Cougar Boys Up Scoring to 2-0 Start

The first week of boys and girls basketball action saw county teams play 22 total games.  Only one posted a 2-0 start.   A year ago, Mabel-Canton’s boys had a best offensive showing of 64 points. They topped 60 just five times.  Versus Glenville-Emmons, M-C ripped the Wolverines on the glass and posted an 83-55 victory.   M-C had 58 rebounds to G-E’s 29 (27 to 9 offensive edge).  Brenden Kerns (23 pts), Drew Wyffels (16 pts, 8 rebs, 8 assists, 3 stls), and Blake Henry (13 pts, 16 rebs) led the way.  Henry had 10 offensive rebounds.  Logan Richardson (9 pts, 10 rebs, 4 stls) and Cody Hershberger (9 pts, 3-6 three’s) helped out.  M-C then hung a 62-point half on Kee (Lansing, IA).  The Cougars posted a 91-53 win.  Wyffels, a junior G, had career-highs in points (tie) and assists (25 pts, 11-19 FGs, 6 rebs, 15 assists, 7 stls).  Kerns (19 pts, 8-15 FGs 9 rebs, 4 stls), Henry (12 pts, 6-8 FTs), and Pierce Lind (11 pts, 5-8 FGs) gave M-C four in double figures.  M-C won the turnover battle 24 to 10.  After averaging about 50 points per game last year, M-C (2-0) put up 87 per through two games under new coach Russ Larson.  They averaged 53 points in games versus G-E (two losses) and Kee (win) last year.