Iowa high school girls’ state basketball 2022: Thursday’s games

DES MOINES — A look at Thursday’s games at the girls’ state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena:

No. 5 Cedar Rapids Xavier (18-6) vs. No. 1 Dallas Center-Grimes (21-3)

CLASS 4A SEMIFINAL

Time: 5 p.m.

Coaches: Xavier Coach Tom Lilly is 596-275 in 37 seasons overall, including 407-173 in 24 years at Xavier. Adam Jones has been at DCG for seven years and owns a 116-44 mark.

Top players: Libby Fandel (6-0, fr.) paces Xavier at 13.0 points per game. Kyla Mason (5-11, jr.) spearheads a productive bench at 9.8 points per contest. Emma Miner (6-0, jr.) is DCG’s leader at 13.9 points per game. Finley Fitzgerald (5-8, jr.) comes off the bench and scores 7.9 ppg.

How they got here: Xavier scored the last five points to clinch a first-round win over No. 7 DeWitt Central, 62-55. Four Saints scored in double digits. DCG ousted No. 14 Benton Community, 64-38, behind 10 3-pointers in 19 attempts.

BC Moore computer projection: DCG by 12.

How to watch: IGHSAU Digital Network

Other games

CLASS 5A SEMIFINALS

No. 1 Johnston (24-0) vs. No. 4 Pleasant Valley (22-2), 10 a.m.

No. 6 Waterloo West (22-2) vs. No. 7 West Des Moines Valley (19-5), 11:45 a.m.

CLASS 3A SEMIFINALS

No. 1 Unity Christian (24-1) vs. No. 4 Estherville-Lincoln Central (24-2), 1:30 p.m.

No. 2 West Lyon (24-1) vs. No. 3 Ballard (22-3), 3:15 p.m.

CLASS 4A SEMIFINALS

No. 2 Glenwood (20-4) vs. No. 3 Sioux City Heelan (22-2), 6:45 p.m.

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