Prairie flirts with snapping streak

Chad Underwood scored 29 points and Jarrod Uthoff added 20 points as Cedar Rapids Jefferson extended Cedar Rapids Prairie's conference-game losing streak to 47 with a 74-70 victory last night at Prairie.

Jefferson (10-9, 6-8) trailed by four points at halftime but outscored Prairie 27-13 in the third quarter.

Scott Schebler scored a game-high 34 points and Mat Meyer added 25 points for Prairie (3-16, 0-14). Prairie made a season high 13 3-pointers with Meyer making six and Schebler five.

Prairie last won a Mississippi Valley Conference boys' basketball game late in the 2005-06 season.

IOWA CITY HIGH 91, C.R. XAVIER 66 - Malcolm Moore scored 42 points to lead Iowa City High to a Mississippi Valley Conference win at Cedar Rapids Xavier.

Moore scored 17 field goals and was a perfect 8 of 8 at the foul line. Eric Washpun and A.J. Derby each added 10 points for the Little Hawks (14-5, 10-4 MVC).

Nate Joens scored 19 and Ryan Sanders added 10 for Xavier (6-13, 3-11).

LINN-MAR 62, IOWA CITY WEST 56 - Nate Hutcheson led all players with 19 points in a Mississippi Valley Conference win at home.

Zach Bohannon added 18 and Matt Bohannon 11 for the Lions (18-1, 14-0 MVC), who clinched the outright MVC Valley Division title.

Teague Case scored 17, Tayler Bontrager and Neftali Lopez 10 apiece for the Trojans (8-11, 6-8).

DYERSVILLE BECKMAN 45, VINTON-SHELLSBURG 38 - Blake Olberding led Dyersville Beckman with 14 points and the win at home last night over Vinton-Shellsburg. 

Daniel Thole added 10 points for the Blazers.

Grant Wittmer paced Vinton-Shellsburg with 13 points, Korbin Winsor with 10.

CENTRAL CITY 57, CALAMUS-WHEATLAND 49 - Sean Brandhorst scored 14 points and John Rochford added 13 for Central City at home.

Ryan Powers paced Calamus-Wheatland with 20 points.

MARION 62, WESTERN DUBUQUE 48 - Amry Shelby scored a game-high 32 points as Marion beat Western Dubuque at Epworth.

Zach Otting scored 14 points for Western Dubuque and Ethan Wolfe added 12.

MIDLAND 61, LISBON 56 - Kolby Harms scored 24 points for Midland at Lisbon.

Ben Knake paced Lisbon with 13 points.

Wilton 60, IOWA CITY REGINA 47 - Alec Crawford scored 23 points and Drew Freie added 18 points for Wilton at home.

Braden Lehman posted a 16-point, 10-rebound double-double for the Regals (5-16, 5-9 CVC).

MOUNT VERNON 67, CENTER POINT-URBANA 53 - Chris Kerr scored 20 points and Kellyn Nagle added 16 for host Mount Vernon.

Sam Elgin scored 23 points for Center Point-Urbana.

EAST BUCHANAN 63, ALBURNETT 57- Trevor Franck scored a game-high 28 points for East Buchanan (20-1, 15-1) and Jordan Conrad added 12.

Kevin Sadler scored a team-high 17 points for Alburnett (8-12, 7-9).