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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Becca Hittner scored 22 points and Lizzy Wendell 21 and No. 22 Drake extended its school-record winning streak to 18 games, beating Missouri State 98-91 on Thursday despite a 46-point performance from the Lady Bears’ Liza Fruendt.

Brenni Rose added 16 points as six Bulldogs scored in double figures. Drake (24-0, 17-0) will seek to become the first Missouri Valley Conference team to go undefeated in regular-season MVC play when it takes on Wichita State on Saturday.

Drake led from early on and was up by 22 midway through the second quarter. Missouri State (16-12, 12-5) went on a 10-0 run to get within one, 52-51, with 7:27 left in the third quarter. The Bulldogs clung to their lead, finally putting the game away by making 8 of 8 free throws in the final minute.

Fruendt’s 46 points are the fifth-most in school history. She was 17-of-31 shooting, 6 of 16 from the arc and made 6 of 7 free throws.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jordan Bohannon hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 9 seconds left, and Iowa capitalized on No. 22 Wisconsin’s sloppy final few minutes with a 7-0 run to beat the Badgers 59-57 on Thursday night.

After Ethan Happ missed two free throws that could have sealed the win for Wisconsin, Iowa’s Peter Jok missed a jumper in the lane. But Cordell Pemsl corralled the offensive rebound and Bohannon hit the 3 from the left wing, stunning the crowd at the Kohl Center after Wisconsin led by nine with 4:15 left.

The Hawkeyes (17-13, 9-8 Big Ten) have won two straight road games as they try to improve their postseason resume.

The Badgers (22-8, 11-6) lost their third straight game, going scoreless for the final 3:12. Iowa forced turnovers on consecutive Wisconsin inbounds passes in that stretch, converting each mistake into baskets to set up Bohannon’s game-winner. Bohannon finished with 11 points. Bronson Koenig led the Badgers with 19 points.

Class 1A Semifinals

Springville 61, Kingsley-Pierson 43
Turkey Valley 48, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 44 (OT)

Class 2A Semifinals

Western Christian 71, Iowa City Regina 49
Treynor 43, Cascade 41

Class 3A Semifinals

Sioux Center 81, Cherokee 56
Pocahontas Area-LM 80, Center Point-Urbana 59

The rematch is set in Class 1A. For the second straight year, it’s Springville against Turkey Valley for the state championship.

Second-ranked Turkey Valley completed that pairing by pulling out a 48-46 overtime victory over Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton. The Trojans will take a 23-2 record against No. 1 Springville at 6 p.m.

Springville edged Turkey Valley 48-47 in last year’s title game and beat the Trojans 40-27 earlier this season. The Orioles advanced with a 61-43 victory over Kingsley-Pierson.

Elli Winter and Kayla Gebel led Turkey Valley with 13 points each. Gebel scored 11 of her points in the second half, including three key buckets in the third quarter to bring the Trojans back with a seven-point halftime deficit. Winter grabbed 10 rebounds to finish with a double-double.

Shelby Reicks added 10 points, six steals and four assists for Turkey Valley, including two free throws that broke the game’s final tie. Morgen Kuennen scored eight for the Trojans.

Exira/EHK got most of its scoring from its strong inside duo of Sophia Peppers and Kealey Nelson. Peppers finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds, while Nelson had 12 points and 11 rebounds. The two were especially strong on the offensive boards, helping the Spartans put up 18 second-chance points.

Peppers scored on a putback to tie it at 42-all with 18 seconds left in regulation, then blocked a shot at the other end to force overtime.

Her two free throws tied it at 44 with 2:33 left in the extra session, but Reicks was fouled 11 seconds later and made both shots for a 46-44 lead. Three turnovers hurt the Spartans in the final two minutes and Gebel sank two free throws for the final points.

Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton played at state for the third straight year and finishes 24-2.

CLASS 4A Semifinals

(Winners advances to Saturday’s Championship game at 6-p.m)

10:00-a.m. North Scott 58, Cedar Rapids Xavier 49

11:45-a.m. Marion 33, Pella 24

CLASS 5A Semifinals

(Winners advances to Saturday’s Championship game at 8-p.m)

1:30-p.m. Cedar Falls 48, Indianola 44

3:15-p.m. West Des Moines/Valley vs. Iowa City West

CLASS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP –Friday, March 3rd

6:00-p.m. Springville vs. Turkey Valley

CLASS 2A CHAMPIONSHIP – Friday, March 3rd

8:00-p.m. Western Christian vs. Treynor

CLASS 3A CHAMPIONSHIP – Saturday, March 4th

4:00-p.m. Sioux Center vs. Pocahontas Area Community (PAC) Schools

CLASS 4A CHAMPIONSHIP – Saturday, March 4th

6:00-p.m. North Scott vs. Marion

CLASS 5A CHAMPIONSHIP – Saturday, March 4th

8:00-p.m. Cedar Falls vs. Iowa City West/WDM Valley winner

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Nia Coffey scored a season-high 34 points, Lauren Douglas added 17 — including four free throws in the last 10 seconds — and ninth-seeded Northwestern edged eighth-seeded Iowa 78-73 in the second round of the Big Ten tournament on Thursday.

Coffey had 15 points in the second quarter as the Wildcats erased a five-point deficit to lead 41-32 at the half. Iowa’s Megan Gustafson had 13 of her 27 in the third quarter, including the last five to help the Hawkeyes cut a 12-point deficit to 60-55 entering the fourth quarter.

Back-to-back baskets by Gustafson and Kathleen Doyle put Iowa up 69-68 with 3:45 to play but Christen Inman quickly answered for Northwestern. The Wildcats were clinging to a one-point lead when Ashley Deary made two free throws with 14.8 seconds left. Douglas rebounded an Iowa miss and made two from the line at 6.7 and after a Gustafson layup, Douglas iced it with four seconds to go.

The Wildcats (20-10) face top-seeded and ninth-ranked Ohio State in the quarterfinals on Friday. Coffey, who had the fourth-highest point total in tournament history, and Douglas both had eight rebounds while Deary had nine points, seven assists, five rebounds and four steals.

Iowa (17-13) also got 18 points from Ally Disterhoft.

The St. Louis Cardinals said today (Thursday), they have agreed to terms with all 21 of the previously unsigned pre-arbitration players on their 40-man roster.

The list of players includes catcher Carson Kelly; infielders Eliezer Alvarez, Greg Garcia, Edmundo Sosa, Breyvic Valera; outfielders Anthony Garcia, Randal Grichuk, Jose Martinez, Tommy Pham, Stephen Piscotty, Magneuris Sierra; pitchers Matt Bowman, John Gant, Marco Gonzales, Tyler Lyons, Mike Mayers, Alex Reyes, Miguel Socolovich, Sam Tuivailala, Luke Weaver and Rowan Wick.

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Iowa coach Fran McCaffery expects freshman point guard Jordan Bohannon to handle tonight’s (Thursday’s) game at 22nd ranked Wisconsin like any other road game. Bohannon will be trying to knock off the Badgers after spending several years traveling to the Kohl Center to cheer for two of his brothers who played for Wisconsin.

Bohannon connected on eight three pointers in the Hawkeyes upset win at 24th ranked Maryland this past weekend. McCaffery says the Badgers are tough at home no matter what the circumstances.

He says the Badger’s strength is their balance and not just on offense. Our pre-game coverage on KJAN begins at 7-p.m., with the tip-time from the Kohl Center in Madison, WI., at 8-p.m.

(Learfield Sports)