0

CARBONDALE, Illinois – The UNI men’s basketball team took on the Salukis of Southern Illinois on Wednesday night, falling 70-62 on the road.

The Panthers got out to an early lead against the Salukis, leading by as many as 21 points in the first half. The Panthers recorded 13 points on the teams’ eight forced turnovers to pad the lead. The Panthers shot 50 percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes and took a 16 point lead into the break.

The Salukis went on a 15-2 run to start the second half. Southern Illinois fought all the way back to tie the game with 8:41 remaining and took the lead at the eight minute mark. The Salukis maintained the lead down the stretch and outscore the Panthers 51-27 in the second half.

AJ Green finished the night with 22 points. Former Senior prep Luke McDonnell had 5 points and 7 rebounds, former Western Dubuque prep Spencer Haldeman added 4 points.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – Nate Reuvers scored a game-high 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Wisconsin beat Illinois 72-60 on Wednesday night.

D’Mitrik Trice and Khalil Iverson added 16 and 12 points respectively for Wisconsin (13-6,5-3 Big Ten). Giorgi Bezhanishvili scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and Aaron Jordan added 10 points for Illinois (5-14,1-7).

UP NEXT Wisconsin: Hosts Northwestern on Saturday.

Illinois: Plays Maryland on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Pacers All-Star guard Victor Oladipo is scheduled for an MRI today after suffering a serious right knee injury during last night’s 110-106 win over the Toronto Raptors. Oladipo’s leg bent awkwardly as he fell to the floor while trying to disrupt an outlet pass to the Raptors’ Pascal Siakam. Oladipo is averaging a team-high 19.2 points for the Pacers, who are currently third in the NBA’s Eastern Conference.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Star receiver Larry Fitzgerald is returning to the Arizona Cardinals for a 16th NFL season after signing a one-year contract. The 35-year-old Fitzgerald caught the 116th touchdown pass of his career this season and became the third player with at least 1,300 career receptions. He shares the franchise record with 234 games played and is one of two receivers in NFL history with 2,000 yards receiving against three different teams, joining Jerry Rice.

SEATTLE (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki could be on the Seattle Mariners’ active roster for their season-opening series against Oakland in Tokyo. His agent confirmed the minor league agreement between the two sides and said Suzuki’s deal would become a major league pact if he is added to Seattle’s expanded roster for the two games against the Athletics. Seattle general manager Jerry Dipoto has said the 45-year-old Suzuki is expected to be on the roster for those games after spending most of last season in a front office role.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It will be Petra Kvitova taking on U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka in the Australian Open women’s final. The eighth-seeded Kvitova advanced to a Grand Slam final for the first time in 4 ½ years with a 7-6, 6-0 win over American Danielle Collins. The fourth-seeded Osaka has reached back-to-back major finals with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 victory against No. 7 Karolina Pliskova.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Indiana 110 Toronto 106
Final L.A. Clippers 111 Miami 99
Final Brooklyn 114 Orlando 110
Final Houston 114 N-Y Knicks 110
Final Boston 123 Cleveland 103
Final Philadelphia 122 San Antonio 120
Final Atlanta 121 Chicago 101
Final Detroit 98 New Orleans 94
Final Charlotte 118 Memphis 107
Final Utah 114 Denver 108

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Montreal 2 Arizona 1
Final Toronto 6 Washington 3
Final Minnesota 5 Colorado 2
Final Nashville 2 Vegas 1
Final St. Louis 5 Anaheim 1
Final Carolina 5 Vancouver 2

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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final OT (1) Tennessee 88 Vanderbilt 83
Final (7) Nevada 100 Colorado St. 60
Final (12) Marquette 79 DePaul 69
Final (17) Houston 94 East Carolina 50
Final (25) LSU 92 Georgia 82

University of Wisconsin Platteville junior guard Carter Voelker has been honored as this week’s WIAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. Last week, Voelker led the Pioneers to a 2-0 week and averaged 22 points, 5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.5 steals, while shooting 60.9 percent (14-of-23) from the field and 76.9 percent (10-of-13) from three-point range.

The Western Dubuque and Hempstead wrestling teams have qualified for the Class 3A Regional Duals on Wednesday, February 6^th.

