Iowa high school basketball roundup: Dec. 7 area scores, stats and more

Gazette area boys' basketball scores, stats and coverage for Friday, Dec. 7, 2018.

Girls

5A No. 2 Iowa City High 64, 5A No. 6 Iowa City West 57 (OT)

Freshman Eviyon Richardson hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:22 remaining in overtime, and 5A second-ranked City outlasted No. 6 West, 64-57, in a non-conference battle between the Mississippi Valley Conference rivals at City High.

'It's a big thing,' City High's Paige Rocca said. 'But it's only the first one.'

Richardson entered the game with one basket in the first two games. But it was apparent immediately that Friday was going to be more productive.

» Read Jeff Linder's story

Cedar Rapids Xavier 46, Linn-Mar 24

Cedar Rapids Xavier senior Emily Jasper and junior Caitlynn Daniels each scored 10 points as the Class 4A fifth-ranked Saints closed the game with a 19-2 surge and smothered the Lions at Ron Thillen Gymnasium.

'It's just a situation where you want to protect your home floor,' Xavier Coach Tom Lilly said. 'A lot of it is just coming out and playing hard and not giving them a lot of second opportunities in terms of second and third shots. We got fortunate. The lid seemed to be on their basket.'

» Read Douglas Miles' story

5A No. 9 Cedar Rapids Prairie 55, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 45.

Cedar Rapids Prairie led all the way but never by a comfortable margin in brushing past Cedar Rapids Kennedy on the road.

The Hawks were ahead after a quarter 15-12, and at halftime 30-20. Kennedy cuts its deficit to as few as six points in the fourth quarter but could never quite get over the hump.

Sarah Schmitt had 21 points to pace No. 9 Prairie (2-2). The Hawks were the only team in this week's IGHSAU rankings with a losing record.

Sidney McCrea added 13 points for the Hawks.

Kennedy fell to 0-5, though this was its closest game.

Sadie Powell and Camryn Ray had 11 points apiece for the Cougars. Madison Friauf added 10 points and Auddie Alepra 10 rebounds.

— Jeff Johnson, The Gazette

5A No. 11 Cedar Rapids Washington 66, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 28

Hannah Stuelke had 22 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 11 Washington Friday night at Jefferson.

Sydney Mitvalsky had 12 points off the bench, and Caitlin Riley added nine rebounds, four assists and four steals for Washington (4-0, 2-0 MVC).

Kalyn Wise led Jefferson (0-4, 0-1) with eight points.

4A No. 1 Marion 75, Clear Creek Amana 41

Riley Wright had 22 points and Kayba Laube added 20 more as top-ranked Marion (4A) cruised at home against the Clippers.

Marion (5-0) led at half, 44-22.

Karsyn Stratton had 12 points to lead Clear Creek Amana (2-2).

Iowa City Regina 60, Camanche 46

Kennedy Wallace recorded 30 points, including seven 3-pointers, as the Regals surged in the second half to win in Iowa City.

Regina (2-2) trailed at half, 36-27, but won the third quarter, 20-3. Madi Parson led Camanche (1-4) with 19 points.

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY

5A No. 5 Cedar Falls 58, Waterloo West 37

5A No. 9 Cedar Rapids Prairie 55, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 45

5A No. 11 Cedar Rapids Washington 66, Cedar Rapids Jefferson 28

4A No. 5 Cedar Rapids Xavier 46, Linn-Mar 24

5A No. 2 Iowa City High 64, 5A No. 6 Iowa City West 57 (OT)

Iowa City Liberty 69, Waterloo East 54

4A No. 8 Western Dubuque 48, Dubuque Hempstead 44

WAMAC

Benton Community 48, Solon 34

3A No. 5 Center Point-Urbana 73, West Delaware 25

4A No. 13 DeWitt Central 61, Independence 18

Dyersville Beckman 45, Williamsburg 37

4A No. 1 Marion 75, Clear Creek Amana 41

Mount Vernon 58, Vinton-Shellsburg 25

Maquoketa 57, South Tama 53

RIVER VALLEY

Anamosa 68, Durant 30

2A No. 7 Bellevue 46, West Liberty 32

2A No. 8 Cascade 45, West Branch 33

Iowa City Regina 60, Camanche 46

Mid-Prairie 57, North Cedar 43

Tipton 53, Northeast 36

Wilton 48, Monticello 32

TRI-RIVERS

Alburnett 54, Lisbon 32

Easton Valley 56, Central City 38

Maquoketa Valley 73, Cedar Valley Christian 14

2A No. 10 North Linn 80, 1A No. 12 Bellevue Marquette 44

Prince of Peace 56, Edgewood-Colesburg 42

Springville 43, Midland 25

NORTHEAST IOWA

3A No. 11 Crestwood 58, Charles City 21

3A No. 7 Waukon 57, Oelwein 19

4A No. 14 Waverly-Shell Rock 62, Decorah 28

SOUTH IOWA CEDAR

Belle Plaine 41, English Valleys 24

BGM 41, Colfax-Mingo 39

Keota 49, Iowa Valley 32

1A No. 7 Lynnville-Sully 67, HLV 46

1A No. 3 Montezuma 51, 1A No. 8 North Mahaska 38

UPPER IOWA

Elkader Central 58, Postville 25

MFL MarMac 57, Turkey Valley 40

North Fayette Valley 61, West Central 25

South Winneshiek 50, Clayton Ridge 24

OTHERS

1A No. 10 Colo-Nesco 61, Meskwaki 57

2A No. 9 Dike-New Hartford 38, Union Community 22

Fairfield 62, Washington (Iowa) 48

Highland 47, Wapello 41

Jesup 59, Hudson 47

Mediapolis 68, Lone Tree 35

Pekin 56, Iowa Mennonite 29

Boys

Linn-Mar 79, Cedar Rapids Xavier 74 (5OT)

It took a heck of a comeback just to get the game to overtime.

