RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Darius Theus scored his only three field goals of the game in the final 4:45 Friday night, and Virginia Commonwealth held on to beat Northern Iowa 77-68. The Panthers (17-12), trying to bounce back from a 63-62 loss to Evansville earlier in the week, got 18 points from Deon Mitchell and 10 from Anthony James. They lost despite shooting 55.6 percent overall (25 of 45) and hitting 9 of 17 3-point shots. VCU was almost as good from deep, hitting 8 of 21 in Richmond.

BOYS BASKETBALL
South Sioux City, Neb. 76, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 42

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Class 1A Regional Semifinals
Bedford 72, Murray 28
Martensdale-St. Marys 36, Coon Rapids-Bayard 33
Corning 58, Tabor Fremont-Mills 39
Westside Ar-We-Va 80, Oakland Riverside 34

Class 2A Regional Semifinals
Hull Western Christian 74, Sioux Center 48
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 75, Cherokee, Washington 60
IKM-Manning 81, Des Moines Christian 66
Panora Panorama 48, Leon Central Decatur 43
Lawton-Bronson 75, Missouri Valley 43
OA-BCIG 94, Shenandoah 43

Class 3-A Semi-Finals

• 160: Zeb Wahle (Lewis Central) 49-2 won by 13-6 decision over Nick Hagedorn (Cedar Falls) 18-8
• 220: Zach Renshaw (Lewis Central) 48-2 won by 12-5 decision over Jake Melik (Pleasant Valley) 36-10

Class 2-A Semi-Finals

• 132: Brandon Sorensen (Denver-Tripoli) 48-1 won by 13-3 major decision over Walker Marshall (Missouri Valley) 49-2
• 138: Jake Marlin (Creston/O-M) 50-1 won by pin (3:28) over Brandon Schissel (New Hampton) 35-7
  
• 145: JC Vercande (Williamsburg) 52-1 won 9-7 in overtime over Juwan Parrish (Creston/O-M) 44-5
• 182: Seth Esaias (Red Oak) 49-0 won by 15-5 major decision over Jacyn Goebel (West Delaware) 44-3
  
• 195: Keaton Hulett (Creston/O-M) 49-2 won by 1-0 decision over Bruce McWilliams (South O`Brien) 24-3
  
• 220: Terron Geerdes (Central Lyon/GLR) 35-1 won by 7-3 decision over Cass Weitl (Kuemper Catholic) 37-8
  
• 285: Collin Bevins (Creston/O-M) 51-1 won by pin (4:48) over Josh Clark (Union – LaPorte City) 42-7
  

Class 1-A Semi-Finals

• 106: Hunter Washburn (Alburnett) 45-0 won by 1-0 decision over Taylor Curtis (Underwood) 54-4
  
• 120: Charlie Jones (Columbus Catholic) 44-7 won by 6-0 decision over Andrew Foutch (Underwood) 54-2
  
• 152: Loren Williams (Tri-Center) 51-0 won by pin (5:25) over Brett Flynn (Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn) 40-5
  
• 160: Mark Weber (Don Bosco) 44-7 won by 7-5 decision over Drake Fanslau (Underwood) 53-4
• 160: Taylor Wedeking (Nashua-Plainfield) 40-8 won by12-3 major decision over Gavvon Shafer (Woodbine) 15-4
  
• 170: Brendan Schott (North-Linn) 45-0 won by pin (1:56) over Kory Schmelzer (Corning) 40-3
  
• 285: Marco Naughton (St. Albert) 36-0 won by pin (:23) over Dillon Suhr (Guthrie Center) 48-5
  

Class 3-A 3rd Round Consolation

• 170: Ben Schwery (Lewis Central) 49-2 won by pin (4:42) over Parker Sturges (Mason City) 15-9
• 195: Tarin Phillips (Valley, West Des Moines) 42-2 won by pin (:35) over Austin Lear (Lewis Central) 35-19
  

Class 2-A 3rd Round Consolation

• 106: Trevor Murano (Dallas Center-Grimes) 40-6 won by injury default over Darrian Schwenke (Atlantic) 35-2
  
