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 50-37 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 Yount added nine points, seven rebounds and four steals for
the Blue Jays, who finished 22-3.
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.