Top-ranked Dunkerton survived a scare in the first round of Class 1A play.

Kayla Waskow scored 31 points and Dunkerton held off WCLT in the final minute for a 70-68 victory that kept the Raiders unbeaten.

They fell short of their state-leading 82.9 scoring average, but still had just enough to move into Wednesday night's semifinals against Newell-Fonda. Sarah Waskow added 11 points for Dunkerton (25-0), which is in the state tournament for the first time.

All five WCLT starters scored in double figures, led by Stacey Schutjer's 16 points. Schutjer also grabbed 22 rebounds, two short of the tournament record she set last year, and blocked nine shots to match the fourth-highest figure in a state tourney game.

Alyssa Schwartz scored 14 points for the Tigers (22-4), Paige Heesch had 13, Michelle Eden 12 and Melanie Hofmann 11.

The game was played at a frenetic pace and the two teams combined to put up 131 shots. Dunkerton offset WCLT's 52-40 rebounding advantage by making 19 steals. Danielle Graham had seven of those steals and intercepted WCLT's inbounds pass with less than a second to play to end the Tigers' final hopes.

Dunkerton led 44-41 after a back-and-forth first half. The lead then changed hands three more times before Dunkerton ran off seven straight points to go ahead for good at 63-58. Kayla Waskow finished the run by making a basket as she was knocked to the floor, then sinking the free throw to complete a three-point play.

Her two free throws with 16.5 seconds left gave Dunkerton a 70-66 lead. Heesch scored inside for WCLT to make it a two-point game and the Tigers got one last chance when Dunkerton threw the ball away with four-tenths of a second remaining.

But Graham picked off the inbounds pass to end it.