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.

Listen to the full post-game interviews with Head Coach Tom Petersen and Sophia Peppers below.

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The Exira-EHK Spartans will face the Akron-Westfield Westerners tonight in Mapleton with a trip to the state tournament on the line. The Spartans are trying to head to state for the third straight season after falling to Newell-Fonda in the first round of state last year and making the semifinals the year before that.

The 22-1 Spartans will face a 19-4 Westerners team out of the War Eagle Conference in Northwest Iowa. The Westerners defeated Lawton-Bronson 52-39 in the opening round and then knocked off Westwood 52-38 in the Semifinals.  Akron-Westfield is led by Ann Hedlund averaging 12 points per game and Callie Henrich who has dropped in 10 per outing.  They are also a strong rebounding team with three players over 135 boards on the year.

The Spartans come into the game off a very strong performance in the Semifinals against Boyer Valley 72-39.  Sophia Peppers had banner night in the win over the Bulldogs with 37 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 steals. The Spartans beat Woodbine in the opening round as well 73-15.

Tip-off in Mapleton is set for 7:00pm tonight and Chris Parks will be on the air with coverage at 6:50pm.

The Atlantic boys basketball team will begin postseason play tonight at home against Winterset in a Class 3A District Semifinal.  The Trojans have lofty goals to make a deep run in the playoffs and get over the hump after being very close to the state tournament numerous times over the past six seasons.  It will start tonight against the team they opened the season against in the Huskies. Atlantic won that season opener 83-59.

The Trojans are 16-5 on the season and have been led by Senior Garrett Franken averaging 24 points and 9 rebounds per game. The Huskies are 6-15 on the year and are led by Sophomore Casey Kleemeier averaging 16 points per game.

The game will be the second half of a doubleheader with Harlan facing ADM first at 6:30pm. Tip-off for the Atlantic vs. Winterset game is set for 8:00pm. Jim Field will have coverage immediately following coverage of the Exira-EHK girls game.

Atlantic fans are encouraged to wear white to create a whiteout to support the Trojans tonight.

Trips to the State Tournament are on the line tonight for girls teams in Class 1A and 2A tonight and district play is set to begin for Class 3A boys as well.  We’ll have coverage of two games for you on KJAN. At 7:00pm Exira-EHK takes on Akron-Westfield in the Class 1A Region 1 Final in Mapleton. At 8:00pm the Atlantic boys begin district play with a home game against Winterset.  Check out the full schedule of area games below.

GIRLS

CLASS 1A Regional Finals

Region 1 @ Mapleton: Exira-EHK vs. Akron Westfield 7:00pm – ON KJAN
Region 8 @ Neola: Glidden-Ralston vs. Sidney 7:00pm

CLASS 2A Regional Finals

Region 2 @ Ida Grove: Treynor vs. West Sioux 7:00pm
Region 3 @ Stuart: Mount Ayr vs. Logan-Magnolia 7:00pm
Region 4 @ Waukee: Van Meter vs. Panorama 7:00pm

BOYS

CLASS 3A District Semifinals

District 15 @ Atlantic: ADM vs. Harlan 6:30pm
District 15 @ Atlantic: Atlantic vs. Winterset 8:00pm- ON KJAN

District 16 @ Glenwood: Carroll vs. Creston 6:30pm
District 16 @ Glenwood: Glenwood vs. Denison-Schleswig 8:00pm

CLASS 4A Substate First Round

Substate 1 @ Sioux City West: Sioux City West vs. Sioux City North 7:00pm
Substate 1 @ Lewis Central: Lewis Central vs. Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 7:00pm

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

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