Meredith Burkhall led five Iowa State players in double figures with 20 points and added eight rebounds as the Cyclones cruised to a 90-75 victory at Texas. Seanna  Johnson added 18 points and nine boards as the Cyclones won their third straight game to move to 7-9 in the league race. Iowa State is 16-11 overall and next up visits sixth ranked Texas on Friday.

(Learfield Sports)

BOYS BASKETBALL
1A District 13 Substate 7 Semifinal
Earlham 62, Ankeny Christian Academy 51
Grand View Christian 76, East Union, Afton 36

1A District 14 Substate 7 Semifinal
Fremont Mills, Tabor 83, Lenox 54
Southwest Valley 60, Stanton 37

1A District 15 Substate 8 Semifinal
Ar-We-Va, Westside 71, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 44
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 58, Coon Rapids-Bayard 51

1A District 16 Substate 8 Semifinal
Siouxland Community Christian 53, Logan-Magnolia 32
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 49, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 47

2A District 13 Substate 7 Championship
Van Meter 50, I-35 33

2A District 14 Substate 7 Championship
A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 55, Treynor 53

2A District 15 Substate 8 Championship
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 76, IKM-Manning 53

2A District 16 Substate 8 Championship
Alta/Aurelia 68, Hinton 67 2OT

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Class 4A Region 1 Regional Final
Lewis Central 59, LeMars 52

Class 4A Region 2 Regional Final
Nevada 39, Denison-Schleswig 37

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Senior Peter Jok scored 35 points as Iowa rallied from 13 down to beat Indiana 96-90 in overtime on Tuesday night, snapping a three-game losing streak. Jok made a program record 22 free throws for the Hawkeyes (15-13, 7-8 Big Ten), which made 39 free throws to Indiana’s 16.

Jok hit a pair of free throws and two more off a subsequent steal, putting Iowa ahead 84-81 with 2:14 left in OT. The Hawkeyes then forced another turnover, and Jok made it six straight free throws and an 86-81 Hawkeyes lead.

Tyler Cook’s dunk with 59 seconds left sealed it for Iowa, which came back from a 17-4 deficit to start play. Iowa took its first lead, 73-71, on a Cook 3-point play with 2:10 left in regulation, but Josh Newkirk’s free throws with 25.6 seconds to go brought the Hoosiers even at 75-all. Cook missed a jumper at the buzzer to push the game into overtime.

Robert Johnson scored 19 points with seven assists and Thomas Bryant finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds for Indiana (15-13, 5-10), which committed 22 turnovers in losing its fifth straight.

GIRLS

Class 4A Regional Finals

Region 1: LeMars @ Lewis Central 7:00pm
Region 2: Denison-Schleswig @ Nevada 7:00pm
Region 3: Boone @ Dallas Center-Grimes 7:00pm

BOYS

Class 1A District Semifinals

District 13 @ Nodaway Valley: Earlham vs. Ankeny Christian Academy 6:30pm
District 13 @ Nodaway Valley: Grand View Christian vs. East Union 8:00pm

District 14 @ Tabor: Stanton vs. Southwest Valley 6:30pm
District 14 @ Tabor: Fremont-Mills vs. Lenox 8:00pm

District 15 @ Elk Horn: Ar-We-Va vs. Boyer Valley 6:30pm
District 15 @ Elk Horn: Exira-EHK vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard 8:00pm

District 16 @ Mapleton: Siouxland Community Christian vs. Logan-Magnolia 6:30pm
District 16 @ Mapleton: Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto vs. St. Albert 8:00pm

Class 2A District Finals

District 13 @ Winterset: Van Meter vs. I-35 7:00pm
District 14 @ Harlan: AHSTW vs. Treynor 7:00pm
District 15 @ Carroll: Kuemper Catholic vs. IKM-Manning 7:00pm
District 16 @ Sioux City North: Alta-Aurelia vs. Hinton 7:00pm

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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Behind 23 points from Monte Morris and 20 from Matt Thomas, Iowa State picked up an 82-80 overtime win against Texas Tech on Monday night. Naz Mitrou-Long added 16 points for Iowa State (18-9, 10-5 Big 12), which was held without a field goal for the final four-plus minutes of overtime.

Texas Tech (17-11, 5-10) was led by 17 points from Niem Stevenson and 16 points apiece from Justin Gray and Zach Smith. Donovan Jackson hit two free throws to give Iowa State the lead, 79-78, for good with 1:55 left in overtime. Matt Thomas made two more foul shots and Morris added a third to make it 82-78 with 17 seconds to go.