Western Dubuque is ranked 8^th and will be a host site with the Bobcats receiving a first round bye and will face the winner of the semi-final dual between 10^th ranked Cedar Rapids Prairie and 22^nd ranked Iowa City High.

Hempstead is ranked 15^th and will travel to Waverly-Shellrock where the Mustangs will dual 21^st ranked Linn-Mar. The winner will face 2^nd ranked Waverly-Shellrock in the final.

The Regional champions will advance to the state duals at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Wednesday, February 13^th ahead of the state wrestling tournament.

The pairings for Class 2A and 1A have yet to be announced.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera has become the first unanimous selection to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Rivera set a major league record with 652 career saves while recording a 2.21 ERA during a 19-year career spent entirely with the Yankees. Joining Rivera among the Class of 2019 are Roy Halladay, Mike Mussina and Edgar Martinez, while Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens failed to receive the required 75 percent of the vote.

ATLANTA (AP) — All-Star outfielder Nick Markakis has accepted a significant pay cut to remain with the Atlanta Braves, accepting a one-year, $6 million package with a club option for 2020. The 35-year-old Markakis made the 2018 All-Star game and earned both Gold Glove and Silver Slugger honors last season, hitting .297 with 14 homers and 93 RBIs while starting all 162 games in right field. He took a package with a $4 million salary this season and a $2 million buyout after receiving only minor interest on the open market.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Seventh seed Karolina Pliskova has ended Serena Williams’ latest quest for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam by downing the American in the Australian Open quarterfinals. Pliskova fought off four match points and won the last five games in a 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 comeback against Williams. No. 4 Naomi Osaka earned the right to take on Pliskova by routing No. 6 Elina Svitolina, 6-4, 6-1.

NEW YORK (AP) — Two people with direct knowledge of the NFL’s plans tell The Associated Press that the league’s competition committee will consider expanding replay reviews to include certain penalties, including pass interference. Officiating once more became a hot topic when officials missed a pass interference call and helmet-to-helmet hit by the Rams near the end of regulation in the NFC Championship Game, which was won by Los Angeles over New Orleans in overtime. Saints coach Sean Payton said NFL Senior Vice President of Officiating, Al Riveron, told him afterward that a flag should have been thrown.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Houston Rockets and Chicago Bulls have finalized a trade that sends veteran forward Carmelo Anthony to the Windy City. The Bulls acquired the draft rights to Jon Diebler and cash considerations in exchange for the rights to Tadija Dragicevic. The Bulls have no plans to play Anthony and will look to either trade the 10-time All-Star before the Feb. 7 deadline or ultimately waive him and make him a free agent.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final   Toronto          120     Sacramento   105

Final   Oklahoma City          123     Portland         114

Final   Dallas 106     L.A. Clippers 98

Final   Minnesota      118     Phoenix         91

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final OT         San Jose       7          Washington   6

Final   Arizona          3          Ottawa            2

Final SO        Chicago         3          N-Y Islanders            2

Final   Detroit            3          Edmonton      2

Final OT         Calgary          3          Carolina         2

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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final   (2) Duke         79        Pittsburgh      64

Final   (3) Virginia     68        Wake Forest  45

Final   (5) Michigan  59        Minnesota      57

Final   (8) Kentucky  76        (22) Mississippi St.   55

Final   Kansas St.     58        (14) Texas Tech       45

Final   N. Illinois        77        (15) Buffalo    75

Final   South Carolina         80        (16) Auburn   77

Final   (18) Villanova           80        Butler  72

Final   Alabama        74        (20) Mississippi        53

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Dedric Lawson had 29 points and 15 rebounds, Devon Dotson hit the clinching free throws with 5.9 seconds left and ninth-ranked Kansas held on to beat No. 24 Iowa State 80-76 on Monday night.

Iowa State (14-5, 4-3) got within 72-71 on a driving layup by Marial Shayok with 1:44 to go, but Garrett followed a swap of empty possessions with a layup. Michael Jacobson hit a free throw for the Cyclones, but Lawson’s 3 from the top of the key made it 77-72 with 22.3 seconds left.

