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Class 2A Quarterfinals
10:30-a.m. Des Moines Christian (21-3) vs. Anamosa (20-5)
12:15p.m. Western Christian (22-2) vs. Kuemper Catholic, Carroll (18-6)
Class 3A Quarterfinals
2:00-p.m. MOC/Floyd Valley (21-3) vs. Dubuque/Wahlert (19-5)
3:45-p.m. Chariton (23-1) vs. Solon (10-14)
6:35-p.m. Spirit Lake (21-3) vs. Cedar Rapids/Xavier (16-8)
8:15-p.m. Pella (22-1) vs. Perry (15-9)
The Class 4A Quarterfinals at the State Tournament begin Wednesday
Iowa High School Boys Basketball Tournament
Wells Fargo Arena- Des Moines, IA
Monday, March 7th
Class 1A
Quarterfinal Round– WEST HANCOCK, BRITT 67, IKM-MANNING 51 – BOXSCORE
Quarterfinal Round – ST. ALBERT, COUNCIL BLUFFS 69, DANVILLE 46 – BOXSCORE
Quarterfinal Round – SOUTH O’BRIEN, PAULLINA 46, GRAND VIEW CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 32 – BOXSCORE
Quarterfinal Round – GLADBROOK-REINBECK 67, JESUP 48 – BOXSCORE
Class 2A
Quarterfinal Round – CASCADE, WESTERN DUBUQUE 60, OSAGE 27 – BOXSCORE
Quarterfinal Round – PELLA CHRISTIAN 59, DIKE-NEW HARTFORD 52 – BOXSCORE
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright struggled with his focus in his first start since last April and Matt Holliday made his professional debut at first base Monday as St. Louis beat a New York Mets split squad 9-4.
Wainwright walked three in two scoreless innings. He gave up two hits and struck out two.
Wainwright tore his Achilles tendon while running out of the batter’s box on April 25. He returned from the disabled list late last season but only pitched in relief. By making his first Grapefruit League start in this game, he’s on pace to pitch the opener on April 3.
Holliday made his spring debut and neatly blocked a pickoff throw from Wainwright that bounced. The veteran left fielder spent the early part of camp learning to play first base, though the Cardinals don’t expect to use him much there this year.
Mets starter Steven Matz breezed through the first two innings before allowing a run in the third. He struck out the side in the second on only 12 pitches.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals are selling majority interest in the team’s Triple-A affiliate in Memphis, Tennessee.
The team said Monday that pending approval from the Pacific Coast League, Peter Freund will become majority owner. Freund is principal owner of Trinity Baseball Holdings and is president of Trinity Packaging Corp, a plastics manufacturer based in Armonk, New York.
The deal is expected to close by April 1. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. says the team believes partnering with Freund will strengthen the Memphis Redbirds and help further revitalize baseball in Memphis.
Freund is a minority owner of the New York Yankees, principal owner of the Philadelphia Phillies’ Class-A team in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and co-owner of the Yankees’ Class-A team in Charleston, South Carolina.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior Georges Niang has become the school’s first two-time All-American after being named to the USA Today’s All-America Third Team. Niang is the first Cyclone to earn a spot on a first, second or third All-America team (honorable mention not included) twice in a career.
Niang, who earned All-Big 12 First Team accolades yesterday, leads the Cyclones with 19.4 points, while also grabbing a career-best 6.2 rebounds. He is the only player in the nation, and the first since Creighton’s Doug McDermott in 2013-14, to average 19 points and six rebounds, while shooting 50 percent from the field and 80 percent from the free-throw line.
Niang has scored in double figures in all 31 games, including 13 games with 20 or more points.
The Methuen, Massachusetts, native, is third on Iowa State’s scoring list with 2,111 points and he is the only player in school history with 2,000 points, 600 rebounds and 400 assists.
Niang was recently named to the Wooden Award Final Ballot for the second time in his career.
Niang and the Cyclones return to action Thursday at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship. Iowa State plays Oklahoma in the quarterfinals, which will be televised by ESPNU at 8 p.m.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State junior Monté Morris has been named one of the Final 5 candidates for the Bob Cousy Award, presented annually to the nation’s top point guard by the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Entering this week’s Big 12 Championship, Morris is averaging 14.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and a league-leading 7.1 assists, one of just five players to be above 14 points, four rebounds and seven assists this season. He ranks among the nation’s top-10 in assists per game and assist-to-turnover ratio (4.1).
Morris has scored in double figures in 26 games this season, including seven games with 20 or more points. He’s also posted seven games with 10 or more assists and is currently 25 assists away from Jamaal Tinsley’s record for assists in a single season at Iowa State.
