2018-19 Western Iowa Conference
Girls Basketball, Final Standings

Teams                  Conf            All

!#*Treynor           16-0            26-1
IKM-Manning      12-3            17-5
Logan-Magnolia  12-4            13-9
AHST/W              11-5            15-7
Tri-Center             7-8            9-12
Audubon              7-9            9-14
Underwood         4-12            6-16
Riverside              1-15            3-19
Missouri Valley     1-15            1-21
* 2018-19 WIC Regular Season Champions.
# 2019 State Basketball Qualilfier.
! 2019 Class 2A State Champions

WIC All-Conference Basketball Teams

First Team

*Kylie Morrison, Logan-Magnolia, Jr.; Kayla Champman, Treynor, Sr.; Konnor Sudmann, Treynor, Sr.; Alexa Ahrenholtz, IKM-Manning, Soph.; Kinsey Scheffler, AHSTW, Jr.; Aleah Hermansen, Audubon, Fr.; Gabby Caldwell, IKM-Manning, Sr.
* 2018-19 WIC Most Valuable Player.

Second Team

Claire Harris, AHSTW, Soph.; Claire Denning, AHSTW, Soph.; Lilly Dahir, Tri-Center, Sr.; Marissa Anderson, Tri-Center, Sr.; Emilie Thompson, Lo-Ma, Soph.; Violet Lapke, Lo-Ma, Jr.; Sydni Huisman, Treynor, Sr.

Evan Hansen (From gvvikings.com)

Exira-EHK alum Evan Hansen clinched his third straight NAIA National Wrestling Championship on Saturday and helped lead Grand View to their 8th consecutive National Championship.

Hansen won by decision in the 197 pound championship 6-4 over Isaac Bartel of MSU-Northern to complete a 19-1 season record. The Kimballton native helped Grand View rack up 219 team points, 134 points ahead of second place Lindsey Wilson.

Grand View becomes just the second university nationally to claim eight straight national titles, joining the University of Iowa in Division I. The Vikings are now one of three programs in NAIA history to possess eight total titles.

Josh Wegner was a key contributor as well for Grand View earning his second career National Championship at 149 pounds. He came into the tourney as the five seed and beat his second seeded teammate Devin Reynolds to earn the crown. He adds to his 2017 title at 141 during his freshman season. He finishes 30-4 on the season with 17 pins.

The NAIA National Championship was held in Des Moines at the Richard O Jacobson Exhibition Center at the State Fairgrounds.

(IGHSAU) Treynor made sure this championship game ended on a much happier note than the last time the Cardinals played in the finals. All-tournament captain Konnor Sudmann scored 17 points and Treynor played outstanding defense in beating Grundy Grundy Center 48-30 to win the Class 2A state championship.

Treynor handed the top-ranked Spartans their first loss of the season and sent them home with a loss in championship game for the second straight year.

Treynor jumped on top early and never let up. The Cardinals made seven of their first eight shots in a building a 15-7 first-quarter lead and led by as many as 15 in the opening half. Grundy Center drew to 31-25 on Brooke Flater’s layup at the start of the fourth quarter, leaving the Spartans plenty of time for a rally. But their offense stalled — they managed only one basket the rest of the way — and Treynor pulled away with patient, efficient ball handling.

Mandy Stogdill’s 3-pointer from the deep right corner stretched the lead to 36-25 and Treynor made the free throws it needed down the stretch to stay in control. Against an aggressive Grundy Center defense, Treynor turned the ball over only three times.

Treynor got back to the championship game after a tough 51-48 loss to Western Christian in the 2017 finals, a game in which Treynor was hurt by a charging call against Sudmann in the final seconds. The Cardinals had been unbeaten going into that one.

Stogdill finished with nine points on three 3-pointers and Kayla Chapman also scored nine for the Cardinals, who held Grundy Center to 28.6 percent shooting and closed with a 26-1 record.

Kylie Willis led Grundy Center with eight points, Hailey Wallis scored seven and Flater had six. Grundy Center, which lost to Cascade in last year’s championship game, finishes 24- 1.

