Kennedy's trio of Paige Hendrickson, Steph Botkin and Morgan Martin combined for 33 points and outscored the Prairie team and the Cougars dispatched the Hawks, 46-31, Saturday in a Class 5A regional semifinal girls basketball game at Kennedy.

Kennedy (15-7) advances to the regional final Tuesday against No.10 Muscatine (19-3) at Iowa City West.

Hendrickson scored 12 points, Botkin 11 and Morgan 10 for the Cougars.

Madison Dellamuth scored 12 points to pace Prairie (6-16).

Kennedy held a 21-15 lead at halftime, then outscored Prairie 15-6 in the third quarter to take a 36-21 lead.

PRAIRIE (31): Moenk 0 0-0 0, C.Hutchins 3 0-1 7, Rotter 2 2-2 6, Altenhofen 0 0-0 0, Usher 0 0-0 0, Freeman 2 0-0 4, S.Hutchins 0 0-0 0, Dellamuth 4 3-4 12, Stoffer 1 0-0 2. Totals 12 5-7 31.

KENNEDY (46): Meier 1 0-0 3, DeLong 0 0-0 0, Holmes 0 0-0 0, Vis 1 0-0 3, Langhurst 0 0-0 0, Hayden 1 0-0 3, Milbrath 2 0-0 4, Hendrickson 5 2-3 12, Botkin 3 5-5 11, Martin 5 0-0 10. Totals 18, 7-8 46.

Halftime - Kennedy 21, Prairie 15. 3-point goals - Prairie 2 (C.Hutchins, Dellamuth), Kennedy 3 (Meier, Vis, Hayden). Fouled out - None.