The Flint, Michigan, native, is the Big 12’s active leader in career assists (529) and steals (164).
The winner of this award will be determined by a combination of fan votes and input from the Basketball Hall of Fame’s selection committee. By visiting hoophallawards.com, fans will have the ability to vote for who they think should win. The voting opens on Friday, March 11 and will run until Friday, March 25.
Cousy Award Final 5
Yogi Ferrell, Indiana
Monté Morris, Iowa State
Tyler Ullis, Kentucky
Kay Felder, Oakland
Kris Dunn, Providence
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — St. Louis shortstop Jhonny Peralta injured his left thumb and could miss the first two months of the season.
Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak said Peralta is expected to return to St. Louis for a second opinion of what he said may be a damaged ulnar collateral ligament.
Peralta hurt his glove hand while fielding a ground ball during Saturday’s exhibition game against Miami. Mozeliak said Peralta felt pain but wasn’t too worried. Peralta didn’t play on Sunday and left the Cardinals’ complex prior to Monday’s game against the New York Mets.
Kansas is No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll for a second straight week and for the fourth time this season.
The Jayhawks (27-4) are again a runaway choice, receiving 63 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday.
Michigan State (26-5), which got the other two first-place votes, remained second and was followed by Villanova, Virginia, Xavier, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Oregon, West Virginia and Indiana.
The same teams are in the Top 25 for a second straight week, the first time that has happened this season.
Next Monday’s poll will be the last of the season.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 6, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Kansas (63) | 27-4 | 1,623 | 1 |
| 2. Michigan St. (2) | 26-5 | 1,520 | 2 |
| 3. Villanova | 27-4 | 1,480 | 3 |
| 4. Virginia | 24-6 | 1,424 | 4 |
| 5. Xavier | 26-4 | 1,351 | 5 |
| 6. Oklahoma | 24-6 | 1,309 | 6 |
| 7. North Carolina | 25-6 | 1,252 | 8 |
| 8. Oregon | 25-6 | 1,127 | 9 |
| 9. West Virginia | 24-7 | 1,113 | 10 |
| 10. Indiana | 25-6 | 1,038 | 12 |
| 11. Miami | 24-6 | 935 | 7 |
| 12. Utah | 24-7 | 898 | 13 |
| 13. Purdue | 24-7 | 798 | 15 |
| 14. Louisville | 23-8 | 647 | 11 |
| 15. Arizona | 24-7 | 626 | 18 |
| 16. Kentucky | 23-8 | 608 | 22 |
| 17. Texas A&M | 24-7 | 574 | 20 |
| 18. Maryland | 24-7 | 544 | 14 |
| 19. Duke | 22-9 | 512 | 17 |
| 20. Iowa | 21-9 | 407 | 16 |
| 21. Iowa St. | 21-10 | 374 | 21 |
| 22. Baylor | 21-10 | 262 | 19 |
| 23. Texas | 20-11 | 191 | 23 |
| 24. California | 22-9 | 189 | 25 |
| 25. SMU | 25-5 | 88 | 24 |
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 62, Dayton 35, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 33, Seton Hall 28, Stephen F. Austin 9, Butler 8, Providence 8, Valparaiso 7, Yale 7, Cincinnati 6, St. Bonaventure 6, Gonzaga 5, Akron 4, Temple 4, Notre Dame 3, San Diego St. 3, UAB 2, N. Iowa 1, S. Dakota St. 1, South Carolina 1, Texas Tech 1, Wichita St. 1.
Oklahoma senior Buddy Hield has become the first player in the 20-season history of the Big 12 to win The Associated Press player of the year award twice.
Hield also won the honor last year.
Bill Self is the AP Coach of the Year for the fifth time overall, and the fourth coach to win the award in consecutive years. The No. 1 Jayhawks won their 12th consecutive Big 12 regular-season title.
In the yearly AP awards announced Monday, Perry Ellis of Kansas and Georges Niang of Iowa State joined Hield as first-team picks for the second year in a row. Iowa State junior Monte Morris and Texas junior Isaiah Taylor rounded out the All-Big 12 first team.
Michigan State senior Denzel Valentine is The Associated Press Big Ten player of the year and one of three unanimous choices for the all-conference first team.
Indiana guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell and Iowa forward Jarrod Uthoff also were named to the first team on every ballot in voting by media members who cover the Big Ten. The other first-team picks are Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes and Purdue center A.J. Hammons.
Valentine finished the regular season first in the conference in scoring and assists and as the top rebounding guard.
Indiana’s Tom Crean is coach of the year, Maryland freshman center Diamond Stone is newcomer of the year, and Hammons edged out teammate Raphael Davis for defensive player of the year.
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