Before this year, Orange City Unity Christian had never won a game at the state basketball tournament.

Now, the sixth-ranked Knights will play for a state championship.

Sophomore Anna Kiel had 20 points and 13 rebounds and Kassidy DeJong scored 16 to lead Unity Christian past No. 2 Crestwood 50-41 in the Class 3A semifinals.

After going 0-for-3 in its first three state tournament trips, the Knights will take a 22-4 record into the championship game at 4 p.m. Saturday.

Kiel, a 6-foot sophomore, had 18 points and nine rebounds in the first half to help the Knights build a 29-24 lead. Then they fought off Crestwood during the second half to punch their ticket to the finals.

Crestwood pulled into a tie at 34 on Tessa Anderson's 3-pointer with 1:45 left in the third quarter and seemed to have some momentum.

But Chanda Zomermaand hit a 3-pointer and folowed that with a driving, double-pump layup for a 39-34 lead heading into the fourth quarter. Those were Zomermaand's only points of the game and they were critical.

Unity finally salted the game away after Crestwood drew to 41-38 early in the fourth quarter. DeJong got loose for her third 3-pointer of the game, starting a 9-0 run that stretched the lead to 50-38. Kiel followed the 3 with a bucket inside, then hit DeJong with a nice pass for a layup.

Kiel went 7-for-11 from the field and blocked four shots while DeJong handed out seven assists.

Crestwood, which also had a 0-3 tourney record before this year, finishes 22-3. Savannah Lentz led the Cadets with 13 points, Madison Sickles scored 11 and Andersono had five points and nine rebounds.