Shayok added the last of his team-high 26 points for Iowa State, and after Dotson made the second of two free throws, Tyrese Haliburton made two of his own to get within 78-76 with 7.5 seconds left. Dotson was immediately fouled on the inbound and this time he made both of his free throws. It allowed the Jayhawks to escape with a split of the season series after getting blown out at Hilton Coliseum earlier this month. It also kept Kansas from falling a game behind the Cyclones in what has already become a jammed race for the Big 12 championship.

UP NEXT :Iowa State visits Mississippi on Saturday in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge.

 HIGH SCHOOL

BOYS BASKETBALL

• Cedar Rapids Prairie 66, Wahlert 53
• Maquoketa Valley 50, Clayton Ridge, Guttenberg 27

Illinois

• East Dubuque 43, Forreston 42 (South Beloit Tourney)
• East Dubuque 53, North Boone 31 (South Beloit Tourney)

Wisconsin

• New Glarus 68, Cuba City 50
• Fennimore 58, Lancaster 43
• Southwestern 53, Boscobel 41
• Ithica 63, Riverdale 49

GIRLS BASKETBALL

• Hempstead 52, Senior 43
• #4 5A Cedar Rapids Prairie 57, Wahlert, Dubuque 33

Illinois

• Galena 52, Erie-Prophetstown 24 (Le-Win Tourney)
• Stillman Valley 45, Galena 36 (Le-Win Tourney)

Wisconsin

• Kickapoo 56, Boscobel 45
• Argyle 60, Potosi/Cassville 47

COLLEGE

MENS BASKETBALL

• #1 Nebraska Wesleyan 69, Dubuque 54
• Loras 75, Buena Vista 74

WOMENS BASKETBALL

• Loras 104, Buena Vista 53 (Duhawks break the school record for consecutive wins now 11 straight and assists in a game (31).
• Nebraska Wesleyan 79, Dubuque 64
• Clarke 73, Grand View 69

The Dubuque Senior boys basketball team has remained in place as the 9th ranked team in Class 4-A in the latest Iowa High School Boys Basketball rankings from the Associated Press. Maquoketa remains the top ranked team in Class 3-A, while Wahlert did receive top 10 consideration votes this week. The complete rankings are listed below

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The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
Class 4A
Record Pts Prv
1. Waukee (6) 12-0 95 1
2. North Scott, Eldridge (4) 13-0 86 2
3. Sioux City, East 12-0 73 3
4. Bettendorf 11-1 66 4
5. Iowa City, West 9-2 58 5
6. Davenport, Central 11-2 40 7
7. Cedar Falls 9-2 36 6
8. Valley, West Des Moines 12-2 33 8
9. Dubuque, Senior 9-2 31 9
10. Des Moines, North 11-2 23 10
Others receiving votes: Southeast Polk 2. Ankeny 2. Lewis Central 2. Prairie, Cedar Rapids 1. Ankeny Centennial 1. Johnston 1.
Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Maquoketa (7) 14-0 94 1
2. Clear Lake (2) 13-0 88 2
3. Pella (1) 11-2 59 4
4. Norwalk 11-3 57 5
5. Oskaloosa 9-3 55 3
6. Carroll 10-1 51 6
7. Gilbert 12-2 45 8
8. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 9-3 44 7
9. Glenwood 11-2 25 9
10. West Delaware, Manchester 10-4 9 10
Others receiving votes: Fairfield 8. Wahlert, Dubuque 7. Xavier, Cedar Rapids 2. Marion 2. Storm Lake 2. Assumption, Davenport 1. Boone 1.
Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. North Linn, Troy Mills (9) 13-0 99 1
2. Boyden-Hull (1) 13-0 81 3
3. Van Meter 12-0 76 4
4. West Sioux, Hawarden 14-0 64 5
5. Treynor 13-1 56 2
6. South Hamilton, Jewell 12-1 47 7
7. Western Christian, Hull 9-3 30 8
8. South Central Calhoun 13-1 29 9
9. Camanche 11-2 18 6
(tie) Dike-New Hartford 11-1 18 10
Others receiving votes: Regina, Iowa City 14. West Branch 5. Lake Mills 4. Pella Christian 3. Sioux Center 3. OA-BCIG 3.
Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Grand View Christian (8) 14-1 98 1
2. Montezuma (2) 14-0 81 3
3. George-Little Rock 13-1 79 2
4. New London 15-0 66 5
5. Ankeny Christian Academy 12-0 52 4
6. Stanton 15-0 51 6
7. Ar-We-Va, Westside 14-0 41 7
8. Prince of Peace Prep, Clinton 12-1 38 8
9. Sioux Central, Sioux Rapids 12-1 22 9
10. Calamus-Wheatland 12-2 9 NR
Others receiving votes: Easton Valley 4. Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton 4. Newman Catholic, Mason City 3. South O’Brien, Paullina 1. Bishop Garrigan, Algona 1.

