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Page 2C Des Moines Register STRONG TAKE The folks at Northern Iowa decided to do something ifferent besides the usual show. launched Basketball which debuted last week on Comcast SportsNet Chicago and ill air Fridays at 4:30 p.m. throughout the season. have to be a little bit more innovative in what we associate athletic irector Steve Schofield said. not the first people to ever do this, but one of the first schools of our type to do How did oach Ben Jacobson respond? would admit that he was probably a little hesitant at Schofield said.

we kind of talked through it, and I think he quickly understood the value that this can he death of Stuart Scott saddened millions. Ray Cole, a longtime Iowa media executive, is among those who knew Scott and was touched by his valiant struggle with cancer. He was a Cole said of Scott. rought a hip-hop approach to doing sports. Any- ody who spent time with Stuart will have a lasting memory, because he had a way of making a very i ndelible impression on Other Iowans tweeted their tributes to Scott, who was 49.

From Kurt Warner of the NFL Network: eart prayers go out to the family of StuartScott after hearing of his passing! We lost a good man, father And Chris Hassel of ESPN: I met Stuart Scott, he asked me where Iwas from. When I said his eyes lit up and he said, for Harrison Cole, the president and hief operations officer of itadel Communications, as influenced our state- ide television viewing for nearly 40 years. He is a former owner of WOI (Channel 5) in Des oines, and served as hairman for the ABC board of governors. His relationship with Scott dates to 2008, when the sports anchor was a presenter at the ESPY Awards. Stuart was first diagnosed with cancer in late 2 Cole explained.

his prognosis was very ood by the summer of They chatted again this past summer in Los Angeles, and it was a somber reunion. was clearly feeling the effects of his third attle with this awful Cole said. who has had cancer, anybody who has known any- ody who has been affected by cancer knows that cancer cott offered words of inspiration later that night, spurring on a movement that began more than two decades ago with the late Jim Valvano. demonstrated that cancer did not even ent, in any way, his mind, his heart and his Cole said. who was in the room that night ill never forget the remarks he made when he accepted the Jimmy ANDREW MEDIA TIMEOUT Iowans remember Scott OP WEETS Chris Hassel a human in the ESPN newsroom, right now.

Thanks, Kirk. Jan. 2 Bud Legg of the Iowa High School Athletic Association Ok I will say it. Vols are a very good team that i well prepared. NCAA investigation underway as to how they lost 6 games Jan.

2 Curt Fletcher mArnold rather watch a Tom and Roseanne sex tape, at least be some tackling Jan. 2 SAY WHAT? Brent Blum a regular columnist for Cyclone Fanatic, illed in for the Kansas State play-by-play announcer during last radio broadcast of a basketball game between the Wildcats and Iowa State. This all came about because of conflicts due to Kansas appearance in Alamo Bowl. STAY TUNED Starting this week, The Champ (1700 AM) has a new aily programming lineup: 5 a.m., Brian Jones Gregg Giannotti; 8 a.m., Tiki Barber Brandon Tierney; 11a.m., Jim Rome; 2 p.m., Doug Gottlieb; 5 p.m., The DA Show (Damon A mendola); 9 p.m., Farrall on the Bench; 1a.m., Amy Lawrence. Last week, longtime local radio host Larry Cotlar onfirmed his afternoon program with Jason Highly had been canceled.

FOLLOW ON TWITTER Andrew Logue has been with the Register for 20 years. Follow him A ndrew Logue sorts out the sports buzz that matters most Iowans. To share your thoughts, send an email to SPECIAL TO THE REGISTER Ray Cole, a longtime Iowa edia executive, is shown with Stuart Scott at last ESPY awards. Ben Jacobson AREA Listings subject to change AREA EVENTS BASKETBALL 8:00 Oklahoma tate at Iowa State TELEVISION BASKETBALL 6:00 Arkansas at eorgia (ESPN) 6:00 Connecticut at South Florida (ESPN2) 6 :00 Michigan at Penn State (Big Ten) 6 :00 Marquette at Georgetown (FS1) 6:00 East Carolina a Cincinnati (ESPNU) 6:00 Central Florida at Houston (ESPNEWS) 8:00 Oklahoma State at Iowa State (ESPN2) 8 :00 Ohio State at innesota (ESPN) 8:00 Villanova at St. (FS1) 8 :00 Auburn at anderbilt (ESPNU) NHL 7:00 San Jose at Minnesota (NBCSN) 8:00 St.

