DES MOINES -- After a second-place finish a year ago, Iowa City West took it all the way to the top this time.
The second-ranked Women of Troy regrouped after letting a 12-point lead slip away and beat No. 4 Ankeny 61-56 in overtime to win the Class 4A championship Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena.
After regulation play ended in a tie at 52, West scored the first eight points of the overtime and held on to win its first girls basketball title. West had never played in the state tournament until last year, when the Women of Troy lost to Des Moines East in the championship game.
Tatum Klein led West with 17 points, including a 3-pointer with 19 seconds left that tied the score and produced overtime. Shelly Stumpff added 16 points and nine rebounds for the Women of Troy and Ally Disterhoft scored 12.
Maddie Manning had 24 points and nine rebounds in a strong performance for Ankeny, which rallied after trailing by 12 points in the first half and by six in the fourth quarter. Her two free throws gave the Hawkettes a 52-49 lead with 35.1 seconds remaining.
But Klein found an opening on the perimeter and tied it with a clutch shot.
Shayla Starkenburg scored 11 points for Ankeny, while teammate Madi Robson had eight points and seven rebounds. Ankeny was hurt when Manning, who has signed with Oklahoma, fouled out with 1:22 left in the overtime.
Stumpff's free throw in overtime put West ahead to stay and Mckenzie Piper slipped under the basket to make a reverse layup, giving her team a 55-52 lead. The Women of Troy then wrapped up the victory by making six of 10 free throws.
West finished with a 25-1 record, the only loss coming to Class 3A champion Davenport Assumption. Ankeny, which has won nine state titles, lost in the championship game for only the second time and finished 22-4.
Manning was named captain of the all-tournament team and was joined on that unit by teammate Krista Pettepier, Klein, Disterhoft, Southeast Polk's Caitlin Ingle and Waukee's Britney Boland.
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