It was a grueling endurance test to get through five of them.

Linn-Mar senior Trey Hutcheson scored a game-high 31 points, all but two after halftime, as the Lions outlasted Cedar Rapids Xavier in five overtime periods, 79-74, in a boys' basketball game last night at Ron Thillen Gymnasium.

'I think it really just shows a lot of toughness out of us,' said Hutcheson, an Albany commit. 'That is really the one thing that we have emphasized all week. We have to be the tougher team.'

» Read Douglas Miles' story

Cedar Rapids Prairie 54, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 45

Cedar Rapids Prairie spent all night trying to catch Cedar Rapids Kennedy.

Once they finally did, you just had that feeling the Hawks were going to win. Which they did.

'The coaching staff was saying that, too,' said Prairie Coach Jeremy Rickertsen, after his team's 54-45 victory in Cougarland. 'It was going to be a methodical game where you were going to have to wear them down.'

» Read Jeff Johnson's story

Waterloo East 63, Iowa City Liberty 53

Waterloo East won the fourth quarter 22-8 in North Liberty.

Tyrese Nickelson had 34 points to pace East (4-0). Ethan O'Donnell had 16 points and Issac Bender added 12 for Liberty (1-1).

4A No. 1 Iowa City West 66, Iowa City High 36

Patrick McCaffery scored 30 points, and top-ranked West continued its recent dominance of its crosstown rival at Iowa City High.

West (3-0 overall, 1-0 MVC) led from start to finish, breaking it open with an 18-3 run to conclude the first half, giving the Trojans a 31-14 halftime advantage.

McCaffery has been consistently efficient in his first three games, scoring 28, 26 and 30.

Marcus Morgan added 11 points for the Trojans.

Ry Threlkeld-Wiegand paced City High (2-1, 0-1) with seven points.

— Jeff Linder, The Gazette

Marion 77, Clear Creek Amana 72

Tyler Schrepfer led CCA with 17 points in Tiffin.

Nolan Schwarting and Nick O'Connor each hit four 3-pointers for the Clippers (2-1). Marion improved to 4-0.

MVC

Cedar Falls 71, Bolingbrook (Ill.) 64

Cedar Rapids Jefferson 66, Cedar Rapids Washington 52

Cedar Rapids Prairie 54, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 45

Dubuque Hempstead 55, Western Dubuque 41

4A No. 7 Dubuque Senior 59, Dubuque Wahlert 54

4A No. 1 Iowa City West 66, Iowa City High 36

Linn-Mar 79, Cedar Rapids Xavier 74 (5OT)

Waterloo East 63, Iowa City Liberty 53

Waterloo West 50, Lee's Summit Christian Academy (Mo.) 36

WAMAC

Benton Community 55, Solon 52

Maquoketa 78, South Tama 46

Marion 77, Clear Creek Amana 72

Vinton-Shellsburg 47, Mount Vernon 34

3A No. 5 West Delaware 36, Center Point-Urbana 29

RIVER VALLEY

Anamosa 60, Durant 53

Bellevue 51, West Liberty 48

2A No. 3 Camanche 60, Iowa City Regina 53

Mid-Prairie 76, North Cedar 62

Monticello 66, Wilton 30

Northeast 64, Tipton 53

2A No. 10 West Branch 56, Cascade 42

SOUTH IOWA CEDAR

Belle Plaine 69, English Valleys 32

BGM 68, Colfax-Mingo 51

Keota 85, Iowa Valley 35

Lynnville-Sully 62, HLV 29

1A No. 5 Montezuma 65, North Mahaska 27

Sigourney 48, Tri-County 40

TRI-RIVERS

Alburnett 62, Lisbon 46

Calamus-Wheatland 82, Starmont 39

Easton Valley 73, Central City 52

Maquoketa Valley 61, Cedar Valley Christian 34

2A No. 4 North Linn 80, Bellevue Marquette 27

Prince of Peace 61, Edgewood-Colesburg 41

Springville 57, Midland 37

NORTHEAST IOWA

Crestwood 62, Charles City 60

Decorah 59, Waverly-Shell Rock 54

Oelwein 63, Waukon 54

UPPER IOWA

North Fayette Valley 75, West Central 21

Postville 49, Elkader Central 42

South Winneshiek 58, Clayton Ridge 44

Turkey Valley 56, MFL MarMac 35

OTHERS

2A No. 8 Dike-New Hartford 71, Union Community 34

Fairfield 55, Washington (Iowa) 37

Jesup 45, Hudson 40 (OT)

Mediapolis 65, Lone Tree 59

Pekin 56, Iowa Mennonite 46

Wapello 58, Highland 46