Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals: Iowa 73, Rutgers 62

Game Notes: 

• The Iowa Hawkeyes (17-8, 11-8) defeated Rutgers (14-4, 10-3), 73-62.
• Junior Monika Czinano posted 20 points, breaking into the 1,000-point club. Czinano is the 38^th Hawkeye to score 1,000 points in their career.
• Sophomore Gabbie Marshall had a career-night, tallying 27 points, seven 3-pointers made, 10 field goals made, and seven rebounds to set career highs.
• Freshman Caitlin Clark recorded her eighth double-double on the season, scoring 21 points and dishing out 10 assists.
• Sophomore McKenna Warnock recorded her eighth game this season with 10 or more rebounds, pulling down 12.

Up Next: The Hawkeyes prepare for the 2021 Big Ten Tournament Semifinals in Indianapolis. Iowa takes on Michigan State (7 seed) on Friday. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m. (CT) on FS2.

Class 1A Championship

12:00—#1 North Linn, Troy Mills vs. #7 Montezuma

Class 2A Championship

2:30—#1 Boyden-Hull vs. #2 Western Christian, Hull

Class 3A Championship

5:00—#1 Ballard vs. #2 Pella

Class 4A Championship

7:30—#2 Waukee vs. #4 Johnston

Class 2A Semifinals

#1 Boyden-Hull 77, #4 Aplington-Parkersburg 66

#2 Western Christian, Hull 56, #3 Des Moines Christian 47

Class 3A Semifinals

#1 Ballard 74, #5 Assumption, Davenport 65

#2 Pella 46, #6 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 32

Class 4A Semifinals

#4 Johnston 64, #1 Cedar Falls 51

#2 Waukee 71, #3 Ames 36

FIRST TEAM
*Toby Bower, SR, Nodaway Valley
*Trey Baker, SR, Martensdale-St. Marys
*Jack Franey, SR, Martensdale-St. Marys
*Jaixen Frost, SO Mount Ayr
Erik Trujillo, SR. Mount Ayr
Matt Boothe, JR, Central Decatur
Keaton England, SO. Lenox
*Unanimous

SECOND TEAM
Hogan Franey, JR, Martensdale-St. Marys
Carson Elbert. SR, Martensdale-St. Marys
Payton Weehler, SR, Mount Ayr
Trey Hullinger, JR, Central Decatur
Avery Phillippi, SO, Nodaway Valley
Zayden Mitchell, SR, Wayne
Tucker TePoel. SR, Southwest Valley

Honorable Mention
Owen Lucas, JR, Bedford
Cauy Masters, JR, Central Decatur
Cale Eklund, JR, East Union
Chase Johnston, SR, Lenox
JT Archibald, SR, Martensdale-St. Marys
Cody Larsen, JR, Mount Ayr
Mason Menefee, SR, Nodaway Valley
Austin Clendenen, SR, Southeast Warren
Blain Venteicher, SR, Southwest Valley
Logan Berndt, SR, Wayne

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs released starting offensive tackles Eric Fisher and Mitchell Schwartz on Thursday as they sought to squeeze under the salary cap. Those moves  will provide another obstacle in their quest to upgrade an offensive line ransacked by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Super Bowl. The Chiefs were more than $22 million over the cap of $182.5 million that was set Wednesday. The release of Fisher and Schwartz saves about $18.3 million, leaving them able to restructure other contracts — and potentially extend players — and create enough financial wiggle room to maneuver in free agency.

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Class 1A State Semifinals

Montezuma 49, Grand View Christian 35

North Linn, Troy Mills 63, Martensdale-St. Marys 50

Class 4A State Quarterfinals

Ames 54, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 37

Cedar Falls 42, Dubuque, Senior 27

Johnston 49, Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 33

Waukee 65, Pleasant Valley 43

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Monika Czinano scored a career-high 38 points and Big Ten Freshman of the Year Caitlin Clark just missed an eighth double-double, scoring 27 points with nine assists, and sixth-seeded Iowa pulled away from eleventh-seeded Purdue 83-72 in the Big Ten Conference tournament. Iowa advanced to play No. 19-ranked Rutgers (14-3), the tournament’s third seed, in a Thursday quarterfinal.

Czinano and Clark combined to score 23 of Iowa’s 27 points in an emphatic fourth quarter. Kayana Traylor scored 19 points for Purdue and Madison Layden added 18, making five of Purdue’s 10 3-pointers.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Austin Reaves scored 11 of his 21 points in the closing minutes, helping No. 25 Oklahoma answer Iowa State’s late run and hold on for in a 79-73 victory Wednesday night in the opening round of the Big 12 Tournament.

Oklahoma forward Brady Manek (35) goes up for a rebound next to Iowa State forward George Conditt IV (4) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the first round of the Big 12 men’s tournament in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

De’Vion Harmon added 18 points and Elijah Harkless had 12 for No. 7 seed Oklahoma, which will play No. 11 Kansas for a spot in the semifinals Thursday night. Rasir Bolton scored 18 points and Jalen Coleman-Lands had 14 for the No. 10 seed Cyclones, who entered as the defending champion by virtue of their 2019 title but headed back to Ames with an 18th straight loss.

IRVING, Texas – Iowa State women’s basketball freshman Lexi Donarski was named the unanimous Big 12 Freshman of the Year, becoming the first Cyclone to earn the prestigious honor since Megan Taylor in 1998. In addition, junior Ashley Joens earned unanimous First-Team All-Big 12 honors for the second-straight season, while Kristin Scott earned a spot on the All-Big 12 Second-Team and Emily Ryan was also named a unanimous selection to the All-Freshman Team, as voted on by the Big 12 coaches.

Donarski put together a blistering freshman campaign, averaging 13.1 points, while shooting 40.4 percent from the floor and 41.4 percent from long range. Her 48 triples on the season are a team-high. Donarski was the only Big 12 freshman to average double figures on the year, as she tallied 17 double-figure scoring games and four 20+-point performances. Donarski also averaged 2.0 assists, 3.3 rebounds, while shooting 84.7 percent from the charity stripe.

The Big 12’s top freshman also claimed a league-high five Freshman of the Week awards in 2020-21. The Cyclones captured nine of the 15 Freshman of the Week honors of the season. Donarski was also a unanimous selection to the All-Freshman Team.

Ashley Joens put together another monster campaign for Iowa State, landing unanimous first-team All-Big 12 honors for the second-straight season. Joens yet again led the league in scoring with 23.4 points and averaged 9.0 rebounds per game. Joens averaged career-bests in field-goal percentage (46.1 percent), while knocking down 42 triples and shooting a career-best 90.1 percent from the charity stripe. Joens’ 585 points n the year currently ranks seventh in school history, while her 23.4 points per game sets a new school record for scoring average, besting Bridget Carleton’s 21.7 PPG in 2018-19.

Kristin Scott earned Second-Team All-Big 12 for the second time in her career. The senior averaged 11.7 points, while shooting a team-high 50.2 percent from the floor. Scott added 5.9 boards and tallied 27 blocks on the year. Scott totaled 17 double-figure games on the regular season.

Emily Ryan was the only other unanimous selection to the All-Freshman team, averaging 7.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game, which ranks second in the Big 12. Ryan’s 143 dimes on the year are also a freshman record at Iowa State. Ryan dished five or more assists in 15 games on the year, with two 10+-assist games. Ryan earned two Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors on the season.