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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jeremy Morgan scored 18 points and Northern Iowa made six free throws in the last 28 seconds to defeat Southern Illinois 66-60 in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley tournament on Thursday. The fourth-seeded Panthers (20-12) face league champion Wichita State in Saturday’s early semifinal.
Northern Iowa led 29-28 at the half and built the lead to 12 before the fifth-seeded Salukis (22-10) battled back. A 3-point play by Armon Fletcher tied the game at 56 with 2:18 to play. Both teams had a pair of empty possessions before Morgan made a pair of free throws at 1:15. Sean O’Brien tied it at 1:01 but 14 seconds later Wes Washpun made a tough layup for Northern Iowa.
Then Fletcher missed a 3-pointer and Morgan made two more free throws with 28 seconds remaining. Anthony Bean quickly scored for Southern Illinois but Matt Bohannon and Klint Carlson clinched it at the foul line. Northern Iowa was 15 of 18 from the line in the second half. Beane had 17 points and O’Brien had 12 points and 12 rebounds for SIU.
KISSIMMEE, Florida (AP) — Luis Valbuena hit a two-run homer in the first inning and finished with three RBIs to lead the Houston Astros over the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 in an exhibition game on Friday.
Marwin Gonzalez hit a solo homer off Jaime Garcia over the left field wall with one out in the first. Garcia then walked last year’s American League Rookie of the Year Carlos Correa on four pitches before Valbuena launched the first pitch over the right field wall to make it 3-0.
The Cardinals scored two in the fourth to cut the lead to 3-2, but Preston Tucker’s home run in the bottom of the inning extended the lead back to 2. Jose Altuve added an RBI double in the fifth and Valbuena padded the lead with a run-scoring single later in the inning.
Class 4A Semi-finals
Mason City 57, Keokuk 45
Pella 54, Marion 48
Class 5A Semi-finals
Johnston 51, Linn-Mar 39
Ankeny Centennial 57, Cedar Falls 31
Class 1A Championship Game
6:00-p.m. Turkey Valley vs. Springville
Class 2A Championship Game
8:00-p.m. Western Christian vs. Unity Christian
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and Brionna Jones each scored 23 points Friday to help No. 5 Maryland pull away from Iowa 75-55 in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.
The Terrapins (28-3), this year’s regular-season conference champs, have won seven straight and 16 of 17 to reach Saturday’s semifinal.
Iowa (19-13) was led by Ally Disterhoft with 16 points and Indiana native Whitney Jennings with 11.
It looked like the Hawkeyes might pull an upset when they took a 28-18 lead after the first quarter. But Walker-Kimbrough scored nine points in a 17-2 run to start the second quarter, allowing Maryland to take a 39-32 lead at halftime.
After Iowa closed to 41-37 early in the third quarter, Maryland answered with five straight points and sealed the win with an 11-0 run late in the quarter.
Iowa couldn’t closer than six the rest of the game.
Class 1A State Tournament
State Semifinal
Springville 59, Newell-Fonda 52
Turkey Valley, Jackson Junction 79, Notre Dame, Burlington 67
Class 2A State Tournament
State Semifinal
Western Christian, Hull 70, Okoboji, Milford 41
Unity Christian, Orange City 53, Regina, Iowa City 45
Class 3A State Tournament
State Semifinal
Nevada 47, Center Point-Urbana 41
PAC-LM 102, Cherokee, Washington 91
Schedule for today (Fri. March 4th)
Class 4A Semi-finals
10:00-a.m. Mason City vs. Keokuk
11:45-a.m. Pella vs. Marion
Class 5A Semi-finals
1:30-p.m. Linn-Mar vs. Johnston
3:15-p.m. Ankeny Centennial vs. Cedar Falls
Class 1A Championship Game
6:00-p.m. Turkey Valley vs. Springville
Class 2A Championship Game
8:00-p.m. Western Christian vs. Unity Christian
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Chris Kendrix hit five 3-pointers and finished with 21 points, and Ryan Kreklow hit a late 3 to help seventh-seeded Missouri State beat No. 10 seed Drake 69-67 Thursday night in the first round of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. The Bears will play second-seeded Evansville (23-8) in the quarterfinals Friday.
Kreklow scored 10 of his 13 points in the second half, and Dequon Miller had 14 points, seven rebounds and four assists for Missouri State. Drake (7-23) scored five-straight points to take a 66-64 lead with 1:48 to play and Kreklow answered with a 3-pointer 17 seconds later. After the Bulldogs committed turnovers on back-to-back possessions, Loomis Gerring made a pair of foul shots to make it 69-66 with 11 seconds to go and Missouri State (12-18) held on from there.