Louis at A rizona (FSM) SOCCER 1:30 FA Cup, West Ham United at Everton (FS1) BASKETBALL 7:00 Baylor at Kansas State (Media- com ch. 34) 8:00 Penn State at Wisconsin (Big Ten) RADIO BASKETBALL 8:00 Oklahoma tate at Iowa State 100.3 FM and network) HIGH SCHOOL ASKETBALL 6 :15 West Des Moines Valley Waukee Girls (1490 AM) 7:45 West Des oines Valley Waukee Boys (1490 A M) BASKETBALL IOWA STATE (10-2) VS. OKLAHOMA STATE (11-2) 8 p.m., Hilton Coliseum, Ames. the game TV: ESPN2. Radio: KDRB (100.3 M) Des Moines.

Live scoring: www.cyclones this for a coincidence: The same opponents have beaten Hilton Coliseum combatants. outh Carolina defeated Oklahoma State by 26 points, and Iowa State by four. Maryland beat both by nine points klahoma Nash and Phil Forte share the Big 12 Conference scoring lead, both averaging 17.3 points a game. Forte has made 35 of 90 three-point attempts. BIG FOUR RUNDOWN Dowling Catholic formally a nnounced the hiring of varsity baseball coach Mark Roering on Monday.

oering was the varsity football coach at Davenport Central for the past seven seasons and was an assistant sophomore baseball coach last summer. The Maroons won the 2 011Class 4-A state title under Tim who resigned in September. oering plans to finish the school year in Davenport before joining Dowling Catholic. IOWA SCENE Dowling Catholic hires baseball coach Register staff report HOW TO CONTACT US Report results: Call (515) 284-8012 or (800) 532-1455 (ext. 8012) General email: presumably in front of a mostly-full house against Michigan State.

The Hawkeyes (11-4) will likely have to get more production from their backcourt to slay the Spartans, who have beat- Iowa 13 of their last 14 eetings. Mike nly two points came in he final minute on free throws, and starter Peter Jok and top backup Josh Oglesby went scoreless. Shields scored 25 points as Nebraska fell to 8-6 overall, 0-2 in the Big Ten. The Cornhuskers were shooting 22-for-38 (58.3 percent) before issing their final 10 hots. I owa had taken a 35-28 lead into halftime, with its ig men handling all the scoring.

All 35 Hawkeye points came from players standing 6-foot-9 or taller White and 6-10 Ola- seni with 11each, 6-9 Uthoff with 10 and 7-1Adam Woodbury with three. lot of guys came up big in this McCaffery said. aggression paid off in a Big Ten-opening win at Ohio State and it returned Monday. The Hawkeyes were in the bonus with in the first half. Nebraska sent Iowa to the line 19 times in the first half not exactly a winning recipe against a Hawkeye team that came into the game ranked fourth nationally at a 77.2-percent free- hrow clip.

The Hawkeyes fin- i shed the game 31-for-38 (81.6 percent) from the ine. time our opponents are at the foul line, in Miles aid. Iowa made 15 free hrows in the first half, five of them coming from White which put him alone in Hawkeye history. needed four to tie Roy career mark of 5 16 free throws set from 1986-89. White got his fifth on a very typical White three-point play with 52 seconds left in the half, a flailing layup while drawing Jake third foul.

a good thing the Hawkeyes were getting to the line, because for a while they hitting from anywhere else. They ade only two baskets in the first 10-plus minutes, a llowing a Nebraska team that lost its Big Ten open- at home to Indiana to hang tight. It was 15-15 until Uthoff hit a 3-pointer that looked like a bad iss, but it deadened on the back iron and dropped i nto the hoop. That fueled Iowa to 10 points on four consecutive possessions apped by free hrows to push lead 27-19 with 6:15 left in the half. Terran Petteway, the returning Big Ten scoring champion, suffered a shin bruise in the first half and struggled offensively, scoring 11points in 37 minutes.

