1A Substate 7 Championship
IKM-Manning 65, Nodaway Valley 60 (IKM moves on to play West Hancock  in the State Quarterfinals 10:30-a.m. March 7th, in Des Moines)

1A Substate 8 Championship
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 63, Stanton 41 (St. Albert will play Danville in the State Quarterfinals on March 7th in Des Moines, beginning at 12:15-p.m.)

2A Substate 1 Championship
Western Christian, Hull 87, Sioux Center 79 (Western Christian will play Kuemper Catholic in the State Quarterfinals on March 8th, beginning at 12:15-p.m.)

2A Substate 7 Championship
Des Moines Christian 66, Panorama, Panora 58 (

2A Substate 8 Championship
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 56, Treynor 46

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) – Kaylon Williams made 13 of 14 shots and scored a career-high 32 points in her last home game to lead No. 23 Oklahoma to an 85-54 win over Iowa State on Saturday. The Sooners (19-9, 10-7 Big 12) hit 9 of 15 shots in the first quarter in opening a 25-13 lead. They were up by nine at the half and used a 28-12 third quarter to decide the issue. Oklahoma shot 60 percent (33 of 55) from the field and held Iowa State to 33 percent (17 of 52).

Emily Durr led the Cyclones (13-15, 5-12), who have lost 11 of 13, with a career-high 24 points. Jadda Buckley added 16. Behind Williams and Peyton Little, who had 11 points and seven rebounds, Oklahoma had a 37-26 rebounding advantage and outscored the Cyclones 42-20 in the paint. Gioya Carter had six assists as the Sooners had 21 helpers on 33 baskets.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Reed Timmer scored the first six points in overtime as Drake broke away to beat Loyola of Chicago 69-59, wrapping up the regular season Saturday with just its second conference win. Timmer, who hit a 3-pointer to force the overtime at 48-48, ended the game with 17 points. Seven-foot freshman Dominik Olejniczak had a breakout game scoring a career-best 19 points with nine rebounds and six blocked shots — also a career best.

Graham Woodward added 12 points for Drake (7-23, 2-16 Missouri Valley Conference), 10th seed into the conference tournament. Milton Doyle scored 20 points for Loyola (14-16, 7-11), which enters the tournament as the No. 8 seed and plays Bradley Thursday in St. Louis. Doyle had a potential game-winning shot blocked by Casey Schlatter with three seconds left in regulation. He was 2 of 7 from the floor in overtime.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Wes Washpun made four free throws down the stretch and blocked a shot with three seconds left to secure Northern Iowa’s 54-52 win over Evansville on Saturday. The win assures Northern Iowa (19-12, 11-7), which has won nine of its last ten games, the No. 4 seed in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.

Washpun had 14 points, five assists, three steals and three blocks. Klint Carlson added 10 points. Northern Iowa held Evansville to just 16 points in the first half; the lowest UNI has held any opponent in the initial half this season.

Evansville, tied for second in the conference, rallied in the second period to close to 53-52 with 13 seconds remaining. Northern Iowa’s Jeremy Morgan split a pair of free throws and the Purple Aces missed their last two shots. D.J. Balentine led Evansville (23-8, 12-6) with 19 points. Egidiju Mockevicius added 14 with 16 rebounds.

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JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals star catcher Yadier Molina is hoping his injured thumb heals enough for him to play on opening day, Recovering from surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb, Molina took part in his first catching drills of the spring Friday. An eight-time All-Star, Molina injured the thumb on his glove hand while applying a tag at the plate late last season.

Drake 91, Loyola of Chicago 61

N. Iowa 65, Bradley 41

(all games begin at 7-p.m.)
CLASS 1-A
@ Atlantic: Nodaway Valley (18-6) vs. IKM-Manning (21-2)
@ Council Bluffs/Thomas Jefferson: Stanton (22-2) vs. Council Bluffs/St. Albert (14-9)
CLASS 2-A
@ MOC-Floyd Valley: Sioux Center (16-7) vs. Hull, Western Christian (21-2)
@ Waukee: Des Moines Christian (20-3) vs. Panorama, Panora (18-5)
@ Harlan: Treynor (21-2) vs Kuemper Catholic, Carroll (17-6)

Class 4A Substate 1
Semifinal
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 54, Lewis Central 38
Sioux City, East 78, Sioux City, North 56

Elsewhere in Class 4A semi-final action…

Ames 62, Waukee 46
Des Moines, Hoover 46, Fort Dodge 33
Cedar Falls 70, Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 53
Linn-Mar, Marion 79, Waterloo, East 63
Dubuque, Hempstead 42, Davenport, Central 38
Dubuque, Senior 39, North Scott, Eldridge 32
Muscatine 62, Clinton 52
Pleasant Valley 48, Bettendorf 33
Iowa City, City High 66, Prairie, Cedar Rapids 55
Iowa City, West 73, Cedar Rapids, Jefferson 48
Ankeny 76, Des Moines, North 46
Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 69, Urbandale 34
Ankeny Centennial 62, Southeast Polk 57
Valley, West Des Moines 51, Des Moines, Roosevelt 27

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A group of Iowa high school students has been admonished for seemingly using Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s name as a racial insult during a boys’ basketball game. The chant occurred Monday during a playoff game between Dallas Center-Grimes in West Des Moines, a largely white school, and Perry, a more diverse school north of Des Moines.

According to DCG activities director Steve Watson, roughly a dozen students out of the 120 or so in attendance chanted Trump’s name after their team lost to Perry. Trump has drawn fire for saying that illegal immigration from Mexico brings rapists and drug dealers into the U.S. and other controversial statements.

Watson says the chant was uttered three or four times before administrators stopped the students. He declined to say whether the students were disciplined, citing privacy policies.