What -- Class 3A boys state tournament quarterfinal

Time and place -- 3:30 p.m. Today, Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines

Records -- Western Dubuque is 19-5 (13-5 WaMac -- East Division), Mount Pleasant is 21-1 (8-0 Southeast Conference)

Rankings -- Mount Pleasant is No. 1.

Tournament seeding -- Mount Pleasant is No. 1, Western Dubuque is No. 8.

How they got here -- Western Dubuque: Beat Oelwein, 55-27; beat West Delaware, 51-50; beat Decorah, 59-46. Mount Pleasant: Beat Fort Madison, 61-33; beat Washington, 59-39; beat Williamsburg, 68-48.

Western Dubuque streak -- Won 4.

Mount Pleasant streak -- Won 4.

Offensive average -- Western Dubuque 57.1; Mount Pleasant 62.9.



Defensive average -- Western Dubuque 44.3; Mount Pleasant 44.0.

Radio -- KILJ-FM (105.5).

State tournament history -- Western Dubuque: The Bobcats have appeared in only one tournament, but it was a memorable one as they won the Class 3A championship in 2001; they are 3-0 in the tournament. Mount Pleasant: The Panthers are making their fourth appearance, but first since 1997. The Panthers' only win (1-4) came against Iowa Falls, 48-45, in the 3A quarterfinals that season, and they lost to Creston and Waukon the next two games to finish fourth. They also made appearances in 1976 and 1984.

Notes -- The teams' only common opponent is Marion, which beat the Panthers by four and the Bobcats by five. Among Western Dubuque's wins was a conference victory over Solon, the Spartans' first league loss in two years. ... Mount Pleasant is shooting 57.5 percent from the floor this season, more than five percent better than any other team (Sioux City Heelan is second at 52.2 percent). Only Pella (43.3) is better than Mount Pleasant (44.0) in scoring defense. ... All eight teams in the bracket won at least 19 games, and the field is 160-24 overall this season. ... Jess Settles and Eric Rawson, former Winfield-Mount Union stars, assist Mount Pleasant coach Paul Rundquist; Rawson won a state title with the Wolves in 1995, while Settles was a two-time all-tournament team selection in 1992 and 1993. ... Rundquist is the fourth different coach to take the Panthers to state (Dave Lansing -- '76; Jim Kelly -- '84 and Brent Riessen -- '97).



Western Dubuque lineup -- Hunter Westhoff (F, 6-3, Soph., 4.3 ppg, 5.6 rpg), Derrick Pape (C, 6-8, Sr., 11.9 ppg, 9.1 rpg), Logan Pitz (G, 6-1, Soph., 4.2 ppg, 2.5 rpg), Zach Otting (G, 6-3, Jr., 18.7 ppg, 5.1 rpg), Sam Hoeger (G, 6-2, Jr., 4.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg).

Mount Pleasant lineup -- Eric Hahn (F, 6-4, Jr., 4.0 ppg, 0.4 rpg), Austin Marshall (F, 6-5, Jr., 9.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg), Darian Cotton (F, 6-0, Jr., 4.6 ppg, 1.5 rpg), Henry Krieger-Coble (C, 6-4, Jr., 15.1 ppg, 8.1 rpg), Scott Hahn (G, 6-4, Jr., 17.1 ppg, 5.5 rpg).

-- By Chad Drury