Girls state basketball: Friday's games

Friday's games at the girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines

CLASS 4A SEMIFINAL

#2 Linn-Mar (22-2) vs. #3 Iowa City West (22-2)

Time: Noon

Coaches: Mike Brandt is 169-64 in 10 years at Linn-Mar. B.J. Mayer is 189-112 in 13 years, including 62-32 in four seasons at West.

Key players: Linn-Mar's Kiah Stokes (6-3, sr.) averages 25.2 points and 15.1 rebounds per game. She is the state's all-time leading shot-blocker. Ally Disterhoft (5-11, soph.) paces West at 15.1 ppg while Mckenzie Piper (6-0, jr.) adds 12.0 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. 

How they got here: Linn-Mar got a basket and a block from Stokes in the final 20 seconds to beat Ankeny, 48-47. West scored 28 points in the fourth quarter to defeat Cedar Rapids Washington, 67-58. Linn-Mar beat West, 63-49, in the regular season.

OTHER GAMES

Class 4A semifinal: #5 Southeast Polk (23-2) vs. #1 Des Moines East (24-0), 1:45 p.m.

Class 1A championship: #1 Martensdale-St. Marys (26-1) vs. #2 Ar-We-Va (24-2), 6 p.m.

Class 2A championship: #1 Ida Grove OA-BCIG (25-0) vs. Estherville-Lincoln Central (23-4), 8 p.m.