Keenan Evans made a layup seven seconds later to pull Texas Tech within two and the Red Raiders fouled Nick Weiler-Babb, who missed both free throws, with 6.7 second remaining. Smith rebounded the second miss but Texas Tech didn’t get off a shot; Devon Thomas hit a 3, but it came just after the buzzer.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Kevin Dresser, who built Virginia Tech into an Atlantic Coast Conference wrestling power, was hired Monday as Iowa State’s wrestling coach. He grew up in Humboldt, Iowa, and wrestled for the rival Hawkeyes. He succeeds Kevin Jackson, who is stepping down following the end of his eighth season.

Dresser agreed to a seven-year deal worth $2.25 million plus incentives, Iowa State said. Virginia Tech said Tony Robie, in his 11th season as associate head coach at the school, will serve as interim head coach for the rest of the season.

Dresser was the 2016 National Wrestling Coaches’ Association Coach of the Year. He became the Hokies’ wrestling coach 11 years ago. The Hokies went 48-5 in dual meets the past three seasons and placed in the top 10 at the NCAA meet each of the past four years.

After regional finals were played on Monday the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union quickly released the pairings for the Class 1A, 2A, and 3A state basketball tournaments.  The girls tourneys will be played Monday, February 27th through Saturday, March 4th at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Class 1A

Quarterfinals on Monday, February 27th

Springville vs. Burlington Notre Dame 10:00am
Marquette Catholic vs. Kingsley-Pierson 11:45am
Turkey Valley vs. Janesville 1:30pm
Exira-EHK vs. Sidney 3:15pm

Class 2A

Quarterfinals

Iowa City Regina vs. Logan-Magnolia Monday, February 27 5:00pm
Western Christian vs. North Linn Monday, February 27 6:45pm
Treynor vs. Van Meter Monday, February 27 8:30pm
Central Decatur vs. Cascade Tuesday, February 28th 10:00am

Class 3A

Quarterfinals Tuesday, February 28th

Sioux Center vs. PCM 11:45am
Crestwood vs. Cherokee 1:30pm
Center Point-Urbana vs. Davenport Assumption 3:15pm
Pocahontas Area vs. Clear Lake 5:00pm

GIRLS

CLASS 1A Regional Finals

Region 1 @ Mapleton: Exira-EHK 52, Akron Westfield 46
Region 8 @ Neola: Sidney 55, Glidden-Ralston 52

CLASS 2A Regional Finals

Region 2 @ Ida Grove: Treynor 74, West Sioux 52
Region 3 @ Stuart: Logan-Magnolia 62, Mount Ayr 42
Region 4 @ Waukee: Van Meter 39, Panorama 38

BOYS

CLASS 3A District Semifinals

District 15 @ Atlantic: ADM 65, Harlan 51
District 15 @ Atlantic: Atlantic 58, Winterset 45

District 16 @ Glenwood: Carroll 64, Creston 54
District 16 @ Glenwood: Glenwood 64, Denison-Schleswig 36

CLASS 4A Substate First Round

Substate 1 @ Sioux City West: Sioux City West 52, Sioux City North 46
Substate 1 @ Lewis Central: Lewis Central 75, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 38

The Exira-EHK Spartans girls basketball team is headed to the Class 1A State Tournament for the third straight year, but it took a big second half effort to get there. The Spartans outscored Akron-Westfield 32-13 in the second half to win by a final of 52-46 in Mapleton on Monday night. The Spartans trailed 33-20 after a sloppy first half but flipped the tables in the second half and held the Westerners scoreless in the third quarter.  Exira-EHK Head Coach Tom Petersen was proud of their second half effort.

The Spartans didn’t take care of the basketball in the first half well and also were dominated on the glass with the Westerners getting multiple second and third chance possessions. Coach Petersen said his team wasn’t rotating and playing defense well early in the game.

Spartan Junior Sophia Peppers led the second half charge with 17 of her game-high 21 points coming after the break.  Peppers said Coach Petersen was very motivational in the halftime locker room.

Peppers also talked about the defensive adjustments that helped spark the turnaround.

The Spartans will make their third straight trip to the state tournament after making the semifinals two seasons ago and falling in the first round last year.  Peppers said the team is motivated to have success at state this year.

Akron-Westfield was led in the loss by Bailey Davis with 11 points and their season ends with a 19-5 record.  The Spartans improve to 23-1 and will face the 23-1 Sidney Cowgirls in the first round of the 1A State Tournament on Monday, February 27th at 3:15pm.  We’ll have coverage of the game on KJAN from Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

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