NEBRASKA (59) FG3PFTRBATOTP Rivers2-40-02-31106 Petteway4-91-52-460311 Pitchford 3 -5 1 -3 0 -0 6117 arker1-30-10-23002 Shields 9 -18 0 -2 7 -10 6132 5 ammond0-00-00-00000 Fuller 1 -3 0 -1 2 -2 1004 ebster0-10-10-01120 Smith 2 -5 0 -1 0 -0 1114 Totals22-482-1413-212951059 IOWA (70) FG3PFTRBATOTP Woodbury 1 -3 0 -0 1 -2 2123 thoff5-113-82-472015 White 5 -10 1 -3 1 2-15 9012 3 ok0-50-30-01100 Gesell 0 -1 0 -1 2 -2 3612 laseni3-50-012-1350118 Uhl 1 -2 0 -1 0 -0 1012 glesby0-20-00-01020 Clemmons 2 -5 1 -4 2 -2 2117 Totals17-445-2031-383211970 35-28. Team 24, Iowa 18. IOWA Continued from Page 1C against Hawkeye-brand a ggression? definitely not a physical 125-poun- der Thomas Gilman (16-1) said. are holding oints from us. mental more than he mental aspect of scoring is reflected in both first-period urgency and conditioning.

Hawkeye 184-pounder Sammy Brooks is one of he most aggressive wrestlers in what Gilman ref erred to as lineup, a term been used to escribe four-time de- fennding national champion Penn State. ven Brooks realizes he has let off the gas pedal ore times than the allowable zero. In a tight match, you want to hold on. hard to let it go and let Brooks said. we have know that our conditioning is top-tier.

obody that can match our conditioning. I walk off the mat a nd damn near collapsing from being tired, I know that almost aving a heart attack. If this tired, twice as ired. hard to think about that when in our match, but you have to think big-picture like the point Brands ants to get across, pointing to 2-1over- time win against Ohio Nathan Tomasello. Conditioning was a actor in that the oach said.

make it a factor where winning 8-2 in the third period. Not 2-1all the way to he Up next for Iowa is an- ther road dual, Sunday at eighth-ranked Oklahoma State. For the Hawkeyes to back up their No. 1rank- ing when it really counts, a the NCAA Championships March 19-21in St. ouis, the work has to get done now and this weekend in Stillwater, Ok- a.

better open it Brands said. eams win close matches. But they have to be hat close. the eam race takes care of itself maybe a little bit more how you want it SCORE Continued from Page 1C TELFORD GETS NATIONAL HONOR Iowa heavyweight Bobby Telford was named USA national athlete the week. The Hawkeye senior defeated top-ranked Mike McMullan of North- estern to win the Midlands Championships on Dec.

30, then beat top-10 wrestlers riday and Sunday in dual wins at Rutgers and Ohio State. Telford has a 16-0 ecord this season. BIG TEN MICHIGAN STATE 70, INDIANA 50 Denzel Valentine and randen Dawson bounced ack after subpar games and helped Michigan State exp lode past Indiana on Mond ay night. Valentine scored 15 oints, 11more than in a ouble-overtime loss to Maryland last Tuesday, and awson added 14 points and 13 rebounds for the Spartans (10-5, 1-1Big Ten). MICHIGAN ST.70, INDIANA 50 INDIANA (11-4) Blackmon Jr.1-14 6-6 8, Johnson 4-9 0-0 9, Williams 0-2 0-0 0, Ferrell 6-16 2-2 17, osquera-Perea 0-10-0 0, Zeisloft 1-6 1-14, oetzel 1-3 0-0 2, Robinson 2-6 0-14, Holt 2-3 0-0 4, Hartman 0-0 2-3 2.

TOTALS 17-60 11-13 50. MICHIGAN Forbes 3-6 1-2 9, Nairn Jr.3-5 1-2 7, awson 7-10 0-0 14, Schilling 4-5 2-4 10, Valentine 6-18 1-2 15, Clark Jr.1-2 0-0 2, Bess 2-2 0-0 4, Ellis III 0-0 1-2 1, Costello 1 -3 0-0 2, Bohnhoff 0-0 0-0 0, Wetzel 0-1 0-0 0, Trice 1-8 3-4 6, Wollenman 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 28-60 9-16 70. St.36-17. 3-POINT Indiana 5-24 (Ferrell 3-10, Johnson 1-3, Zeisloft 1-6, Blackmon Jr.0-5), ichigan St.5-15 (Forbes 2-4, Valentine 2-5, Trice 1-5, Wetzel 0-1).

