DES MOINES -- New lineup, same result for Ballard.

But not so for top-ranked Benton Community.

Ballard caught Benton on a night the Bobcats were without their best player and advanced to the Class 3A semifinals for the seventh straight year with a 50-34 first-round victory Tuesday night at Wells Fargo Arena.

The unranked Bombers have an all-new starting lineup this season and also a new coach in Kelly Anderson, a former assistant at the school. They'll take a 19-6 record into a semifinal matchup with defending state champion Davenport Assumption at 7:45 p.m. Thursday.

Assumption beat Ballard in last year's semifinals.

Benton had to play without leading scorer Madison Weekly, one of the state's top juniors. Weekly broke her left wrist in a regional final victory over Keokuk and wore her uniform as she sat on the bench and cheered her teammates.

The Bobcats couldn't muster the firepower they needed without their star and lost for the first time in 25 games.

Ballard had excellent balance, with Rachel Sage scoring 12 points, Katie Ahrenholtz 10 and Makenzie Ihle nine. Kelsey Brecht led Benton with 14 points and Sara Petrzelka scored seven. (Boxscore)

Ballard scored the game's first six points and led 10-2 after one quarter. Benton never got closer than three points the rest of the way.

Ihle's 3-pointer just before the halftime buzzer put the Bombers up 21-14, and they started the third quarter with a 10-3 run to stretch their lead to 31-17. Benton got to within 10 points midway through the fourth quarter before Ballard made 10 of 12 free throws to wrap it up.

SIOUX CITY HEELAN 77, DUBUQUE WAHLERT 60 -- Sioux City Bishop Heelan is a step closer to another appearance in the Class 3A state championship game.

MaKayla Augustine led another big offensive outing with 22 points and third-ranked Bishop Heelan pulled away in the second half to beat No. 6 Dubuque Wahlert.

Madison Yohe added 21 points, seven rebounds and five assists for the Crusaders, who are the highest-scoring team in their class and almost reached their season scoring average of 79.3 points. Alex Fuller chipped in with 11 points. (Boxscore)

Bishop Heelan improved to 24-1 and will play in a semifinal game at 6 p.m. Thursday. The Crusaders won the state championship in 2008 and 2010 and finished second in 2009.

Wahlert made a nice run over the second half of the season after losing University of Iowa recruit Claire Till, who had knee surgery in January. Tessa Leytom led the Golden Eagles with 21 points, making 10 of 18 shots. Logan Lynch scored 13 points, while Beth Walker had 10 points and 16 rebounds for Wahlert, which finished 20-5.

Wahlert started the game on a roll, hitting 10 of 16 first-quarter shots in building a 22-12 lead. The lead grew to 24-12 before Bishop Heelan charged back and tied the score at 34 going into halftime.

Yohe opened the second half with a basket and Bishop Heelan never trailed again. The Crusaders then broke it open a couple of minutes later.

Yohe converted a three-point play on a length-of-the-court drive to start an 8-0 run that made it 48-39. The lead was never below eight points after that.

Augustine's fifth 3-pointer of the game stretched the lead to 63-49 and the Crusaders wrapped it up at the free throw line, making 12 of 16 in the final 3:38.

MOC-FLOYD VALLEY 50, BONDURANT-FARRAR 37 -- MOC-Floyd Valley will get to enjoy its state tournament experience a little longer this year.

The second-ranked Lady Dutch capitalized on their height advantage to beat No. 9 Bondurant-Farrar to advance to the Class 3A semifinals after losing in the first round last year.

Caitlyn Van Es led MOC-Floyd Valley with 13 points, while sophomore Alexis Conaway scored 12 and pulled down nine rebounds as the unbeaten Lady Dutch won for the 26th time. They'll play third-ranked Sioux City Bishop Heelan at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Bondurant-Farrar got 16 points from Bobbie Burrows in its first state tournament appearance since 1999. Jackie Young added nine points, seven rebounds and four steals for the Blue Jays, who finished 22-3. (Boxscore)

MOC-Floyd Valley used a 10-2 run to go up 12-5 in the first quarter and led the rest of the way. Burrows scored seven straight points to draw Bondurant-Farrar to 15-12, but her team got no closer.

The Lady Dutch led 22-17 at halftime, then answered in the second half every time Bondurant-Farrar threatened to make a move. When Burrows drove across the lane to hit a running hook shot, the Blue Jays trailed only 42-35 with 2:54 left.

But MOC-Floyd Valley scored eight of the game's final 10 points to put it away.

MOC-Floyd Valley shot 51.4 percent and held a 30-20 rebounding advantage. Emily McDonald had nine points and seven rebounds for the Lady Dutch, while Lauren McDonald scored four points to go with eight rebounds.

DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION 54, GLENWOOD 41 -- Defending champion Davenport Assumption is moving ahead.

Danielle Moore led a big run during the middle of the game that carried fourth-ranked Assumption to a victory over Glenwood. Assumption improved to 23-2 under first-year coach Mallory Youngblut and will play in a semifinal game at 7:45 p.m. Thursday.

Moore shot 4-for-7 from 3-point range and led all scorers with 23 points. Kate Fennelly added 12 points for the Knights, while Jasmine Binion and Grace Fennelly scored six each. (Boxscore)

Morgan Lucy led Glenwood with 14 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks in her final high school game. Lucy is Glenwood's career scoring leader with more than 1,000 points and will play at Southwest Baptist next season.

Grace Newman added eight points for the Rams, who reached the state tournament for the first time since making the six-player field in 1979.

Glenwood held Assumption at bay early and led 12-8 going into the second quarter. The Knights then got rolling and hit the Rams with a 27-2 run that stretched into the second half and produced a 35-14 lead.

Moore keyed that burst with three 3-pointers and an old-fashioned three-point play. Kate Fennelly knocked down a pair of 3-pointers during the run and Mary Kate Fennelly hit one. Assumption finished 8-for-17 from long range.

Glenwood never gave up and responded with 12 straight points to cut the lead to 37-28 on Newman's 3-pointer late in the third quarter. But Assumption scored seven of the first nine points in the fourth quarter to open a 46-30 lead, then sank free throws the rest of the way to finish it off.

Youngblut is a former Assumption star who took over after last season's coach, Hall of Fame player Jennifer Goetz, left to become the head coach at Pleasant Valley.