EVENT OF THE WEEK
101st Iowa boys state basketball tournament
>> When: Monday through Saturday Where: Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines
>> WI qualifiers: Riverside (1-A), Carroll Kuemper (2-A), Nodaway Valley (2-A), Harlan Community (3-A) and Sioux City North (4-A).

TOURNEY FACTS
Defending champions: Boyden-Hull (1-A), Mount Pleasant (3-A) and Iowa City West (4-A). Mount Vernon (2-A) did not qualify.
Western Iowa quarterfinal matchups (with seedings)
Monday: 12:15 p.m.: No. 4 Storm Lake St. Mary’s (24-1) vs. No. 5 Riverside (24-1).
Tuesday: 10:30 a.m.: No. 2 Nodaway Valley (23-1) vs. No. 7 Carroll Kuemper (16-8); 3:45 p.m.: No. 1 Vinton-Shellsburg (24-0) vs. No. 8 Harlan (18-6).
Wednesday: 1:05 p.m.: No. 4 Sioux City North (21-2) vs. No. 5 Cedar Falls (19-4).

CRYSTAL BALL
Tournament selections by World-Herald western Iowa beat writer Kevin White:
>> Class 1-A: Quarterfinals: Danville over Wapsie Valley; Storm Lake St. Mary’s over Riverside; Boyden-Hull over Lone Tree; North Tama over Ankeny Christian. Semifinals: Danville over Storm Lake St. Mary’s; Boyden-Hull over North Tama. Finals: Danville over Boyden-Hull.
>> Class 2-A: Quarterfinals: West Fork over Dike-New Hartford; MFL-Mar-Mac over North Cedar; Carroll Kuemper over Nodaway Valley; Sheldon over Pella Christian. Semifinals: MFL-Mar-Mac over West Fork; Sheldon over Carroll Kuemper. Finals: Sheldon over MFL-Mar-Mac.
>> Class 3-A: Quarterfinals: Vinton-Shellsburg over Harlan; MOC-Floyd Valley over Grinnell; Davenport Assumption over Dallas Center-Grimes; Mount Pleasant over Waverly-Shell Rock. Semifinals: MOC-Floyd Valley over Vinton-Shellsburg; Davenport Assumption over Mount Pleasant. Finals: Davenport Assumption over MOC-Floyd Valley.
>> Class 4-A: Quarterfinals: Sioux City North over Cedar Falls; Bettendorf over Urbandale; Dubuque Senior over Des Moines Roosevelt; Iowa City West over WDM Dowling. Semifinals: Bettendorf over Sioux City North; Iowa City West over Dubuque Senior. Finals: Iowa City West over Bettendorf.

STAT LEADERS

Statistical leaders from western Iowa qualifiers:

SCORING
Name, school, Avg.
Williams, Riverside, 26.9
Tillo, SC North, 22.9
Lansman, Harlan, 16.7
Welsch, Nodaway Valley, 16.4
Baudler, Nodaway Valley, 16.3
Brincks, Carroll Kuemper, 16.0
Neary, Carroll Kuemper, 16.0
Elizalde, SC North, 12.2
Dean, SC North, 11.6
Cave, Harlan, 11.2

REBOUNDING
Williams, Riverside, 14.6
Tillo, SC North, 12.4
Welsch, Nodaway Valley, 9.8
Lansman, Harlan, 8.6
Halbur, Carroll Kuemper, 7.8

ASSISTS
Kloewer, Harlan, 4.4
Ryun, Riverside, 4.0
Baudler, Nodaway Valley, 3.8
Elizalde, SC North, 3.5
Patrick, Riverside, 3.5
Bach, Carroll Kuemper, 3.5

STEALS
Ryun, Riverside, 2.4
Elizalde, SC North, 2.3
Dean, SC North, 2.3
Bower, Nodaway Valley, 2.1
Baudler, Nodaway Valley, 2.0

FIELD-GOAL PERCENTAGE
Welsch, Nodaway Valley, 62.1
Williams, Riverside, 61.4
Lansman, Harlan, 60.2
Brincks, Carroll Kuemper, 57.3
Cave, Harlan, 57.1

3-POINTERS MADE
Tillo, SC North, 57
Cave, Harlan, 46
Ehrsam, Nodaway Valley, 40
K. Juhl, Harlan, 34
Baudler, Nodaway Valley, 33