Top-ranked Estherville-Lincoln Central held No. 4 Mount Vernon to a season-low scoring output and won Thursday’s Class 3A semifinal, 45-37, at the girls’ state basketball tournament Thursday afternoon at Wells Fargo Arena.
No. 4 Mount Vernon put a 41-5 mid-game ambush on No. 6 Harlan and hit 14 of 24 from long distance in a 67-25 Class 3A girls’ state basketball quarterfinal rout.
Girls’ basketball: Class 1A top-ranked North Linn hit 13 3-point shots, committed only three turnovers and upended 3A No. 1 Mount Vernon, 60-48.
Girls’ basketball notes: Three years after a 1-20 campaign, Mount Vernon has climbed to a No. 1 ranking in Class 3A, thanks to a come-from-behind win over archrival Solon on Tuesday.
Lena Evans drilled a tie-breaking 3-pointer — her fifth deep shot of the game — with 9 seconds left to lift Class 4A second-ranked Clear Creek Amana past 3A No. 2 Mount Vernon, 50-47, in a Wamac Conference cross-divisional girls’ basketball dandy Thursday night at Mount Vernon High School.
Rivalry Saturday: Mount Vernon outlasts Maquoketa, 64-59, despite a record-tying six 3-pointers by the Cardinals’ Kendall Kuhlman.
Girls’ basketball notebook: Lansing Kee dynamo Reagan Mudderman leads the state in scoring and steals.
He won 2 state titles at Springville, left Linn-Mar after 2 1/2 seasons, then assisted last year at North Linn
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