• 113: Leighton Gaul (New Hampton) 37-3 won by 7-4 decision over Jared Eischeid (Kuemper Catholic) 41-2
  
• 120: Cole Erickson (Mediapolis) 39-3 won by 11-5 decision over Blake Luna (Clarinda) 43-4
  
• 160: Adam Drain (Mediapolis) 50-1 won by 7-0 decision over Derek Stork (Atlantic) 44-5
  
• 285: Austin Conrad (Atlantic) 39-10 won by1-0 decision over Jake Tool (PCM, Monroe) 34-3

Class 1-A 3rd Round Consolation

• 113: JD Rader (South Hamilton) 38-3 won by 12-6 decision over Ethan Reynek (Logan-Magnolia) 29-6
• 126: Kyle Pegorick (Midland, Wyoming) 44-6 won by 5-4 decision over Blair Kerkhoff (Audubon) 39-6
  
• 145: Grant Henderson (Alburnett) 41-4 won by 8-3 decision over Mike Novotny (Underwood) 40-4
  
• 170: Jake Lewis (St. Albert) 43-5 won by pin (2:56) over Dalton Ciavarelli (Clarksville) 28-3
  
• 182: MacKenzie Housman (Riverside) 53-7 won by injury default over Gunnar Clark (West Hancock, Britt) 39-3
• 195: Zac Schleuger (West Hancock) 45-1 won by 6-3 decision over Chris Bridgeford (Logan-Magnolia) 45-3
  
• 220: Logan Melby (Logan-Magnolia) 43-7 won by 4-2 decision over Evan Schnack (Underwood) 33-10
• 285: Chris Schleuger (West Hancock) 49-1 won by 9-5 decision over Nick Fett (Audubon) 46-6
  

1-A Team Scores

2-A Team Scores

3-A team Scores

Class 3-A Quarterfinals

• 113: Fredy Stroker (Bettendorf) 41-1 won by pin (:29) over Randy Schultz (CB Thomas Jefferson) 33-18
• 138: Nate Harms (Urbandale) 30-3 won by 12-7 decision over Mikey Wallace (CB Thomas Jefferson) 41-8
• 160: Zeb Wahle (Lewis Central) 48-2 won by 14-3 major decision over Mitch Bowman (North Scott) 43-5
  
• 170: Cameron Rathje (CR Prairie) 38-5 won by 9-6 decision over Ben Schwery (Lewis Central) 47-2
  
• 220: Zach Renshaw (Lewis Central) 47-2 won by 13-3 major decision over Steve Ferentz (IC City High) 42-5
  

Class 2-A Quarterfinals

• 106: Patrick Woods (West Delaware) 35-7 won by 11-3 major decision over Darrian Schwenke (Atlantic) 34-1
  
• 132: Walker Marshall (Missouri Valley) 49-1 won by 9-4 decision over Jason Bowers (Anamosa) 39-6
  
• 138: Jake Marlin (Creston/O-M) 49-1 won by 19-2 tech fall over Shane Broderick (Wahlert, Dubuque) 43-2
• 138: Logan Thomsen (Union) 44-1 won by 16-2 major decision over John Schwarte (Harlan) 41-7
  
• 145: Juwan Parrish (Creston/O-M) 44-4 won by pin (1:33) over Dylan Bryce (Spirit Lake Park) 34-8
  
• 160: Ryan Randall (Osage) 44-1 won by 7-0 decision over Derek Stork (Atlantic) 43-4
  
• 182: Seth Esaias (Red Oak) 48-0 won by pin (3:00) over Erik McKillip (West Liberty) 26-3
  
• 195: Keaton Hulett (Creston/O-M) 48-2 won by 5-1 decision over Bradley Grothus (Dav. Assumption) 38-6
  
• 220: Cass Weitl (Kuemper Catholic) 37-7 won by 6-5 decision over Aaron Hundt (MFL-Central) 33-10
• 285: Collin Bevins (Creston/O-M) 50-1 won by pin (1:57) over Gable Bonner (Estherville-LC) 35-4
  