Dominik Olejniczak led Drake with 18 points, on 9-of-13 shooting, and eight rebounds. Casey Schlatter had a career-high 11 assists.
| 2016 Hawkeye 10 All Conference Girls Basketball Team | ||||||
| First Team | ||||||
| Erin Olsen | Atlantic | 12 | G | |||
| Taylor Frederick * | Harlan | 12 | F | |||
| Jordyn Moser* | Harlan | 12 | PG | |||
| Maegan Holt* | Lewis Central | 10 | F | |||
| Kye Madsen | Lewis Central | 12 | PG | |||
| Logan Ehlers | Shenandoah | 11 | C | |||
| Paige Beacom* | St. Albert Catholic | 12 | F | |||
| Alyssa Carley | St. Albert Catholic | 12 | PG | |||
| * Unanimous | ||||||
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Second Team
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| Tiffany Williams | Atlantic | 12 | F | |||
| Jenna Taylor | Creston | 12 | F | |||
| Taylor Briley | Creston | 12 | PG | |||
| Jacque Ingram | Denison | 11 | C | |||
| Molly Dean | Glenwood | 12 | G | |||
| Danika Lucy | Glenwood | 12 | C | |||
| Alissa Pomrenke | Lewis Central | 10 | SG | |||
| Logan Hughes | Shenandoah | 9 | G | |||
| Honorable Mention | ||||||
| Catherine Leonard | Atlantic | 11 | F | |||
| Allison Fast | Clarinda | 12 | G | |||
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Cammy Rutherford
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Creston | 11 | P | |||
| Alex Mohr | Denison | 9 | PG | |||
| Emma Ahrenholtz | Harlan | 12 | F | |||
| Paige Overmohle | Kuemper Catholic | 12 | G | |||
| Aimee Adams | Kuemper Catholic | 9 | F | |||
| Kassie Larsen | Lewis Central | 12 | F | |||
| Madison Paulsen | Lewis Central | 11 | G | |||
| Angela Mahoney | Red Oak | 12 | F | |||
| Hannah Vial | Red Oak | 10 | PG | |||
| McKaya O’Neil | Shenandoah | 11 | G | |||
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Megan Gustafson had a career-high 25 points with 10 rebounds, one of three Iowa players with double-doubles, as the ninth-seeded Hawkeyes defeated eight-seed Michigan 97-85 in the Big Ten Tournament second round on Thursday.
Iowa (19-12) will face league-champion and fifth-ranked Maryland in the quarterfinals on Friday.
Megan Coley had 20 points and 10 rebounds — with career highs of six blocks and six assists — and Tania Davis had 10 points and a career-high 10 assists for the Hawkeyes. Ally Disterhoft made all four of her 3-pointers and had 22 points.
The Hawkeyes, trailing 29-21 after one quarter, scored 31 points in the second quarter for a 52-42 lead. It was their biggest quarter and biggest half of the season.
Iowa was 8 of 12 from the field and 10 of 12 from the line in the fourth quarter. The Hawkeyes finished at 61 percent (37 of 61), including 8 of 12 on 3s, with a season best 12 blocks.
Katelyn Flaherty had 31 points and Hallie Thome 15, all in the first half, for the Wolverines (17-13).
(@ Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines)
Class 1A Semifinals
Turkey Valley 79, Burlington Notre Dame 67
Springville 59, Newell-Fonda 52
Class 2A Semifinals
Western Christian 70, Okoboji 41
3:15-p.m. Unity Christian vs. Iowa City Regina
Class 3A Semifinals
5:00-p.m. Pocahontas Area Community (PAC) vs. Cherokee
6:45-p.m. Center Point-Urbana vs. Nevada
The Class 4A and 5A Semifinals take place on Friday along with the Championship games in Class 1A and 2A. The rest of the title games will be held on Saturday.
The Big Ten Conference and Big 12 Conference announced their annual women’s basketball award winners on Wednesday.
In the Big 10 the Iowa Hawkeyes were represented by Junior Guard Ally Disterhoft on the All Big Ten Second Team. Disterhoft was named to the Second Team by both the coaches and media. The Big Ten Coaches also named Hawkeye Freshmen Tania Davis and Megan Gustafson to the All-Freshman Team. Disterhoft also was named a Sportsmanship Award honoree.
In the Big 12 the Iowa State Cyclones had three players honored. Junior Guard Seanna Johnson was named an All-Big 12 First Team selection while Jadda Buckley and Bridget Carleton were Honorable Mention selections. Carleton; a Guard from Ontario, Canada; was also named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team.
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