FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Georges Niang and Monte Morris each had 19 points and No. 17 Iowa State ended the regular season with another comeback win, beating TCU 89-76 on Saturday night to clinch the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 tournament. After only two points with three turnovers before halftime, Niang had two assists, two rebounds and a layup as Iowa State (22-8, 12-6 Big 12) went ahead to stay with a 16-5 run in the first 4½ minutes of the second half. That included the assist on a tiebreaking 3-pointer by Naz Long.

Kenrich Williams had 17 points and Kyan Anderson 16 for TCU (17-14, 4-14), which had won its previous three home games. Bryce Dejean-Jones added 15 points for the Cyclones, who had a 63-point outburst in the second half. Jameel McKay had 14 points and 10 rebounds.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell scored 29 points for the second night in a row, Alexa Hart added 24 and Ohio State topped No. 14 Iowa 91-85 in overtime to advance to the Big Ten Conference tournament final on Sunday. Ohio State (23-9) will face No. 4 Maryland (29-2), winners over No. 24 Northwestern in the other semifinal on Saturday.

In overtime, Whitney Jennings made a pair of free throws with 42 seconds left to draw Iowa to within one point. But on the next possession, Mitchell nailed a 3-pointer with 14 seconds left to make it a four-point game. Jennings missed from the inside on the next trip down, and Mitchell made two free throws to seal it. After a tightly-contested second half, Hart hit 1 of 2 free throws to put Ohio State up by two with 17 seconds to go, but Bethany Doolittle’s layup with three seconds left forced overtime.

The teams were tied at the half at 37. Melissa Dixon had 22 points and Doolittle finished with 21 for Iowa (24-7).

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Seth Tuttle led a balanced, methodical attack with 13 points and No. 11 Northern Iowa was stingy again defensively, beating Loyola 63-49 in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament semifinals on Saturday night.

Marvin Singleton and Jeremy Morgan added 11 points apiece for the Panthers (29-3), who held Bradley to 46 points in the quarterfinals. Northern Iowa is fourth in the nation in scoring defense, allowing 54 points, and has won 18 of 19 headed into the title game against fourth-seeded Illinois State (21-11), which upset top-seeded and eighth-ranked Wichita State earlier Saturday.

Northern Iowa beat Illinois State by one and 19 points in the regular season.

The Panthers shot 51 percent, scored 14 points off turnovers and held Loyola (19-13) without an offensive rebound. The Ramblers, who entered with a three-game winning streak and scored 81 points in the quarterfinals, shot 46 percent but were outrebounded 27-18 overall.

Montel James had 14 points and Milton Doyle added 11 points and six assists for Loyola.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Alli Fey scored 20 points and hit three 3-pointers during a big second-half run that carried Nevada to a 58-54 victory over Pocahontas and the girls’ Class 3A state championship on Saturday.

Fey’s outside shooting complemented the strong inside play of Lexy Koudelka and Kati Casabaum, a combination that the quick but smaller Pocahontas players couldn’t overcome — even with the Indians’ Elle Ruffridge scoring 33 points.

Koudelka, a 6-foot-1 freshman, scored 15 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and forced Pocahontas into some difficult shots near the basket. Casabaum, a 6-foot junior, shot 6-for-7 from the field and scored 16 points.

VIERA, Fla. (AP) — Stephen Strasburg ran into a little trouble in his first spring start for Washington, allowing five straight batters to reach base Saturday in the Nationals’ 6-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Strasburg quickly got through the first inning, then gave three hits and two walks to begin the second. The Cardinals scored twice and Strasburg left with two outs.

DALLAS (AP) — Roshunda Johnson scored 20 points and Brittney Martin added 17 to lead fourth-seeded Oklahoma State to a 67-58 win over No. 5 seed Iowa State on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament. Liz Donohoe added 14 points for the Cowgirls (20-10), who face top-seeded and sixth-ranked Baylor in Sunday’s semifinals. Johnson hit 6 of 9 shots, including a pair of 3-pointers, and Oklahoma State shot 55.6 percent in the first half to open a 34-21 lead.

After the Cyclones opened the second half with a basket, OSU reeled off nine straight points, with Donohoe’s free throws making it 43-23 with 15:54 left. The lead was 11 with five minutes to play when ISU scored eight straight, pulling within 59-56 with 1:32 to go on Nikki Moody’s 3 but the Cowgirls hit 4 of 6 free throws in the last minute.

Moody had 17 points for Iowa State (18-12) and Brynn Williamson and Seanna Johnson had 16 each and combined for 23 rebounds.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Senior Aaron White scored 25 points and Iowa beat Northwestern 69-52 on Saturday for its first six-game Big Ten winning streak in 28 years. White also passed Acie Earl for the second-most points in school history to lead the Hawkeyes (21-10, 12-6 Big Ten).

Iowa never trailed in its final home game of the year. The Hawkeyes turned a six-point halftime lead into a 52-35 advantage midway through the second half and finished their conference slate with identical 6-3 home and road records. Tre Demps had 15 points for Northwestern (15-16, 6-12), which lost for just the second time in seven games.

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Class 1-A Semi-Final

• Springville 68, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 57

Class 2-A Semi-Finals

• North Linn 73, Western Christian 70 (OT)
• Unity Christian 58, South Central Calhoun 47

Class 3-A Semi-Finals

• Nevada 52, Mediapolis 45
• Pocahontas Area 58, Crestwood 43

Class 4-A Semi-Finals

• Western Dubuque 47, Bishop Heelan Catholic 38
• Harlan 69, Carlisle 43

Friday Schedule

Class 5-A Semi-Finals

• West Des Moines Valley 57, Iowa City West 41
• Waukee 42, Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 32

Class 1-A Championship –  Newell-Fonda 45,  Springville 43

Class 2-A Championship – Unity Christian 69, North Linn 40

Saturday Schedule

Class 3-A Championship – 4:00 pm – Nevada vs. Pocahontas Area

Class 4-A Championship – 6:00 pm – Harlan vs. Western Dubuque

Class 5-A Championship – 8:00 pm – Valley, West Des Moines vs. Waukee

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Kassidy De Jong scored 29 points and Orange City Unity Christian dominated from the start in rolling past North Linn 69-40 Friday night to win the Class 2A state championship.

Anna Kiel added 15 points and eight rebounds and Chanda Zomermaand scored 13 for the top-ranked Knights (26-0), who won their first state title in girls basketball after finishing as the Class 3A runners-up last year.

Seventh-ranked North Linn (25-2) had upset three-time defending champion Western Christian in the semifinals. But the Lynx were no match for a skilled Unity Christian team that had both good athletes and good shooters.

Drake University recruit and all-tournament captain Nicole Miller scored North Linn’s first 14 points and finished with 22.