DES MOINES -- Nick Clark scored 25 points and Fort Dodge St. Edmond held off PCM Monroe, 53-52, Tuesday in a Class 2A quarterfinal game of the boys state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.
Neil Flattery added 16 points for the seventh-seeded Gaels (19-6). St. Edmond advances to the semifinals Thursday against sixth-seeded Clarinda (20-4) at 3:45 p.m.
Jordan Van Roekel led PCM (22-3) with 21 points and seven rebounds. Sean O'Connor had 14 points.
PCM lost despite shooting 61.8 percent for the game and 76.5 percent in the second half.
PCM had four more field goals than St. Edmond, but the Gaels had two more 3-pointers and outscored PCM 12-5 at the free throw line. PCM had 18 turnovers, St. Edmond 10.
St. Edmond never trailed in the game, leading by as many as 16 points.
PCM cut St. Edmond's lead to 50-49 on a 3-pointer by Nathan Vande Wall with 30 seconds left.
Flattery made a pair of free throws with 23 seconds left to stretch the margin to 52-49. Clark stole the ball with 12 seconds left and was fouled. He made one of two free throws.
PCM's Sean O'Connor hit a 3-pointer with two seconds left in the game.
CLARINDA 50, ROLAND-STORY 31 -- Jared Stansbury scored 15 points to lead Clarinda past third-seeded Roland-Story and into the Class 2A semifinals.
Clarinda (20-4) shot 51.5 percent for the game and limited Roland-Story (21-4) to 30 percent shooting.
Clarinda built a 22-16 by halftime, led 38-27 after three quarters and put the game away in the fourth, when Roland-Story mustered only four points.
Zach Hovick and Tim Schlorholtz scored eight points apiece for Roland-Story.
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