Kennedy pummels Jefferson, 81-39

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Name a statistic, any statistic, and Cedar Rapids Kennedy dominated it Friday night.

Rebounds? Yep, by a 43-26 margin. 3-pointers? Oh, yeah, by a 13-0 margin.

The scoreboard? Absolutely, 81-39,  over Cedar Rapids Jefferson at the Cougar gym.

It's the ninth straight win in this long series for the Cougars (6-6). Jefferson falls to 5-8.

Three Cougars scored in double figures, led by Courtney Strait (14 points). Kennedy steamrolled to a 22-6 lead after a quarter and 37-14 at the half. It was 60-27 after three.

Mariah Simmons added 13 points and Olivia Meier 12 for Kennedy. Jefferson was led by Maddie Koolbeck's 13 points and Rachel Broghammer's 12.

AT C.R. KENNEDY

C.R. JEFFERSON (39): Rachel Broghammedr 4-14 4-10 12, Taylor Jacobson 1-7 0-2 2, Maddie Koolbeck 5-13 3-4 13, Madison Blietz 1-3 0-0 2, Kaitlyn Davidson 3-7 2-2 8, Danie Stromert 1-1 0-4 2, Kieley Brathwaite 0-1 0-2 0, Kylie Jonas 0-0 0-0 0, Alleigha Church-Green 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-46 9-24 39.

C.R. KENNEDY (81): Paige Hendrickson 3-7 0-0 6, Olivia Meier 5-9 0-2 12, Courtney Strait 4-10 4-4 14, Stephanie Botkin 3-7 3-5 9, Kaylese Johnson 2-5 2-2 7, Mariah Simmons 5-7 1-2 13, Jordan Holmes 0-3 0-1 0, Sarah Zinser 1-2 0-0 2, Taylor Wagner 2-4 0-0 6, Capria Davis 1-2 0-0 3, Aryn Nelson 1-1 0-0 3, Matison Schwartzhoff 0-2 0-0 0, Taylor Sohn 1-1 0-0 3, Grace Reinhart 1-1 0-0 3, Setsuna Yokota 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-61 10-16 81.

Halftime – Kennedy 37, Jefferson 14. 3-point goals – Jefferson 0-6 (Koolbeck 0-1, Davidson 0-4, Brathwaite 0-1), Kennedy 13-26 (Hendrickson 0-2, Meier 2-5, Strait 3-7, Johnson 1-1, Simons 2-2, Holmes 0-2, Wagner 2-2, Davis 1-2, Nelson 1-1, Sohn 1-1, Reinhart 1-1). Rebounds – Jefferson 27 (Broghammer 8), Kennedy 43 (Botkin 10, Strait 9). Total fouls – Jefferson 8, Kennedy 17. Fouled out – None. Turnovers – Jefferson 15, Kennedy 10.