INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Nia Coffey scored a season-high 34 points, Lauren Douglas added 17 — including four free throws in the last 10 seconds — and ninth-seeded Northwestern edged eighth-seeded Iowa 78-73 in the second round of the Big Ten tournament on Thursday.

Coffey had 15 points in the second quarter as the Wildcats erased a five-point deficit to lead 41-32 at the half. Iowa’s Megan Gustafson had 13 of her 27 in the third quarter, including the last five to help the Hawkeyes cut a 12-point deficit to 60-55 entering the fourth quarter.

Back-to-back baskets by Gustafson and Kathleen Doyle put Iowa up 69-68 with 3:45 to play but Christen Inman quickly answered for Northwestern. The Wildcats were clinging to a one-point lead when Ashley Deary made two free throws with 14.8 seconds left. Douglas rebounded an Iowa miss and made two from the line at 6.7 and after a Gustafson layup, Douglas iced it with four seconds to go.

The Wildcats (20-10) face top-seeded and ninth-ranked Ohio State in the quarterfinals on Friday. Coffey, who had the fourth-highest point total in tournament history, and Douglas both had eight rebounds while Deary had nine points, seven assists, five rebounds and four steals.

Iowa (17-13) also got 18 points from Ally Disterhoft.

The St. Louis Cardinals said today (Thursday), they have agreed to terms with all 21 of the previously unsigned pre-arbitration players on their 40-man roster.

The list of players includes catcher Carson Kelly; infielders Eliezer Alvarez, Greg Garcia, Edmundo Sosa, Breyvic Valera; outfielders Anthony Garcia, Randal Grichuk, Jose Martinez, Tommy Pham, Stephen Piscotty, Magneuris Sierra; pitchers Matt Bowman, John Gant, Marco Gonzales, Tyler Lyons, Mike Mayers, Alex Reyes, Miguel Socolovich, Sam Tuivailala, Luke Weaver and Rowan Wick.

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Iowa coach Fran McCaffery expects freshman point guard Jordan Bohannon to handle tonight’s (Thursday’s) game at 22nd ranked Wisconsin like any other road game. Bohannon will be trying to knock off the Badgers after spending several years traveling to the Kohl Center to cheer for two of his brothers who played for Wisconsin.

Bohannon connected on eight three pointers in the Hawkeyes upset win at 24th ranked Maryland this past weekend. McCaffery says the Badgers are tough at home no matter what the circumstances.

He says the Badger’s strength is their balance and not just on offense. Our pre-game coverage on KJAN begins at 7-p.m., with the tip-time from the Kohl Center in Madison, WI., at 8-p.m.

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Marion 46, Boone 38

Pella 47, Lewis Central 43

Cedar Falls 48, Iowa City High 46

Indianola 77, Johnston 67

Iowa City West 40, Waukee 38

Valley, West Des Moines 87, Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 64

THURSDAY, MARCH 2ND SEMI-FINALS Schedule

CLASS 1-A

10:00-a.m. Springville vs. Kingsley-Pierson

11:45-a.m. Turkey Valley vs. Exira-EHK

CLASS 2-A

1:30-p.m. Iowa City Regina vs. Western Christian

3:15-p.m. Treynor vs. Cascade

CLASS 3-A

5:00-p.m. Sioux Center vs. Cherokee

6:45-p.m. Center Point-Urbana vs. Pocahontas Area Community (PAC) Schools

The Exira-EHK Spartans will take on the Turkey Valley Trojans in the Girls Class 1A State Semifinals on Thursday morning in Des Moines.  The Spartans are confident after a first round win over Sidney 58-43.  Exira-EHK Head Coach Tom Petersen thought his team responded well to adversity in the quarterfinal round. The Spartans active defense was a big part of the win over Sidney and Coach Petersen says they’ll have to do even better in the semis.

The Spartans face a tough challenge from last year’s Class 1A Runner-Up Turkey Valley who won their opening game against Janesville 60-58.  Coach Petersen talked about slowing down two strong scorers for the Trojans.

Sophia Peppers has been a big factor in Exira-EHK’s postseason run and she had another big game against Sidney with 22 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals, and 4 assists. Coach Petersen said he expected her to step up and be the strong leader of the team. Peppers said her team is locked in and ready after the first round win.

We’ll have coverage of the Spartans and Trojans on KJAN Thursday morning. Chris Parks and Mike Smith will bring you pregame coverage at 10:45am with tip-off set for 11:45am.

Pairings and game times for the boys state basketball tournament were released on Wednesday afternoon.  In Class 3A the Atlantic Trojans drew the 8 seed and will face top seed Waverly-Shell Rock on Tuesday, March 7th at 2:00pm.  We’ll have coverage of the game on KJAN with pregame at 12:30pm.