• 285: Logan Hopp (New Hampton) 40-1 won by pin (3:27) over Austin Conrad (Atlantic) 37-10
  

Class 3-A 2nd Round Consolation

• 113: Bryce Steiert (Waverly-Shell Rock) 34-13 won by pin (3:07) over Randy Schultz (CB Thomas Jefferson) 33-19
  
• 120: John Gioffredi (Indianola) 37-9 won by pin (3:35) over Jordan Easton (CB Abraham Lincoln) 33-19
• 138: Spencer Derifield (Waverly-Shell Rock) 35-14 won by 9-6 decision over Mikey Wallace (CB Thomas Jefferson) 41-9
  
• 170: Ben Schwery (Lewis Central) 48-2 won by pin (4:25) over Mike Watkins (IC West) 40-17
• 195: Austin Lear (Lewis Central) 35-18 won by 4-3 decision over Riley Demmer (Western Dubuque) 33-9
  

Class 2-A Consolation

• 106: Darrian Schwenke (Atlantic) 35-1 won by 3-2 decision over Fletcher Green (Washington) 41-5
• 113: Jared Eischeid (Kuemper Catholic) 41-1 won by pin (4:48) over Colby McIntire (Central Lyon/GLR 28-3
  
• 120: Blake Luna (Clarinda) 43-3 won by 5-2 decision over Zach Skopec (Spirit Lake Park) 38-7
  
• 132: Seth Stetzel (Perry) 44-8 won by14-2 major decision over Rob Young (Atlantic) 45-6
• 138: Drew Buster (Mediapolis) 44-10 won 7-5 in overtime over John Schwarte (Harlan) 41-8
  
• 160: Derek Stork (Atlantic) 44-4 won by 3-2 decision over Dallas Rozeboom (Boyden Hull/RV) 25-7
• 160: Adam Drain (Mediapolis) 49-1 won by pin (3:04) over Trevor Frain (Creston/O-M) 45-10
• 285: Austin Conrad (Atlantic) 38-10 won by 4-3 decision over Alec Stoner (Fairfield) 27-12
  

Class 1-A Quarterfinals

• 106: Taylor Curtis (Underwood) 54-3 won by 6-3 decision over Megan Black (Eddyville-Blakesburg) 10-2
  
• 113: Jordan Bremer (Woodbury-Central) 45-1 won by pin (:33) over Ethan Reynek (Logan-Magnolia) 28-5
  
• 120: Andrew Foutch (Underwood) 54-1 won by 15-0 tech fall over Taylor Hagen (Martensdale-St Marys) 44-3
  
• 145: Jake Slocum (West Branch) 43-4 won by 10-8 decision over Mike Novotny (Underwood) 39-3
  
• 152: Loren Williams (Tri-Center) 50-0 won by 5-0 decision over Jake Hogan (Don Bosco) 39-10
  
• 160: Drake Fanslau (Underwood) 53-3 won 2-1 in overtime over Jacob Meehan (M-M-C) 40-3
  
• 160: Gavvon Shafer (Woodbine) 15-3 won by 12-3 major decision over Dylan Windfield (Alburnett) 40-5
• 170: Brett Roberts (Eddyville-Blakesburg) 51-2 won by 19-6major decision over Trey Sander (Exira/EHK) 38-7
• 170: Kory Schmelzer (Corning) 40-2 won by pin (3:10) over Jake Lewis (St. Albert) 41-5
  
• 182: Tanner Taylor (Okoboji, Milford) 42-0 won by pin (2:59) over Jesse Svoboda (Audubon) 41-9
• 182: Andy Glaser (Nashua-Plainfield) 41-3 won by 7-3 decision over MacKenzie Housman (Riverside) 51-7
• 220: Derrick Miller (West Branch) 42-5 won by 14-7 decision over Logan Melby (Logan-Magnolia) 41-7
  
• 285: Logan Schafer (Ridge View) 40-4 won by pin (1:35) over David Howell (East Mills) 46-6
  
• 285: Brandon McCracken (Aplington-Parkersburg) 42-4 won by 7-2decision over Nick Fett (Audubon) 45-5
  
