Iowa high school basketball roundup: Dec. 18 area scores, stats and more

Gazette area girls' and boys' basketball scores, stats and coverage for Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018.

Girls

5A No. 11 Cedar Rapids Washington 82, 5A No. 8 Iowa City West 73

Historians may look back at Tuesday as a watershed day.

As the day Cedar Rapids Washington reclaimed a spot at the big-girl table in Class 5A girls' basketball.

The 11th-ranked Warriors shot 63 percent and erased an early 11-point deficit in toppling No. 8 Iowa City West, 82-73, in a fast-paced Mississippi Valley Conference battle at Washington High School.

» Read Jeff Linder's story

4A No. 5 Cedar Rapids Xavier 63, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 35

Caitlynn Daniels scored 26 points to lead the fifth-ranked Saints over the Cougars at Xavier High School.

Aree Beckmann added 13 points for Xavier.

Camryn Ray led Kennedy with 11 points.

5A No. 9 Cedar Rapids Prairie 61, Iowa City Liberty 19

The ninth-ranked Hawks canned eight 3-pointers at Prairie High School. Sidney McCrea led Prairie with three 3-pointers, and had 11 points. Sarah Schmitt led the Hawks with 16 points.

Liberty made just six baskets.

4A No. 1 Marion 66, Solon 23

Top-ranked Marion raced out to an 18-3 lead after one quarter Tuesday night in Marion.

Kyaba Laube led Marion with 22 points, Riley Wright added 11 and Ella Von Weelden had 10.

2A No. 8 Cascade 46, Iowa City Regina 35

The Regals couldn't keep up with Cascade in Iowa City.

The score was tied at 31-31 early in the fourth quarter, but the Cougars closed strong. Sam Greving led Regina with 16 points. Nicole McDermott had 16 points for Cascade.

Linn-Mar 49, 4A No. 6 Western Dubuque 46

Keegan Krejca led Linn-Mar (3-6) with 12 points. Macey Miller and Carly Printy each added 11 points.

Karlie Fagan led Western Dubuque (5-5) with 16 points.

5A No. 1 Iowa City High 83, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 43

The top-ranked Little Hawks rolled Tuesday night in Iowa City.

Aubrey Joens had 26 points, followed by Paige Rocca with 17, Rose Nkumu with 16 points and Ella Cook with 14 points.

Kayln Wise had 17 points and Grace Jellison added 10 points for the J-Hawks.

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY

5A No. 5 Cedar Falls 61, Dubuque Wahlert 38

5A No. 9 Cedar Rapids Prairie 61, Iowa City Liberty 19

5A No. 11 Cedar Rapids Washington 82, 5A No. 8 Iowa City West 73

4A No. 5 Cedar Rapids Xavier 63, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 35

Dubuque Hempstead 68, Waterloo East 39

5A No. 1 Iowa City High 83, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 43

Linn-Mar 49, 4A No. 6 Western Dubuque 46

Waterloo West 59, Dubuque Senior 28

WAMAC

3A No. 4 Center Point-Urbana 52, Benton Community 19

Clear Creek Amana 62, Williamsburg 50

4A No. 12 DeWitt Central 57, Dyersville Beckman 38

Maquoketa 71, West Delaware 49

4A No. 1 Marion 66, Solon 23

Mount Vernon 62, Independence 18

South Tama 71, Vinton-Shellsburg 41

RIVER VALLEY

Anamosa 47, North Cedar 19

2A No. 7 Bellevue 61, Camanche 39

2A No. 8 Cascade 46, Iowa City Regina 35

Monticello 45, Northeast 35

Tipton 71, Durant 52

2A No. 14 West Branch 45, West Liberty 27

Wilton 61, 3A No. 15 Mid-Prairie 24

TRI-RIVERS

Alburnett 60, Starmont 24

East Buchanan 61, Springville 46

Easton Valley 37, Clinton Prince of Peace 30

Lisbon 53, Cedar Valley Christian 35

Maquoketa Valley 74, Central City 42

Midland 48, Calamus-Wheatland 40

2A No. 9 North Linn 80, Edgewood-Colesburg 25

NORTHEAST IOWA

3A No. 13 Crestwood 47, New Hampton 33

Spring Grove (Minn.) 61, Decorah 56

3A No. 6 Waukon 64, Caledonia (Minn.) 59

SOUTH IOWA CEDAR

1A No. 5 Lynnville-Sully 50, Sigourney 36

1A No. 3 Montezuma 53, Keota 13

1A No. 10 North Mahaska 48, Belle Plaine 24

English Valleys 50, HLV 36

Iowa Valley 47, Colfax-Mingo 34

UPPER IOWA

Clayton Ridge 54, West Central 25

MFL MarMac 67, Elkader Central 48

Turkey Valley 65, Postville 8

1A No. 15 Lansing Kee 54, North Fayette Valley 11

OTHERS

Garwin GMG 69, North Tama 35

Iowa Mennonite 37, Columbus Community 16

Sumner-Fredricksburg 41, Union Community 30

Winfield-Mount Union 50, Lone Tree 44

Boys

Cedar Rapids Kennedy 56, 3A No. 10 Cedar Rapids Xavier 46

Xavier (3-3, 1-3 MVC) used a 13-0 burst to claim an 18-9 lead early in the second quarter, but Tyler Andrews scored 15 points during a 24-6 Kennedy explosion that gave the Cougars a 33-24 halftime lead. Andrews capped the burst with a 3-point heave from well beyond the half-court stripe that beat the halftime horn.

