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Carter Bjerke hits 10 3-pointers, scores 30 to lead St. Thomas-Minnesota over Kansas City 99-64

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Carter Bjerke hit a career-best 10 3-pointers on his way to a career-high 30 points, propeling St. Thomas-Minnesota to a 99-64 romp over Kansas City on Sunday.

Bjerke missed just four times from beyond the arc for the Tommies (18-6, 7-2 Summit League). Nick Janowski totaled 16 points and five rebounds. Nolan Minessale had 10 points.

CJ Evans finished with 16 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four steals to lead the Roos (4-19, 1-8), who have lost seven in a row. Addarin Scott added 12 points and Karmello Branch pitched in with 11 points and four assists.

St. Thomas took the lead for good with 16:53 left in the first half. The score was 52-25 at halftime, with Bjerke racking up 21 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Nate Heise hits go-ahead 3-pointer in No. 6 Iowa State’s 70-67 win over No. 2 Houston

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Nate Heise hit a go-ahead 3-pointer and Tamin Lipsey came up with an offensive rebound in the final seconds to cap No. 6 Iowa State’s rally in a 70-67 victory over Big 12 leader and second-ranked Houston on Monday night. Heise was 3 for 3 from 3-point range hours after sister Taylor Heise scored to help the U.S. Women's Olympic hockey team beat Sweden 5-0 to reach the gold-medal game in Milan. The Cyclones (23-3, 10-3) closed with a 17-4 run to take down a second top-10 team in three days. Iowa State topped No. 8 Kansas 74-56 on Saturday. The Cougars (23-3, 11-2) had their six-game winning streak snapped and their conference lead was cut to a half-game over No. 4 Arizona heading into their matchup Saturday in Houston. Iowa State is third, a game behind Houston.
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