St. Mary's of Remsen is making the most of its first trip the Iowa High School Boys State Basketball Tournament.

The Hawks (25-0) advanced to the Class 1A semifinals by defeating New London 59-52 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines Monday afternoon. St. Mary's led from start to finish after jumping to a 22-16 advantage at the end of the first quarter.

New London (21-4) pulled to within 29-26 at halftime and cut the margin to two points several times in the second half, but was never able get ahead.

Nicholas Ruden led St. Mary's in scoring with a game-high 29 points. Mason Porter tallied 19 for the Tigers.

The semifinal game for St. Mary's will be at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday (March 9).



New London vs St. Mary's, Remsen
03/06/17 2:00pm at IOWA BOYS STATE TOURNAMENT - 1A QUARTER

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VISITORS: New London 21-4
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
11 McSorley, Isaac..... *  2-5    0-2    0-0    2  2  4   2   4  0  2  0  4  22
20 Dentlinger, Ben..... *  7-12   0-0    1-1    2  5  7   4  15  1  3  5  1  31
21 Porter, Mason....... *  7-11   2-3    3-6    1  3  4   2  19  1  2  0  2  32
23 Luckett, Keontae.... *  4-9    0-1    1-2    2  2  4   4   9  4  3  0  1  31
24 Henecke, Justin..... *  0-1    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  0  0  0  11
03 Nehring, Blake......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  0  0  0   4
12 Swanson, Grant......    0-1    0-0    2-2    1  1  2   1   2  0  0  0  0   3
15 Dentlinger, Alex....    1-8    1-4    0-0    0  4  4   3   3  2  1  0  0  26
22 Lounsbury, Grant....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
   TEAM................                            1  1
   Totals..............   21-47   3-10   7-11   8 18 26  18  52  8 11  5  8 160

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-29 37.9%   2nd Half: 10-18 55.6%   Game: 44.7%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-7  28.6%   2nd Half:  1-3  33.3%   Game: 30.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  2-4  50.0%   2nd Half:  5-7  71.4%   Game: 63.6%    4


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HOME TEAM: St. Mary's, Remsen 25-0
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
03 Schroeder, Colin.... *  2-8    1-3    1-2    1  3  4   2   6  4  3  0  0  30
12 Staab, RJ........... *  0-1    0-1    2-3    0  1  1   2   2  0  1  0  0  22
22 Wesselmann, Jacob... *  5-11   5-8    4-4    1  6  7   1  19  4  3  0  3  28
23 Ricke, Brody........ *  1-2    0-0    0-0    1  1  2   4   2  2  1  0  0  20
32 Ruden, Nicholas..... *  9-18   2-5    6-7    2  5  7   1  26  1  0  1  1  30
14 Schiltz, Mitchell...    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
20 Kuchel, Carter......    0-1    0-0    0-2    0  1  1   3   0  0  0  0  0  12
21 Portz, Brady........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   2
24 Schorg, Spencer.....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  0  0  0   3
30 Galles, Brett.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
35 Loutsch, Jacob......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
40 Schorg, Derrick.....    2-3    0-1    0-0    4  1  5   1   4  1  4  0  1  12
   TEAM................                         2     2
   Totals..............   19-44   8-18  13-18  11 18 29  15  59 12 12  1  5 160

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-24 41.7%   2nd Half:  9-20 45.0%   Game: 43.2%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  5-11 45.5%   2nd Half:  3-7  42.9%   Game: 44.4%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  4-6  66.7%   2nd Half:  9-12 75.0%   Game: 72.2%    1


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Officials: Bill Gillman, Mark Royer, Shawn Peterson
Technical fouls: New London-None. St. Mary's, Remsen-None.
Attendance:
Score by Periods                1st  2nd  3rd  4th   Total
New London....................   16   10   12   14  -   52
St. Mary's, Remsen............   22    7   12   18  -   59

Points in the paint-N-LONDON 26,RSM 18. Points off turnovers-N-LONDON 13,RSM 7.
2nd chance points-N-LONDON 7,RSM 13. Fast break points-N-LONDON 4,RSM 0.
Bench points-N-LONDON 5,RSM 4. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times.
Last FG-N-LONDON 4th-00:25, RSM 4th-01:58.
Largest lead-N-LONDON None, RSM by 10 4th-01:58.

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