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Iowa girls' state basketball 2021: Monday's scores, stats, game replays and more
The first day of March brought us the first day of the 2021 Iowa high school girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Seven quarterfinal games were on the schedule for day one.
Find scores, stats, broadcast replays and complete area coverage here.
Girls' state basketball coverage
» Iowa City's West is best in 5A quarterfinal thriller
» Clear Lake puts the brakes on Waukon in 3A quarterfinals
» Predictions: Class-by-class, round-by-round picks
» Feature: Montezuma's Boulton bombers rank at the top of the state's 3-point chart
» Notes: Johnston's Jada Gyamfi has room to roam, and takes advantage
Monday's girls' state basketball scores
CLASS 5A QUARTERFINALS
No. 1 Waukee 60, No. 9 West Des Moines Dowling 37
Waukee (11-1) shot 6-for-9 on 3-pointers in the first quarter, racing to a 20-7 lead after one and a 41-14 advantage at halftime.
Katie Dinnebier (23 points) and Peyton Kelderman (16) both made four treys in the game for the Warriors. Dinnebier also contributed five rebounds, seven assists and five steals.
Lexi Boles led Dowling (11-7) with 13 points.
No. 5 Ankeny Centennial 47, No. 4 Southeast Polk 45
Jackie Pippett's layup at the buzzer sent Ankeny Centennial (16-2) past Southeast Polk (15-4).
The Jaguars trailed by 14 in the second quarter but rallied to take a 44-43 lead on Pippett's layup with 2:07 to play. The Rams tied it at 45 on a pass that was deflected by Centennial into the hoop, then tried to hold for the last shot but a jump ball gave the Jaguars possession with 6.3 seconds left. Maggie Phipps' pass was tipped to Cleao Murray in the corner, and she found Pippett under the basket just in time.
Pippett scored 15 points and grabbed six rebounds. Grace Larkins matched her with 15 for SEP and Brooklin Dailey added 14.
Just how they drew it up!March 1, 2021
Just how they drew it up!#iahsbkb state tournament first round pic.twitter.com/4mN95qvBEL
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Jackie Pippett wins it at the buzzer for Ankeny Centennial in the girls
No. 2 Johnston 71, No. 7 Cedar Falls 64
Johnston (17-1) built an 18-point lead in the second quarter and hung on to beat Cedar Falls (17-4).
Iowa Class of 2022 commit Jada Gyamfi scored 19 points and grabbed 18 rebounds for the Dragons. Alli Tanke added 17 points, making 3-of-5 3-point shots.
Anaya Barney scored a game-high 24 points for the Tigers.
No. 6 Iowa City West 65, No. 3 Waterloo West 63
Emma Ingersoll-Weng's fifth 3-pointer of the day put Iowa City West up 62-60 with 46.5 seconds left and the Trojans (14-3) advanced in an all-MVC quarterfinal.
Waterloo West (19-2) won the regular-season meeting, 67-63, in January and led 43-37 here entering the fourth but couldn't put it away. Halli Poock had 22 points on 7-for-20 shooting for the Wahawks.
Iowa City West leading scorer Audrey Koch (20.2 ppg) was held to two points, but Meena Tate (8.2) scored 21 points on 9-for-11 shooting and Ingersoll-Weng finished with 17.
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The best West in this one is March 1, 2021
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CLASS 3A QUARTERFINALS
No. 1 Cherokee 63, Davenport Assumption 43
Top-ranked Cherokee (23-0) outscored the Knights 34-11 in the second half, including 18-2 in the fourth quarter, to overturn a 32-29 halftime deficit.
Davenport Assumption shot 30.5 percent. It finished 8-12, its record the result of playing bigger schools in the Mississippi Athletic Conference. Ava Schubert scored 12 points for the Knights.
Alexis Pingel led the way for Cherokee with 23 points. She made 4-of-5 from 3-point range and also had nine rebounds and four steals. JeMae Nichols added 14 points and 10 boards.
No. 4 West Lyon 52, No. 5 West Burlington 30
A rare triple-double from Brooklyn Meyer (15 points, 12 rebounds, 10 blocks) led West Lyon (23-1) past West Burlington (21-2).
A 15-5 second quarter gave the Wildcats a 27-17 lead at halftime. Haley Knoblock added 13 points and six boards.
Natalie Vandenberg paced the Falcons with 10 points.
No. 2 Clear Lake 45, No. 14 Waukon 24
Waukon (19-5) led second-ranked Clear Lake 12-11 after the first quarter, but the Lions took over from there.
Clear Lake (19-1) scored the final five points of the half to take a 21-17 lead and outscored the Indians 24-7 in the second half.
Kaitlyn VanderPloeg had 12 points, six rebounds and four blocks for the Lions. Darby Dodd added 11 points. Margaret Wacker led Waukon with 10.
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Waukon led 12-11 after 1, but Clear Lake took overMarch 2, 2021
Waukon led 12-11 after 1, but Clear Lake took overhttps://t.co/BtnkuAdA2C #iahsbkb pic.twitter.com/U63GkXW0JK
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Live updates
Iowa City West's Matayia Tellis (3) gets ahead of Waterloo West's Halli Poock (14) and Waterloo West's Gabby Moore (22) for a layup in the second half in their class 5A quarterfinal game with Waterloo West at the IGHSAU State Basketball Tournament at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Monday, March 1, 2021. Iowa City West won the game, 65-63. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
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