Class 3A Substate 2

Ballard 65, Clear Lake 56

Class 3A Substate 5

Clear Creek-Amana 79, Assumption, Davenport 66

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The top-ranked Iowa wrestling team heads into the Big Ten Tournament looking for its first conference championship since 2015. The tournament is Saturday and Sunday at Rutgers. The Hawkeyes made it through the regular season undefeated, with 10 of their 13 dual-meet wins against nationally ranked teams. All 10 of their wrestlers enter the conference tournament seeded in the top three in their classes: 125-pounder Spencer Lee and 174-pounder Michael Kemerer are seeded No. 1. Iowa finished third behind Penn State and Ohio State in last season’s conference meet.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Udoka Azubuike scored a career-high 31 points, leading top-ranked Kansas to a 75-66 victory over TCU to clinch at least a share of the Big 12 regular-season title. Azubuike was 13 of 14 from the field and also had 14 rebounds and five blocks Wednesday just days after hurting his ankle in a win over Kansas State. Devon Dotson added 18 points and he gave coach Bill Self and about 16,000 fans a scare when he left briefly midway through the second with an injury. Desmond Bane had 24 points and Edric Dennis Jr. had 18 for the Horned Frogs.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Mitch Ballock made a season-high six 3-pointers and finished with 20 points, and No. 11 Creighton rode one of its best shooting games of the season to a 91-76 win over Georgetown. The Bluejays hit a season-high 17 3s on 36 attempts. They made only 4 of 27 in a 20-point loss at St. John’s on Sunday. Marcus Zegarowski had 20 points and eight assists. Jahvon Blair led the Hoyas with 22 points. Creighton plays No. 8 Seton Hall on Saturday with the No. 1 seed in the Big East Tournament going to the winner.

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Cameron McGriff scored 14 points and had five rebounds to help lead Oklahoma State to a 69-63 victory over Kansas State. Thomas Dziagwa scored 11 points and Isaac Likekele had nine points, 10 rebounds and five assists for Oklahoma State (16-14, 6-11 Big 12). Cartier Diarra scored 16 points to lead Kansas State (9-21, 2-15), while Mike McGuirl scored 11 and Xavier Sneed had 10 points and seven rebounds. K-State has lost 10 in a row.

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Breein Tyree scored 19 points and led a decisive surge in the final 13 minutes and Mississippi defeated Missouri 75-67. Tyree sparked a 10-2 run midway through the second half to give the Rebels a 63-55 lead with 8:18 left. Missouri never got closer than four points again, failing to score in the final two minutes. Tyree, in his final home appearance as a senior, added five assists and four rebounds. Xavier Pinson scored 16 points with five assists and four rebounds for Missouri

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The top-ranked Iowa wrestling team heads into the Big Ten Tournament looking for its first conference championship since 2015. The tournament is Saturday and Sunday at Rutgers. The Hawkeyes made it through the regular season undefeated, with 10 of their 13 dual-meet wins against nationally ranked teams.

FILE – In this Jan. 31, 2020, file photo, Iowa’s Michael Kemerer celebrates after defeating Penn State’s Mark Hall at 174 pounds during a Big Ten college wrestling meet in Iowa City, Iowa. Ten of the Hawkeyes’ 13 dual-meet wins came against nationally ranked teams, including a 13-day stretch in January in which they defeated Nebraska, Ohio State and Penn State, teams that finished in the top five in the final national rankings. They go into this weekend’s Big Ten championships in Piscataway, N.J., with every wrestler seeded in the top three in their individual classes. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File)

All 10 of their wrestlers enter the conference tournament seeded in the top three in their classes: 125-pounder Spencer Lee and 174-pounder Michael Kemerer are seeded No. 1. Iowa finished third behind Penn State and Ohio State in last season’s conference meet.

Class 2A Quarterfinals
#2 West Hancock 57, #7 Logan-Magnolia 31
#3 North Linn 49, #6 Western Christian 44

Class 1A Quarterfinals

#1 Newell-Fonda 77, #8 St. Albert 47
#5 Saint Ansgar 51, #4 Montezuma 46
#2 Marquette Catholic 60, #7 Gehlen Catholic 53
#3 Bishop Garrigan 55, #6 Martensdale-St. Marys 40

The 2020 Class 4A State Basketball Tournament bracket has been set. The IHSAA announced the pairings late Tuesday night following Substate Final to determine qualifiers.

Class 4A Quarterfinals

Tuesday, March 10

#4 Waukee (21-2) vs. #5 North Scott, Eldridge (22-1) 6:30 p.m.
#1 Ankeny Centennial (23-1) vs. #8 Davenport, North (16-8) 8:15 p.m.

Wednesday, March 11

#3 Iowa City, West (21-2) vs. #6 Ankeny (18-5) 10:30 a.m.
#2 Cedar Falls (21-2) vs. #7 Dowling Catholic, W.D.M. (16-7) 12:15 p.m.

Class 4A Bracket

Two more Boys Class 3A Substate Finals will be played this evening to round out all of the boys state tournament qualifiers.

Class 3A Substate Finals

Substate 2 @ Webster City: Clear Lake vs. Ballard 7:00 p.m.
Substate 5 @ Muscatine: Davenport Assumption vs. Clear Creek-Amana 7:00 p.m.

Class 2A Quarterfinals

#2 West Hancock (24-1) vs. #7 Logan-Magnolia (21-3) 10:00 a.m.
#3 North Linn (22-2) vs. #6 Western Christian (17-7) 11:45 a.m.

Classs 1A Quarterfinals

#1 Newell-Fonda (24-0) vs. #8 St. Albert (13-11) 1:30 p.m.
#4 Montezuma (23-1) vs. #5 Saint Ansgar (21-2) 3:15 p.m.
#2 Marquette Catholic (23-1) vs. #7 Gehlen Catholic (15-9) 5:00 p.m.
#3 Bishop Garrigan (23-1) vs. #6 Martensdale-St. Marys (18-8) 6:45 p.m.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Eric Hunter Jr., scored a career-high 19 points, and Evan Boudreaux had 14 points and 14 rebounds to help Purdue beat No. 18 Iowa 77-68 on Tuesday night. The Boilermakers (16-14, 9-10 Big Ten) swept the two games against the Hawkeyes this season. Luka Garza led Iowa (20-10, 11-8) with 26 points and 12 rebounds, his 15th double-double of the season. It was the 15th consecutive Big Ten game of 20 or more points for Garza, the longest streak by a player in the conference in 20 years.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Derek Culver and Miles McBride scored 17 points apiece and West Virginia outlasted Iowa State for a 77-71 victory. McBride hit four free throws in the final 16 seconds left to help quell the Cyclones’ last -gasp rally. Iowa State’s Rasir Bolton scored 17 of his game-high 21 points in the second half.

LAWRENCE, Kansas – The Iowa State women’s basketball team (17-11, 9-8 Big 12) closed out its 2019-20 road slate with a commanding 61-42 victory over Kansas (15-13, 4-13 Big 12).

Iowa State hit 12 three pointers in the contest to bolster the offensive attack. It’s the seventh time this season, and third time in the last five games, that the Cyclones have hit 10+ threes in a game. The Cyclones also were tidy on the glass, collecting 58 rebounds on the night, which is the highest total on the year.

With the win in Allen Field House, Iowa State has secured a bye in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament next week.

Next Up
Iowa State plays host to the nation’s No. 1 team in Baylor on Sunday afternoon. Tip is set for noon on Sunday afternoon. The game will be televised on FSN.