Top-ranked North Linn beat Winfield-Mount Union 67-51 in a Class 1A Iowa high school boys’ state basketball semifinal game Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Winfield-Mt. Union's Gabriel Hemsworth (5) saves the ball during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Winfield-Mt. Union's Carter Loyd (1) shoots during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Winfield-Mt. Union's Abram Edwards (23) shoots during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn's Drew Ries (32) rebounds the ball during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn's Mason Bechen (20) shoots during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn head coach Mike Hilmer talks to players during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn's Drew Ries (32) shoots during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Winfield-Mt. Union's Jake Edwards (2) dunks the ball during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Winfield-Mt. Union's Jake Edwards (2) shoots during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Winfield-Mt. Union's Cam Buffington (33) shoots during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn's Ty Pflughaupt (22) shoots during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn's Breckyn Betenbender (14) shoots during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn's Jake Van Etten (40)and North Linn's Breckyn Betenbender (14) press Winfield-Mt. Union's Carter Loyd (1) during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn's Braden Wheatley (34) dribbles during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn's Drew Ries (32) dribbles during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn's Mason Bechen (20) drives to the basket during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn's Jake Van Etten (40) shoots during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s bench reacts during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn's Mason Bechen (20) drives to the basket as Winfield-Mt. Union's Carter Loyd (1) defends during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn players react during an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Winfield-Mt. Union's Gabriel Hemsworth (5), Abram Edwards (23), and Cam Buffington (33) carry a state participant trophy following an Iowa Class 1A boys’ state basketball tournament semifinal game between North Linn and Winfield-Mt. Union at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

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