High School Girls’ Postseason Basketball
Danville and #2 Regina Catholic entered the Class 2A Region 2 championship match last night attempting to avenge their respective losses in last year’s regional championships and it was the Regals who came out on top 73-22 to attend their third state tournament in the last four years.
Bears head coach Matt Morris knows it is hard to beat tradition when you get off to a slow start,
“Going into this game, our kids just hadn’t quite seen the speed and aggressiveness and the skill set, so we knew we were going to grow fast on the court no matter how much we prepared them. And you know, Regina did what they had to do in a Substate game. They came out, they jumped on us early and kind of took the wind out of our sails. They didn’t let us get on our feet and that’s what tradition does, that’s what good teams do…”
Alaina Gourley led the team with 11 points as Danville finished the season with a 15-9 record. Coach Morris expressed gratefulness to the team that surrounded him,
“Going into this game, our kids just hadn’t quite seen the speed and aggressiveness and the skill set, so we knew we were going to grow fast on the court no matter how much we prepared them. And you know, Regina did what they had to do in a Substate game. They came out, they jumped on us early and kind of took the wind out of our sails. They didn’t let us get on our feet and that’s what tradition does, that’s what good teams do…”
Joining Regina Catholic in the Class 2A state bracket will be Eddyville-Blakesburg Fremont, Hinton, Rock Valley, North Mahaska, Central Lyon, Treynor, and Maquoketa Valley.
Class 5A will tip-off the state tournament on Monday, March 3rd, with Johnston facing off against Iowa City Liberty at 10 am.
High School Boys’ Postseason Basketball
In Class 1A Substate 4, #10 Burlington Notre Dame will face off against #8 North Linn for the Substate Championship on Saturday, March 1st, at 7 pm at Iowa City High. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
For Class 2A Substate 5, #10 West Burlington will compete against #5 Grand View Christian for the Substate Championship on Saturday at 7 pm at Oskaloosa high school.
For Class 3A Substate 6, Keokuk will travel to Mt. Vernon tonight at 7 pm and Fort Madison will head to Knoxville.
High School Bowling
The state bowling tournament wrapped up play yesterday with the boys’ and girls’ Class 1A team tournaments along with the boys’ and girls’ Class 3A individual tournaments. Grabbing the team titles were the boys’ team of Vinton-Shellsburg and the girls’ team of Camanch, as they downed Louisa-Muscatine 3-1 in the championship showdown.
Waterloo West swept the individual championships with Ben Greer bowling a 259 in the 1st place match on the boys’ side, while Macy Smedley put together a 245 in the final match to grab the gold for the girls.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s basketball team lost to Sauk Valley Community College last night 80-59. The Blackhawks will face off against Moberly Area Community College at 2 pm on Saturday, March 1st.
NAIA Men’s Basketball Rankings
In the final Coaches’ Top 25 Poll of the season, former Iowa Wesleyan head coach Jordan Ashton’s William Woods University was ranked #9. The 25-2 Owls have accomplished a handful of firsts: clinched their first-ever AMC regular season title, surpassed their previous single-season win record of 22, a top 10 ranking, and boast a program-record 20-game win streak.
William Woods will look to win the AMC Tournament championship when the tournament starts tonight at 7 pm with a matchup against Harris-Stowe State University.
College Basketball
The #9 Iowa State men’s team will host #22 Arizona on Saturday, March 1st, at 8 pm.
The Iowa men’s team will travel to Northwestern tomorrow, February 28th, at 8 pm.
The Iowa women’s team handled Michigan last night 79-66. Sydney Affolter collected a double-double in the win with 24 points and 11 rebounds. The Hawkeyes will take on Wisconsin at home on Sunday, March 2nd, at 3 pm.
The Iowa State women’s team will face off against #14 Kansas State on Sunday at 3 pm at home.
This Day in Sports History
1959 – Boston Celtic Bob Cousy sets a then-NBA record with 28 assists as the Boston Celtics score 173 points against Minneapolis Lakers.
1966 – 8th Daytona 500: Polesitter Richard Petty comes from two laps down to win the event after 198 laps were completed because of rain.
1987 – The NCAA cancels SMU’s entire 1987 football schedule for violations of NCAA rules regarding athletic corruption.