Chapman joined Sudmann on the all-tournament team, which also had Wallis, Alli Masters and Emma Atwood of Central Decatur and Nicole McDermott of Cascade.

Box Score

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Nick McGlynn had 22 points and 13 rebounds as Drake topped Missouri State 73-62 on Saturday to win at least a share of the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season title. Tremell Murphy had seven rebounds for Drake (23-8, 12-6).

Jarred Dixon had 18 points for the Bears (16-15, 10-8). Tulio Da Silva added 17 points. Keandre Cook had 10 points and three blocks.

The Bulldogs improve to 2-0 against the Bears on the season. Drake defeated Missouri State 74-63 on Jan. 20. The Bulldogs and the Bears next take the floor in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — No. 22 Iowa has likely done enough to lock up an NCAA Tournament spot. But it’s fair to start wondering if the Hawkeyes will be able to do anything once they get there. Freshman Ron Harper Jr. scored a season-high 27 points and Rutgers rolled past Iowa 86-72 on Saturday in the Hawkeyes’ home finale.

Issa Thiam had 13 points for the Scarlet Knights (14-14, 7-11), who won their first road game over a ranked opponent as a Big Ten team. It was also the Scarlet Knights’ first victory over a Top 25 team away from home since defeating then-No. 13 Pittsburgh 77-64 in 2008.

Iowa played without coach Fran McCaffery, who was suspended by the school for two games for yelling at an official in a hallway heading to the locker room following Tuesday’s loss at Ohio State. It was Iowa’s third loss in four games — and the Hawkeyes (21-8, 10-8) needed some late heroics to top Indiana in their only win in that stretch.

The scariest thing for the Hawkeyes was how lopsided it was. Iowa shot just 35.7 percent from the floor and turned it over 13 times. Senior Nicholas Baer scored a season-high 17 points and Tyler Cook had 16 for Iowa (21-8, 10-8), which closed to 72-60 before allowing back-to-back dunks. The Hawkeyes shot just 8 of 29 on 3s.

It’s impossible to say whether McCaffery’s absence hurt the Hawkeyes. But he’s the coach for a reason. Iowa came out lethargic in front of a sellout crowd on Senior Day, and failed to make the halftime adjustments needed to at least make a game of it.
POLL IMPLICATIONS –
Iowa will almost certainly drop out of Monday’s poll.
UP NEXT
Iowa: At Wisconsin on Thursday night.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Bridget Carleton and Ashley Joens each scored 12 points in the first half as No. 20 Iowa State jumped out early and beat No. 18 Texas 82-73 on Saturday night. The Cyclones started on an 18-4 run and had a double-digit lead until late in the fourth quarter. Carleton finished with 23 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, and surpassed 2,000 career points in the first quarter. Joens had 22 points. The pair combined for eight of Iowa State’s 12 3-pointers.

Iowa State (22-7, 12-5 Big 12) has won four of its last five games and has 12 conference wins for the first time since the 2012-13 season. Texas (21-8, 11-6) has lost three of four including a 64-35 defeat to top-ranked Baylor on Monday.

Sug Sutton had 16 of her 21 points in the second half to lead the Longhorns, who pulled within single digits in the last two minutes. Texas entered having won seven of the last eight meetings between the teams and was 10-5 at home against the Cyclones.

Class 4A State Championship: North Scott, Eldridge 50, Marion 49

Class 2A State Championship: Treynor 48, Grundy Center 30

Class 1A State Championship: Newell-Fonda 76, West Hancock, Britt 52

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jase Febres scored a career-best 26 points, and Texas defeated Iowa State 86-69 Saturday. Febres, a sophomore, made eight 3-point baskets, also a career-best, in 10 attempts.

Courtney Ramey scored 18 for Texas (16-13, 8-8 in Big 12), Eli Mitrou-Long and Dylan Osetkowski had 13 apiece. Matt Coleman III made 10 assists. Marial Shayok led Iowa State (20-9, 9-7) with 22 points, and Lindell Wigginton scored 16. Starter Nick Weiler-Babb played just six minutes in the second half after suffering a bruised knee late in the first half.