Loras College Athletes have swept the American Rivers Conference Weekly Athlete of the Week honors.

Duhawk junior 197 pound wrestler Guy Patron Junior is the ARC Male Athlete of the Week after going 4-0 in conference duals last week with all four wins coming by way of bonus points. Patron Jr. is ranked No. 2 in both NWCA and D3Wrestle.com Polls.

Duhawk junior Gabby Noland was named the ARC Female Athlete of the Week after helping lead Loras to a first place finish at the Sol Butler Classic at Dubuque on Saturday. Noland ran to a first place finish in the 400 with the number two time in Division 3 so far this season, she also anchored the 4x 400 relay to first.

Also Honored

• Kari Fitzpatrick of Loras was the Women’s Basketball Player of the Week
• Dubuque’s Blaze Murfin was the Men’s Indoor Field Performer of the Week
• Dubuque’s Colfoy Pointer was the Men’s Indoor Track Performer of the Week.

CHICAGO (AP) – A person with knowledge of the situation says the Houston Rockets are sending veteran forward Carmelo Anthony and an undisclosed amount of cash to the Chicago Bulls. The trade ends a short-lived saga for Anthony, who averaged 13.4 points in 10 games with the Rockets. He has not played since Nov. 8, and will either be traded by the Feb. 7 deadline or ultimately waived by the Bulls.

METAIRIE, La. (AP) – New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson says she pledges to aggressively pursue changes in NFL policies that will promote more “fairness and integrity.” The Saints had to settle for a tiebreaking field goal late in regulation after officials declined to call a penalty on Rams defensive back Nickell Robey-Coleman for his early and high hit on Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis. The Rams tied the game on the ensuing drive and won in overtime.

NEW YORK (AP) – A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that pitcher Sonny Gray has agreed to a contract with Cincinnati, adding $30.5 million from 2020-22. The Reds and New York Yankees had agreed on a deal that sent Gray to Cincinnati, pending a window for the right-hander to reach a long-term deal. Gray and the Yanks had avoided salary arbitration by working out a $7.5 million contract for 2019.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The Carolina Hurricanes and forward Teuvo Teravainen have agreed to terms on a five-year, $27 million contract extension through the 2023-24 season. The 24-year-old native of Finland is second on the team with 28 assists, 38 points and 12 points on the power play. Five of Teravainen’s 10 goals this season have come with the man advantage.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Danielle Collins is into a Grand Slam semifinal for the first time after coming back to overpower Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 at the Australian Open. The 25-year-old American had been 0-5 in Grand Slam matches before coming to this tournament, and now is on a five-match winning streak. Stefanos Tsitsipas is the youngest man to reach a Grand Slam semifinal since 2007 after beating Roberto Bautista Agut  7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Oklahoma City 127 N-Y Knicks 109
Final Chicago 104 Cleveland 88
Final Washington 101 Detroit 87
Final Milwaukee 116 Dallas 106
Final Orlando 122 Atlanta 103
Final Brooklyn 123 Sacramento 94
Final New Orleans 105 Memphis 85
Final Boston 107 Miami 99
Final Philadelphia 121 Houston 93
Final Portland 109 Utah 104
Final Golden State 130 L.A. Lakers 111

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Nashville 4 Colorado 1
Final L.A. Kings 4 St. Louis 3
Final Minnesota 4 Vegas 2
Final Florida 6 San Jose 2

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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (6) Michigan St. 69 (13) Maryland 55
Final (9) Kansas 80 (24) Iowa St. 76
Final (11) North Carolina 103 (10) Virginia Tech 82

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Freshman Joe Wieskamp matched a career high with 24 points and No. 23 Iowa routed Illinois 95-71 on Sunday for its fifth straight victory.

