DES MOINES -- Kennedy Drey scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead defending state champion Storm Lake St, Mary's past Lisbon, 62-44, Monday afternoon in a Class 1A quarterfinal game of the boys state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.
St, Mary's (26-0) advances to Thursday semifinals against Boyden-Hull (24-2) at 12:15 p.m.
Luke Lenhart added 21 points for St. Mary's, which led 20-8 after one quarter and 39-19 at halftime. The Panthers shot 60 percent in the first half and 56 percent for the game.
Ben Knake scored 17 points and Jake Hendricks 10 for Lisbon (20-7). The Lions wre making their first state tournament appearance.
BOYDEN-HULL 64, IOWA MENNONITE 44 -- Bryce Moss scored 18 points, Taylor Francis 16 and Brandt Van Roekel 15 to lead third-seeded Boyden-Hull.
Boyden-Hull (24-2) led by only 30-28 at halftime and 46-38 after three quarters, but outscored IMS 18-6 in the final period to pull away for the win. The Comets shot 61.1 percent in the second half.
Chance Miller scored 15 points and Cameron Gingerich 13 for IMS (22-5).
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DANVILLE 68, COUNCIL BLUFFS ST. ALBERT 39 -- Danville had too many Soukups on the court for St. Albert.
Steven Soukup scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Michael Soukup scored 16 points to lead top-seeded Danville (26-0) into the semifinals against fifth-seeded Nodaway Valley (23-2) Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
Collin Bartsch scored 15 points for Danville, which shot 56 percent for the game and made 16 of 22 shots (72.7 percent) in the second half.
Danville also had a 39-18 edge in rebounding.
Connor Thomas' 15 points led St. Albert (14-11).
Boxscore
NODAWAY VALLEY 62, NORTH IOWA 40 -- Dan Ehrsam scored 20 points and Alex Welsch had a double-double to lead fifth-seeded Nodaway Valley to the upset win over No. 4 seed North Iowa.
Welsch scored 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for Nodaway Valley (23-2). TJ Bower added 14 points.
Eric Krull and Troy Kettwick scored nine points apiece to lead North Iowa (23-3). The Bison shot 31.5 percent.
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