Febres has started the last three games, replacing the suspended Kerwin Roach II. During those games Febres has hit 20 of 39 3-pointers. Texas center Jaxson Hayes left the game after getting hit in the face in the second half. A team spokesman said Hayes did not suffer a concussion.

Texas trailed by nine less than eight minutes into the game but outscored Iowa State 29-10 the rest of the half for a 12-point lead. Iowa State was scoreless for 3:47 late in the half. The Longhorns converted 6 of 12 3-pointers in the half, while Iowa State made just 1 of 7.

The Cyclones were without Cameron Lard, a 6-9 key reserve forward who was suspended for a violation of team rules. He was suspended for the month of November as well, also for a violation of team rules. Lard averages 6.8 points a game in Big 12 competition with 70 percent shooting accuracy from the field. Iowa State converted 6 of 17 3-pointers after hitting 11 of 23 while beating Oklahoma on Monday, including 8 of 14 in the second half.

Iowa State is at West Virginia on Wednesday. Iowa State beat West Virginia 93-68 on Jan. 30 in Ames. Wigginton scored 28 for the Cyclones, converting 7 of 11 from the field and 13 of 16 free throws.

(From IGHSAU) Konnor Sudmann’s best came just when her team needed it the most. Sudmann scored a career-high 34 points, including a huge 3-pointer in the fourth quarter, to help Treynor withstand a furious Central Decatur rally and beat the Cardinals 58-53 to reach the Class 2A championship game for the second time in three years.

Central Decatur, which had been unbeaten, stormed back from a 19-point deficit to trail 47-45 after Alli Masters converted a three-point play off a runner in the lane with 5:47 left. The momentum had swung completely to Central Decatur’s side, but Sudmann stemmed it a few seconds later when she got the ball on the left wing and drained her clutch 3.The 5-foot-9 senior followed that shot with a layup after Treynor broke the press, then continued to make plays down the stretch, sinking four straight free throws and coming up with a key steal by intercepting a long cross court pass when Treynor was clinging to a 55-51 lead.

Now it’s on to the title game for Treynor, which will meet top-ranked and unbeaten Grundy Center at 5 p.m. Saturday. Treynor is looking for a better finish this time after losing to Western Christian 51-48 in the 2017 championship game. Treynor won the Class 1A state championship back in 1994 and was second in 1A in 2006.

Central Decatur rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat Aplington-Parkersburg in the quarterfinals and was on the verge of an even more impressive comeback in this one.A 20-2 run spanning halftime had propelled Treynor into a 38-19 lead and left Central Decatur looking for a spark that would get them back into the game. The Cardinals found it in Masters, who scored 22 of her 24 points in the second half. She started the comeback with a 3-pointer and converted four traditional three-point plays as the Treynor lead kept shrinking. But Central Decatur could not get the combination of a stop and a basket it needed to take the lead and lost for the first time in 24 games.Emma Atwood added 19 points and eight rebounds for Central Decatur, which has compiled a sparkling 95-5 record over the last four years. All but one of those losses have come at the state tournament.

Kayla Chapman added nine points for Treynor, which is now 25-1.

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Becca Hittner scored 10 of her 23 points in the fourth quarter and No. 23 Drake held off a second-half rally to beat Southern Illinois 71-64 on Friday night.

Maddy Dean had six of her 19 points in the final 2½ minutes, including a deep 3-pointer from the wing that made it 66-59 with 47 seconds left. Dean finished 4 of 7 from 3-point range and Sammie Bachrodt added 14 points with two 3-pointers.

The Bulldogs (22-5, 14-1 Missouri Valley Conference) had their largest lead of the game late in the second quarter at 32-16. The Salukis (13-13, 6-9) outscored Drake 23-14 in the third quarter and got as close as 48-46 early in the fourth.

Southern Illinois never pushed in front, but four more times cut the deficit back to two, the last at 61-59 with 1:57 left.

Makenzie Silvey scored 15 points, Abby Brockmeyer had 12 points and eight rebounds, Kristen Nelson scored 10 and Nicole Martin had eight points and 11 rebounds for Southern Illinois.