Isaiah Moss scored a season-high 21 points and Luka Garza added 20 for the Hawkeyes (16-3, 5-3 Big Ten), who shot 68 percent. They hit 12 of their first 14 3-point attempts and 15 overall to blow past the young but talented Fighting Illini (5-13, 1-6).

Iowa shot 68.4 percent in the first half to jump ahead 39-24. Moss, Jordan Bohannon and Wieskamp then buried consecutive 3s to open the second half, and Moss capped that blistering run with a contested 3 near the Iowa bench to make it a 68-45 game. Wieskamp and Moss combined to go 10 for 10 on 3s during that stretch.

Gustafson scores 27 with 12 boards; No. 22 Iowa women win

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – Megan Gustafson scored 27 points and grabbed 12 rebounds – her 17th double-double in 18 games this season – and No. 22 Iowa rolled past Illinois 94-75 on Sunday.

Wisconsin Women Fall at Northwestern

EVANSTON, Ill. – Despite leading after the first quarter, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team wasn’t able to hold on to the advantage, falling to Northwestern, 72-46, on Sunday afternoon.

Rams outlast Saints…Pats prevail in OT…Pacers stay hot…Isles pad division lead…FSU falls again

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Greg Zuerlein drilled a 57-yard field goal in overtime to complete the Los Angeles Rams’ comeback in a 26-23 victory over the Saints in the NFC Championship Game at a raucous New Orleans Superdome. The game-ending kick came after Drew Brees heaved a fluttering pass that was picked off by John Johnson III on the first drive of the extra period. The Saints were on the verge of a 23-20 victory until Zuerlein hit a 48-yard field goal with 15 seconds remaining in regulation.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The New England Patriots also needed overtime before Rex Burkhead’s 2-yard TD gave them a 37-31 victory over the Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game at Kansas City. Burkhead had a pair of rushing touchdowns and Tom Brady was intercepted twice while completing 30 of 46 passes for 348 yards and one touchdown. The Chiefs trailed 17-7 in the fourth quarter until Damien Williams scored three touchdowns, including receptions of one and 23 yards from Patrick Mahomes .

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The Indiana Pacers find themselves 16 games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2013-14 NBA season. The Pacers won for the fourth time in six games as Victor Oladipo  contributed 21 points to a 120-95 thumping of the Hornets. Darren Collison added 19 points and nine assists for the Pacers, who jumped to a 32-16 lead late in the first quarter.

UNDATED (AP) – The New York Islanders won for the 15th time in 18 games to open a three-point lead over Washington and Columbus in the NHL’s Metropolitan Division. Cal Clutterbuck scored twice in the first 10 minutes to support Robin Lehner’s 19-save performance as the Islanders blanked the Ducks, 3-0. The Capitals absorbed their fifth consecutive loss as Jonathan Toews  had three goals and two assists to lead Chicago’s 8-5 victory against Washington.

UNDATED (AP) – Ky Bowman was 6-for-8 from 3-point range while scoring 37 points as Boston College handed No. 11 Florida State its third straight loss, 87-82. Jordan Chatman added 17 points including three straight 3-pointers during a 21-4 run to start the second half. Sam Hauser scored 25 points and Markus Howard added 24 as No. 15 Marquette rallied past Providence, 79-68, and freshman Joe Wieskamp matched a career high with 24 points as No. 23 Iowa routed Illinois 95-71.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Indiana 120 Charlotte 95
Final L.A. Clippers 103 San Antonio 95
Final Minnesota 116 Phoenix 114

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Chicago 8 Washington 5
Final N-Y Islanders 3 Anaheim 0
Final Vancouver 3 Detroit 2
Final Arizona 4 Toronto 2
Final Carolina 7 Edmonton 4

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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

Final OT L.A. Rams 26 New Orleans 23
Final OT New England 37 Kansas City 31

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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final Boston College 87 (11) Florida St. 82
Final (15) Marquette 79 Providence 68
Final (23) Iowa 95 Illinois 71