Tonganoxie ? If the glass slipper fits, wear it. That has been the mantra of Eudora High’s girls basketball team in the Class 4A sub-state tournament.

In Friday night’s semifinals, the sixth-seeded Cinderella Cardinals stunned No. 2 seed Baldwin, 42-30. However, now the fit will become much tighter.

The Cards, who dumped third-seeded Kansas City Ward in the first round earlier in the week, have climbed the ladder to No. 1. They’ll face top-seeded and once-beaten Tonganoxie in today’s 6 p.m. sub-state finale that will punch a ticket to next week’s 4A state tournament in Salina.

“We don’t have a whole lot to lose,” Eudora coach Ryan Luke said after watching Tongie crush Basehor-Linwood, 57-34, in Friday night’s other semi. “We just have to come out and play hard.”

The Chieftains (20-1) overwhelmed the Bobcats, racing to a 46-18 lead after three quarters and coasting, making it appear the Cardinals might as well stay home and mail in tonight’s score.

Eudora (11-10) will show up, however.

“They’re probably the most balanced team I’ve seen,” Luke said of the Chieftains. “I guess everybody has had matchup problems with them, but we’ll put things together and see what happens.”

Meanwhile, Tongie coach Randy Kraft says he isn’t concerned his players might overlook the smaller and lower-seeded Cardinals.

“No. 6 just knocked off a No. 2 that had a pretty good record,” Kraft said. “We shouldn’t take anybody for granted.”

Added senior Ali Pistora, who paced the Chieftains with 20 points: “(Eudora) made it here, so they have to be good.”

Indeed, if Eudora plays defense like it did against Baldwin, the Cardinals might have a chance. Eudora held the Bulldogs to 27.3 percent shooting (12 of 44).

“Give credit to their defense,” Baldwin coach Bob Martin said. “We’ve been a pretty good shooting team all year. That’s our worst shooting game by far.”

Baldwin made only one of its 15 three-point attempts. Kelsey Verhaeghe, the Bulldogs’ best three-point shooter, had only three shots from beyond the arc and missed them all. Verhaeghe finished with five points.

Eudora’s Emily Ballock helped put the clamps on Verhaeghe, who led the Bulldogs to a nine-point win over the Cards during the regular season.

“Emily did an amazing job on her,” said Rachel Pyle, who led the Cards with 14 points. “She was all over her big-time.”

Ballock, a 5-foot-6 junior who also contributed six points and six rebounds, used a different strategy against Verhaeghe.

“Last time I didn’t get to her quick enough,” Ballock said. “This time I adjusted and stuck to her.”

But do the Cardinals’ have enough weapons to spoil Tongie’s inexorable march to the state tournament?

“We’re confident we can play a whole game,” Pyle said. “We really put it together tonight. It’s a new start. We’re 0-0 going into tomorrow.”

Win or lose tonight, the victory over geographic rival Baldwin can’t be overlooked.

“That was a great building block for our program,” Luke said. “Moving on to the final is a very exciting thing for us.”

Baldwin and K.C. Piper will meet in the boys final at 7:30 p.m.