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Iowa Metropolis Regina’s profitable streak remains to be intact, however maintaining it that manner wasn’t straightforward.
The second-seeded Regals discovered themselves heading off seventh-seeded Maquoketa Valley all through the sport earlier than pulling out a 53-47 victory to start out Day 3 of the state match and transfer into the Class 2A semifinals.
Regina (24-1) twice appeared to have the sport properly in hand, main by 10 halfway by way of the third quarter and forward 50-42 with beneath 3 minutes to play. However Maquoketa Valley (22-3) clawed again each instances.
Ultimately, the Regals received the defensive stops they wanted and sank three late free throws to safe their 15th straight victory.
Regina had good stability amongst its high three scorers, Morgan Miller ending with 17 factors, Ella McLaughlin scoring 14 and freshman Addie McLaughlin including 11. Miller stuffed out her line with eight rebounds, 4 steals and three assists, whereas Addie McLaughlin tacked on seven assists, 4 rebounds and three steals. Caitlin Martin gave the Regals a raise with 9 rebounds and 6 rebounds.
Bianka Ronnebaum led Maquoketa Valley with 17 factors and eight rebounds, whereas freshman Audra Burbridge added 10 factors, seven rebounds, two assists and 4 steals.
Maquoketa Valley’s rebounding helped the Wildcats preserve tempo with Regina even whereas capturing solely 37 p.c. The Wildcats’ eight offensive rebounds within the first half led to a 15-2 edge in second-chance factors – a giant motive for the 28-28 tie at halftime. Regina did a greater job on the boards within the second half, however Maquoketa Valley nonetheless completed with a 37-31 rebounding margin and 19 second-chance factors.
The Wildcats ran their offense properly and received good pictures. They simply couldn’t get sufficient of them to fall.
A key stretch got here when the Wildcats missed two point-blank pictures with the rating tied at 42. Addie McLaughlin rebounded the second miss and took the ball the size of the court docket and made a layup, switching the ball from her left hand to proper in mid-air.
Miller adopted with a driving layup, Addie McLaughlin fed Martin for a brief jumper and Miller went in for a layup after a steal, giving the Regals that 50-42 lead.
Grace Richter’s 3-pointer – simply her fourth of the season – minimize the result in 50-47 with 1:15 left, however the Wildcats couldn’t get anything to drop and Regina moved on.
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