• 285: Marco Naughton (St. Albert) 35-0 won by 5-2 decision over Tyler Smith (Lisbon) 37-3
• 285: Dillon Suhr (Guthrie Center) 48-4 won by 9-3 decision over Joe Koehn (Valley Community) 47-3
  

Class 1-A Consolation

• 106: Megan Black (Eddyville-Blakesburg) 11-2 won by 4-0 decision over Brad Kerkhoff (Audubon) 39-11
  
• 113: JD Rader (South Hamilton, Jewell) 37-3 won 9-7 in overtime over Evan Hansen (EHK-Exira) 39-6
• 113: Ethan Reynek (Logan-Magnolia) 29-5 won by 9-1 major decision over Joel Haberman (Clarion-Goldfield) 34-10
  
• 120: Lincoln Monroe (Valley Community) 48-2 won by pin (2:12) over Quinton Doiel (Logan-Magnolia) 37-10
• 126: Blair Kerkhoff (Audubon) 39-5 won by 1-0 decision over Jason Crosby (Eddyville-Blakesburg) 46-5
• 132: Brady Meyer (Sumner-Fredericksburg) 44-7 won by 7-4 decision over Cameron Mennenoh (Audubon) 48-9
  
• 138: Sam Solis (Clarion-Goldfield) 38-1 won 11-9 in overtime over Darrian Irlbeck (Tri-Center) 43-9
• 145: Mike Novotny (Underwood) 40-3 won by 8-4 decision over Calvin Beal (Lake Mills) 33-9
• 160: Tanner Stalzer (West Marshall) 38-12 won by 9-3 decision over Austin Laabs (Guthrie Center) 40-16
  
• 170: Andrew De Regnier (English Valleys) 46-3 won by pin (:56) over Trey Sander (EHK-Exira) 38-8
• 170: Jake Lewis (St. Albert) 42-5 won by 6-1 decision over Tanner Phillips (South Winneshiek) 38-10
  
• 182: MacKenzie Housman (Riverside) 52-7 won 8-6 in overtime over Josh Kriegel (Iowa Valley) 46-10
• 182: Ryan Leonard (Midland) 40-4 won by 5-2 decision over Jesse Svoboda (Audubon) 41-10
• 195: Chris Bridgeford (Logan-Magnolia) 45-2 won by 7-5 decision over Sam Van Ginkel (Western Christian) 41-3
  
• 220: Evan Schnack (Underwood) 33-9 won by 6-5 decision over Michael Davidson (Ridge View) 37-4
  
• 220: Logan Melby (Logan-Magnolia) 42-7 won by pin (4:32) over Trevor Van Den Top (Western Christian) 39-6
• 285: Nick Fett (Audubon) 46-5 won by 9-2 decision over Dillon Mugge (Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn) 30-11
  

Team Scores (through quarterfinals & 2nd Round Consolation)

Class 1-A

Class 3-A

Class 2-A

Class 1A and 2A Girls High School Basketball Regional Semi-Finals will take place around the state tonight.  All games are set to tip-off at 7pm.  Here is the local schedule:

Class 1A Region 7

• Martensdale-St. Mary’s vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard  @ Adel
• Murray vs. Bedford @ Bedford

Class 1A Region 8

• Fremont-Mills vs. Corning @ Red Oak
• Riverside vs. Ar-We-Va @ Harlan (Live on KJAN AM 1220 and FM 101.1 and www.kjan.com)

Class 2A Region 7

• Central Decatur vs. Panorama @ Stuart
• Des Moines Christian vs. IKM-Manning @ Perry

Class 2A Region 8

• Missouri Valley vs. Lawton-Bronson @ Sloan
• Shenandoah vs. OA-BCIG @ Denison

w/ Chris Parks

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (8.9MB)

Subscribe: RSS

(By Adam Meier/www.hawkeyesports.com)

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Kamille Wahlin has gained a reputation for having a flair for the dramatic during her basketball career as a guard at the University of Iowa.  On Thursday at Crisler Arena, Wahlin’s stellar basketball resume earned another stripe when the senior nailed a game-winning 3-pointer with 48 seconds left to take down Michigan, 58-57. It is Iowa’s sixth consecutive win. The Hawkeyes never led prior to Wahlin’s clutch shot.

