Illinois Rout Chicago State Behind Dosunmu Big Game
Illinois, ranked No. 8, beat Chicago State 97 to 38 as Ayo Dosunmu scored 22 points and Andres Curbelo added 18. Kofi Cockburn posted a double double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Adam Miller chipped in 15. Illinois shot 60 percent from the floor and held a 47-17 halftime lead. Xavier Johnson led Chicago State with 10 points.
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Gonzaga tops Kansas in season opener at Fort Myers
Top-ranked Gonzaga defeated No 6 Kansas 102-90 in the Fort Myers Tip Off opener. Drew Timme led with 25 points while Jalen Suggs added 24 and Corey Kispert 23 as Gonzaga built a first-half lead and withstood a late Kansas push. Marcus Garrett had 22 for Kansas and Ochai Agbaji 17.
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Panthers Fall at Crossover Classic Consolation Semis
The UNI men’s basketball team lost to Saint Mary’s 66-64 in the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic consolation semifinal. AJ Green led with 15 points, Austin Phyfe 14, and Antwan Kimmons and Bowen Born 13 each. Green and Noah Carter had five rebounds apiece. Phyfe had 3 assists. The Panthers face a seventh place game at 3 p.m. ESPNU against South Dakota State or Utah State.
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Arozarena freed by Mexican authorities after custody dispute
Outfielder Randy Arozarena was released by Mexican authorities in Xico City after his former partner told a Yucatan judge she would not press charges. He had been arrested Tuesday over a custody dispute concerning his daughter.
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Clark leads Iowa women past Northern Iowa in debut
Caitlin Clark, a highly touted freshman, scored 27 points to spark Iowa to a 96-81 season opener win over Northern Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Coach Lisa Bluder praised her all around play as Iowa started the season 1-0.
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Hawkeyes Lose and Win: Freshmen McCaffery Murray Shine
Iowa freshmen Patrick McCaffery and Keegan Murray, former rivals in Mississippi Valley Conference play, teamed up in Iowa's 97 67 season opening win over North Carolina Central at Carver Hawkeye Arena. Murray, a Cedar Rapids Prairie graduate, and McCaffery, an Iowa City West alum, impressed as new teammates.
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Iowa Hosts Southern in Top Five Showdown at Carver
No. 5 Iowa hosts Southern University at Carver Hawkeye Arena in a 4 p.m. tipoff. Southern fell 85-78 in overtime to North Carolina Central in their prior game. Iowa freshman forward Kris Murray’s twin brother Murray, a 6-foot-8 rookie, scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the previous contest.
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COVID-19 Senate Tests Big Ten Football Season
The NCAA football season in the Big Ten has been dominated by the coronavirus outbreak with five games canceled since Oct. 23 and major coaches testing positive. Rutgers reported 30 players sidelined in a summer outbreak while Minnesota Wisconsin’s bragging rights game was postponed due to infections.
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