KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Monte Morris scored 17 points, Deonte Burton and Matt Thomas helped him deal with West Virginia’s attacking defense, and No. 23 Iowa State beat the No. 11 Mountaineers 80-74 on Saturday night for the Cyclones’ third Big 12 Tournament title in four years.

Burton had 16 points and Thomas finished with 12 for the fourth-seeded Cyclones (23-10), who will enter the NCAA Tournament as one of the nation’s hottest teams. They’ve won nine of their last 10 games, with their only loss during that stretch coming a week ago in Morgantown.

They avenged that defeat in a big way at the Sprint Center.

Iowa State has never lost in four appearances in the Big 12 title game, while the Mountaineers (26-8) remain without a conference tournament title of any kind since winning the Big East in 2010.

Jevon Carter had 18 points for West Virginia.

3A State Tournament
Third Place
Waverly-Shell Rock 48, West Delaware, Manchester 44

3A State Championship

Cedar Rapids/Xavier 54, Sgt. Bluff-Luton 49

4A State Tournament
Third Place
Sioux City, East 58, Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 56

4A State Championship

Iowa City West 64, West Des Moines/Valley 50

MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Lizzy Wendell scored 23 of her season-high-tying 34 points in the second half when No. 20 Drake rallied to beat Wichita State 86-68 on Saturday and advance to the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship game with a record-setting 21st straight victory.

The top-seeded Bulldogs (27-4) were tied for the longest win streak in MVC history with the 2013-14 Wichita State team before beating this season’s Shockers for the third time and earning a title-game matchup Sunday with the winner of No. 2 seed Northern Iowa and No. 6 seed Evansville.

The Bulldogs scored only 20 points in the first half before breaking away with a 24-point third quarter in their Friday quarterfinal win over Illinois State, and Saturday found themselves trailing the fifth-seeded Shockers 33-27 at halftime. But they scored 37 points in the third quarter, including 13 from Wendell and 12 of Sammie Bachrodt’s 14, to lead by 12. They led by as many as 24 in the final quarter.

Caitlin Ingle had 11 assists and 11 points for Drake.

Rangie Bessard scored 27 points with 13 rebounds for the Shockers (15-16).

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Deonte Burton scored 22 points, Monte Morris had 15 and No. 23 Iowa State routed TCU 84-63 on Friday night to reach its third Big 12 Tournament title game in the past four seasons.

The fourth-seeded Cyclones (22-10) clearly weren’t impressed – or intimidated – by the Horned Frogs’ victory against top-ranked Kansas in the quarterfinals. Iowa State used two big first-half runs to assume control, and then stretched its advantage to 26 points midway through the second.

Vladimir Brodziansky and Jaylen Fisher had 10 points apiece for the No. 8 seed Horned Frogs (19-15), but nobody seemed to have much pep in their step after their heart-stopping win over the Jayhawks.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Jesse Jansma scored 22 points, Ben Gesink added 21 and Hull Western Christian beat Pella Christian 62-50 Friday night to win its second straight Class 2A state championship and third in four years.

It was the ninth title overall for Western Christian (24-2), tying Davenport Central for the most in state history. And coach Bill Harmsen became the first to coach state championship teams in boys and girls basketball at the same school.

Harmsen, in his first season as the boys coach, guided the Western Christian girls to three titles.

Kenden Veenstra led Pella Christian (22-5) with 12 points, Levi Jungling scored 11 and David Kacmarynski had nine points and 10 rebounds.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Grant DeMeulenaere scored 17 points and sparked a fast start that carried Grand View Christian to a 61-50 victory over Gladbrook-Reinbeck on Friday night and the Class 1A state championship.

Mach Nyaw added 11 points and Bryce Crabb 10 for Grand View Christian (27-1), which has been open for only three years but already has become a force in small-school basketball. The Thunder lost only to Class 3A state tournament qualifier Pella and finished with 27 straight victories.

Joe Smoldt led Gladbrook-Reinbeck with 25 points but struggled early when Grand View Christian took control. Smoldt, averaging 30 points a game, missed his first seven shots and went 5-for-19 from the field.

Caden Kickbush, usually the No. 2 scorer for the Rebels (26-3), started 0-for-6 and scored only four points.

FRIDAY, 3/10/17

1A Consolation

North Linn 76, Remsen, St. Mary’s 66

2A Consolation

Kuemper Catholic 73, Camanche 53

4A State Tournament Semifinals

Iowa City West 61, Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 37
West Des Moines, Valley 64, Sioux City, East 54

1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Grand View Christian 61, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 50

2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Western Christian 62, Pella Christian 50

SATURDAY, 3/11/17

3A Consolation

12:05-p.m. Waverly-Shell Rock vs. Manchester/West Delaware

3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

6:05-p.m. Cedar Rapids/Xavier vs. Sgt. Bluff-Luton

4A Consolation

1:45-p.m. Cedar Rapids, Kennedy vs. Sioux City, East

4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

8:05-p.m. Iowa City, West vs. West Des Moines, Valley

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PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Little League World Series will make room for the major leaguers this summer when the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals play in the first “MLB Little League Classic” in August. The regular season game between the NL Central rivals on August 20th will coincide with the 2017 Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

The clubs will attend a Little League World Series game during the day then play at BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field, the home of the Williamsport Crosscutters of the Class A New York-Penn League. The Sunday night game will be televised by ESPN.