FOULED None. Indiana 28 Blackmon St.50 (Dawson 13). Indiana 8 (Ferrell, Johnson St.21(Trice 7). TOTAL Indiana 13, Michigan St. 15.

14,797. BIG 12 NO. 16 OKLAHOMA 70, NO. 10 TEXAS 49 Buddy Hield scored 13 points and No. 16 Oklahoma built a huge lead in the first alf in dominating No.

10 Texas, the third straight win in the rivalry. Oklahoma bolted to a 33-14 lead by halftime. The 14 points set a Texas school record for the fewest scored i a half in a Big 12 game. Javan Felix scored 13 for Texas. No.16 OKLAHOMA 70, No.10 TEXAS 49 OKLAHOMA (11-3) Spangler 3-7 2-3 9, Woodard 2-7 6-6 10, ousins 4-10 1-2 12, Hield 5-12 2-2 13, Thomas 6-17 0-0 12, Booker 0-0 2-2 2, alker 4-5 2-3 10, Lattin 1-2 0-0 2, Cole 0-0 0 -0 0, Bennett 0-0 0-0 0, Mankin 0-0 0-0 0.

TOTALS 25-60 15-18 70. TEXAS (12-3) Taylor 4-13 0-0 9, Holland 3-8 2-2 8, Holmes 2-9 0-0 4, Ibeh 0-10-0 0, Turner 2-9 0 -0 4, Yancy 0-10-0 0, Felix 4-12 2-2 13, ammert 0-12-2 2, Barnett 2-2 0-0 6, Ridley 1-4 1-2 3. TOTALS 18-60 7-8 49. 33-14. 3-POINT Oklahoma 5-12 (Cousins 3-5, Spangler 1-2, Hield 6-21(Felix 3 -7, Barnett 2-2, Taylor 1-2, Yancy 0-1, urner 0-1, Holland 0-1, Lammert 0-1, olmes 0-6).

FOULED None. Oklahoma 42 (Thomas 11), Texas 37 6). Oklahoma 10 (Woodard 8 (Taylor 4). TOTAL Oklahoma 13, Texas 15. 12,625.

NO. 17 WEST VIRGINIA 78, TEXAS TECH 67 Juwan Staten scored 16 points and Devin Williams added 14 to lead No. 14 West irginia over Texas Tech. Staten scored all but three of his points in the second alf. The Mountaineers dominated inside, getting 36 points in the paint to 18 for he Red Raiders.

The Red Raiders made just 19 baskets. No.14 WEST VIRGINIA 78, EXAS TECH 67 EST VIRGINIA (14-1) Holton 2-5 0-0 4, Staten 6-15 3-8 16, Miles r.4-7 3-5 12, D.Williams 6-8 2-4 14, rowne 5-111-2 12, Paige 0-3 3-4 3, Carter 4-6 2-2 11, Adrian 0-4 0-0 0, Phillip 1-10-0 2 Watkins 2-3 0-0 4, B.Williams 0-0 0-0 0. otals 30-63 14-25 78. TEXAS TECH (10-5) Williams 8-112-3 21, Gray 1-3 0-0 2, Smith 0 -3 3-4 3, Turner 3-9 0-2 7, Odiase 3-5 3-4 9, Manderson 1-4 0-0 2, Onwuasor 1-2 0-4 3, Evans 0-2 6-10 6, Ross 0-0 0-0 0, Gotcher 2-7 8-10 14, Lammert 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-46 22-37 67.

Virginia 32-29. 3-Point Virginia 4-17 (Carter 1-2, Miles Jr.1-3, Staten 1-3, Browne 1-4, Paige 0-1, Holton 0-2, Adrian Tech 7-12 (Williams 3-4, Gotcher 2-4, Onwuasor 1-1, Turner Virginia 35 (D.Williams 6 Tech 35 (Williams Virginia 12 (Browne Tech Virginia 26, Texas Tech 18. A COLLEGE ASKETBALL IGHLIGHTS DAVID SCRIVNER IOWA CITY PRESS-CITIZEN Iowa's Gabe Olaseni draws a foul during the Hawkeyes' game against Nebraska. Olaseni scored a career-high 18 points in the victory..