Wahlin paced Iowa with 18 points while playing all 40 minutes. Freshman Samantha Logic added 12 points while grabbing a career-high 18 rebounds and dishing out four assists. Morgan Johnson scored 11 points and pulled down eight rebounds. With their sixth straight win, the Hawkeyes move to 17-10 overall and 9-5 in Big Ten play. Michigan falls to 18-8, 7-6.

The Hawkeyes go for their seventh-straight victory on Thursday, Feb. 23, against Northwestern in Evanston. Game time is 7 p.m. (CT).

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Sophomore Melvin Ejim is emerging as a key player for Iowa State this season. Ejim, a 6-foot-6 forward from Toronto, Ontario has blossomed into a steady swingman between star post player Royce White and Iowa State’s trio of talented guards; Chris Allen, Scott Christopherson and Chris Babb. Ejim is averaging 8.9 points a game, ranks ninth in the Big 12 with 6.4 rebounds a game and is shooting a respectable 46.6 percent from the floor. Coach Fred Hoiberg says Ejim excels as a defender and rebounder for the Cyclones, who will go for their fourth win in six games Saturday when they host Oklahoma.

Class 1A District 1
Treynor 85, Nishnabotna 41
Fremont-Mills 62, Sidney 57
St. Albert 71, Riverside 52
East Mills 65, Walnut 44

Class 1A District 2
Boyer Valley 55, West Harrison 40
Logan-Magnolia 59, Woodbine 38
West Monona 58, Charter Oak-Ute 28
Ar-We-Va 64, Whiting 55

Class 1A District 15
Murray 64, Earlham 54
Lamoni 71, Van Meter 62 – OT
Nodaway Valley 74, East Union 25
Mount Ayr 66, Mormon Trail 30

Class 1A District 16
Corning 88, Villisca 64
CAM, Anita 62, Lenox 47
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 66, Stanton 41
Adair-Casey 55, Griswold 44

Class 2A District 1
Clarinda 78, Clarinda Academy 54
Underwood 54, Tri-Center 47

Class 2A District 2
Kuemper Catholic 75, IKM-Manning 56
East Sac County 69, OA-BCIG 61

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Tim Frazier scored 18 points and Penn State withstood a 3-point shooting barrage in the second half by Iowa’s Matt Gatens to hold on for a 69-64 victory on Thursday night.

Trailing 66-63 with 49 seconds left, Iowa’s Melsahn Basabe missed two foul shots and Jon Graham was fouled at the other end for Penn State (12-15, 4-10 Big Ten). The redshirt freshman forward hit two free throws for a five-point lead, spurring a silent Jordan Center crowd into raucous cheers. Basabe missed another foul shot with 7 seconds left and Cammeron Woodyard went 1 of 2 from the line to seal the win.

Gatens hit 5 of 7 from behind the 3-point arc in the second half. He scored 11 straight for Iowa (13-13, 5-8) at one point to help narrow a 16-point deficit to two with 2:40 left.Gatens finished with a game-high 21 points.He missed all five of his field-goal attempts in the first half before his second-half spurt, sinking shots from wide open in the corner or with a defender’s hand in his face from the wing.

Penn State went cold on the other end going scoreless for four-plus minutes as coach Patrick Chambers watched his team’s big lead get whittled away. But the rebuilding Nittany Lions held on down the stretch for their second straight Big Ten win despite getting outscored in the second half 40-31. Frazier, Penn State’s sparkplug, coolly led his team down the stretch, before Graham and Woodyard stepped up at the foul line late. Frazier added four assists and four steals.

Graham, already having one of the best games of his young career, added to his short highlight reel with his two key foul shots. Graham finished with 10 points and six rebounds, and went 3 of 3 from the field. Woodyard added 13 points.

Aaron White added 16 points and 10 rebounds for Iowa, while Basabe finished with seven points and three rebounds off the bench.