Class 1A Quarterfinals

Monday, March 6th

(1) North Linn vs. (8) Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 12:15pm
(4) Gladbrook-Reinbeck vs. (5) Lynnville-Sully 10:30am
(2) Grandview Christian vs. (7) West Hancock 3:45pm
(3) St. Mary’s, Remsen vs. (6) New London 2:00pm

Class 2A Quarterfinals

Monday, March 6th

(1) Western Christian vs. (8) South Hamilton 6:35pm
(4) Cascade, Western Dubuque vs. (5) Camanche 8:15pm

Tuesday, March 7th

(2) Pella Christian vs. (7) Van Meter 10:30am
(3) Kuemper Catholic vs. (6) Garner-Hayfield-Ventura 12:15pm

Class 3A Quarterfinals

Tuesday, March 7th

(1) Waverly-Shell Rock vs. (8) Atlantic 2:00pm
(4) Xavier, Cedar Rapids vs. (5) Mount Pleasant 3:45pm
(2) West Deleware, Manchester vs. (7) Dallas Center-Grimes 6:35pm
(3) Pella vs. (6) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 8:15pm

Class 4A Quarterfinals

(1) Iowa City West vs. (8) Newton 1:05pm
(4) Dubuque, Hempstead vs. (5) Cedar Rapids Kennedy 2:45pm
(2) Valley, West Des Moines vs. (7) Des Moines, North 8:15pm
(3) Bettendorf vs. (6) Sioux City East 6:35pm

Check out the full brackets here:

Class 1A

Class 2A

Class 3A

Class 4A

IAwrestle 2017 All-Junior Team

106- Grayson Kesterson – Williamsburg – 1st place (49-1)
113- Kyle Biscoglia – Waukee – 1st place (46-2)
120- Brody Teske – Fort Dodge – 1st place (46-0)
126- Alex Thomsen – Underwood – 1st place (45-0)
132- Matt Robertson – Assumption, Davenport – 1st place (43-1)
138- Nathan Lendt – Southeast Polk – 2nd place (36-6)
145- Grant Stotts – Valley, West Des Moines – 2nd place (40-4)
152- Nelson Brands – Iowa City West – 1st place (54-1)
160- Joel Shapiro – Valley, West Des Moines – 1st place (44-0)
170- Ben Sarasin – Cedar Rapids, Kennedy – 3rd place (34-2)
182- Anthony Sherry – Glenwood – 2nd place – (39-6)
195- Bryce Esmoil – West Liberty – 1st place (42-2)
220- Jordan Baumler – North Fayette Valley – 1st place (29-4)
285- John McConkey – Atlantic-CAM – 2nd place (53-4)

All-Sophomore Team

106- Cobe Siebrecht – Lisbon – 2nd place (48-7)
113- Aden Reeves – Albia – 1st place (52-1)
120- Joe Pins – Dubuque Hempstead – 3rd place (42-2)
126- Riley Wright – Denver-Tripoli – 3rd place (49-5)
132- Cade DeVos – Southeast Polk – 2nd place (42-3)
138- Kaleb Krall – Wapsie Valley – 1st place (45-2)
145- Mitchel Mangold – West Delaware – 3rd place (44-7)
152- Cael Krueger – Denver-Tripoli – 5th place (50-5)
160- John Henrich – Akron-Westfield – 1st place (43-0)
170- Kyler Fisher – Southeast Valley – 2nd place (48-4)
182- Garet Sims – Iowa Valley – 5th place (51-6)
195- Caleb Olson – Webster City – 8th place (24-9)
220- Dakoda Powell – Spirit Lake Park – 6th place (41-5)
285- Spencer Trenary – Clarion-Goldfield-Dows – 3rd place (17-1)

All-Freshman Team

106- Cullan Schriever – Mason City – 1st place (29-0)
113- Cael Happel – Lisbon – 1st place (53-3)
120- Eli Loyd – Pleasant Valley – 4th place (47-9)
126- Brock Espalin – Des Moines East – 5th place (41-10)
132- Ben Smith – Iowa Valley – State Qualifier (48-9)
138- Wade Mitchell – Woodbury Central – 5th place (44-14)
145- Chance Downs – Maquoketa Valley – 7th place (37-15)
152- Abe Michel – Maquoketa – District Qualifier (35-11)
160- Zach Williams – Osage – State Qualifier (35-25)
170- Nick Haynes – Missouri Valley – 7th place (54-9)
182- Gabe Christenson – Southeast Polk – 6th place (33-14)
195- Cody Fisher – Woodward Granger – 2nd place (46-6)
220- Gage Linahon – Newton – State Qualifier (10-8)
285- Bradley Tolley – Winterset – State Qualifier (34-17)

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Class 4-A Quarterfinals continue…

10:00-a.m.   Marion 46, Boone 38

11:45-a.m.    Pella (19-4) vs. Lewis Central (22-1)

Class 5-A Quarterfinals begin

1:30-p.m.    Indianola (23-0) vs. Johnston (19-4)

3:15-p.m.    Iowa City High (22-1) vs. Cedar Falls (21-2)

5:00-p.m.    West Des Moines Valley (21-2) vs. Dowling Catholic (19-4)

6:45-p.m.    Iowa City West (20-3) vs. Waukee (18-4)