'It felt good, it looked good, so it went in,' Andrews said.

Andrews now averages 18.2 points per game this season for Kennedy (3-2, 2-2).

» Read Douglas Miles' story

3A No. 2 Maquoketa 40, 3A No. 3 West Delaware 35

If the Maquoketa Cardinals are able to win their game Friday night, they will go into the holiday break with nine wins. Or as many as they had all last season.

That's pretty good.

Class 3A's second-ranked team has been more than pretty good the first month-plus of the boys' basketball season. They slugged out a 40-35 win Tuesday night over No. 3 West Delaware in a game that wasn't necessarily state tournament quality, though definitely state tournament intense.

» Read Jeff Johnson's story

4A No. 5 Iowa City West 68, Cedar Rapids Washington 67

Patrick McCaffery set an Iowa City West record by scoring 42 points as the Trojans sneaked past Cedar Rapids Washington at West High.

McCaffery broke the record of 39 points shared by Brynjar Olafsson (1992-93) and Glen Worley (1999-2000).

Iowa City West led 35-25 at halftime and held on during a bumpy second half. Marcus Morgan added 12 points for the Trojans.

Jamar Thurman had 16 points to lead a balanced Washington attack. Mick McCurry and Brayden Wright each added 15 points, and Imanuel Rowland had 13 points.

4A No. 8 Cedar Rapids Prairie 67, Iowa City Liberty 43

Prairie pulled away in the final quarter, 23-11, Tuesday night in North Liberty.

Keegan Murray had 26 points and Kris Murray added 19 points to pace the Hawks.

Linn-Mar 73, Western Dubuque 41

Trey Hutcheson had 16 points and eight rebounds to lead the Lions in Marion.

Greg Hall scored 15 points and Jaren Nelson added 10 points for Linn-Mar.

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY

4A No. 10 Cedar Falls 70, 3A No. 6 Dubuque Wahlert 52

Cedar Rapids Jefferson 59, Iowa City High 56 (OT)

Cedar Rapids Kennedy 56, 3A No. 10 Cedar Rapids Xavier 46

4A No. 8 Cedar Rapids Prairie 62, Iowa City Liberty 43

Dubuque Senior 59, Waterloo West 54

4A No. 5 Iowa City West 68, Cedar Rapids Washington 67

Linn-Mar 73, Western Dubuque 41

Waterloo East 64, Dubuque Hempstead 63 (OT)

WAMAC

Center Point-Urbana 64, Benton Comm. 56

Clear Creek Amana 69, Williamsburg 53

3A No. 2 Maquoketa 40, 3A No. 3 West Delaware 35

Marion 73, Solon 67

Mount Vernon 68, Independence 31

Vinton-Shellsburg 63, South Tama 25

RIVER VALLEY

Anamosa 75, North Cedar 46

2A No. 2 Camanche 72, Bellevue 31

Cascade 61, Iowa City Regina 58 (OT)

Mid-Prairie 74, Wilton 48

Monticello 55, Northeast 47

Tipton 65, Durant 60 (OT)

West Branch 65, West Liberty 40

TRI-RIVERS

Alburnett 62, Starmont 28

Calamus-Wheatland 84, Midland 45

Lisbon 73, Cedar Valley Christian 37

Maquoketa Valley 49, Central City 35

2A No. 3 North Linn 98, Edgewood-Colesburg 54

Prince of Peace 54, Easton Valley 48

Springville 59, East Buchanan 58

West Carroll (Ill.) 54, Bellevue Marquette 47

NORTHEAST IOWA

Charles City 73, New Hampton 71

SOUTH IOWA CEDAR

Belle Plaine 61, North Mahaska 41

BGM 71, Tri-County 27

Colfax-Mingo 58, Iowa Valley 36

Lynnville-Sully 59, Sigourney 45

1A No. 3 Montezuma 83, Keota 68

UPPER IOWA

Clayton Ridge 54, West Central 36

MFL MarMac 66, Elkader Central 47

North Fayette Valley 67, Lansing Kee 43

Turkey Valley 52, Postville 41

OTHERS

Iowa Mennonite 70, Columbus Community 33

Sumner-Fredericksburg 73, Union Community 33

North Tama 91, Garwin GMG 81