A late seven-point run catapulted Kee (Lansing, IA) past the Spring Grove girls for an eventual 50-44 win. The Hawks won by six points with six more made free throws. It was only the third loss of the season for the Lions (18-3), who are now 2-2 against Iowa competition.
Photo by Lee Epps
Sophomore Kinley Soiney had 13 points and 9 rebounds for Grove while sophomore Kylie Hammel added 12 points and 6 boards. Kendal VanMinsel shared team rebounding honors with 9 boards. The visiting Kee Hawks (16-5) received 16 points each from two guards, freshman Rylee Mudderman and sophomore Addison Winters, the latter double-doubling with 10 rebounds.
There were six lead changes with Spring Grove leading by as many as nine points and Kee by as many as six, at the end. The Lions scored the last four points of the first half to lead by four at intermission, 27-23. After a pair of lead changes, Grove was up, 39-37, before missing nine straight shots while the Hawks scored seven straight points to lead 44-39.
A 3-point basket by Izabel Kaufmann pulled the Lions within two points, 46-44, with 18 seconds to play. Then, with Grove whistled for an intentional foul, Mudderman added two free throws and Winters a 2-point field goal before the Lions got the ball back for a final missed shot.
Numbers were close. Both teams had 37 rebounds, 19 total baskets, five 3-point buckets, 25 points in the paint and 43 points from the field. But Kee won at the foul line where the Hawks had a six-point advantage in a six-point win. Kee hit 7 of 15 free throws and with only four fouls, limited the Lions to only four free throws. Spring Grove went 1 for 4.
It was only the fourth meeting between the Lions and the Hawks, with Kee winning three. The Spring Grove win came back in 1982.
The B-teams played only one half with the visitors coming out on top, 16-14.
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SG 44, Kee 50
SCORE by HALVES
SG 27+17=44
Kee 23+27=50
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TEAM TOTALS:
all FG: SG 29% (19-65), Kee 35% (19-54)
2-pt FG: SG 35% (14-40), Kee 52% (14-27)
3-pt FG: SG 20% (5-25), Kee 19% (5-27)
Free throws: SG 25% (1-4), Kee 47% (7-15)
Rebounds: SG 37, Kee 37
Turnovers: SG 14, Kee 18
2nd Chance pts: SG 13, Kee 14
Fast break pts: SG 10, Kee 13
Pts. in paint: SG 25, Kee 25
Greatest lead: SG 9, Kee 6
Fouls: SG 15, Kee 7
SG INDIVIDUALS: * starter, P-points, R rebounds, A-assists, S-steals, B-blocked shots. Listed in order of jersey number
*Siri Konkel 3P, 2R, 5A, 3S
Layla Kittleson – played, no stats
*Kendal VanMinsel 2P, 9R, 1A, 2S
Brinley Middendorf 4P, 5R
Izabel Kaufmann 6P, 2R
Carlie Halverson 2A, 1S
*Kylie Hammel 12P, 6R, 2A, 3S, 1B
*Emerson Ingvalson 4P, 4R, 2A
*Kinley Soiney 13P, 9R, 3S
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Spring Grove Varsity Girls (18-3, 12-0 SEC)
W at Lanesboro 67-34
L at Waukon 63-66
W vs. Kingsland 52-44
W vs. Postville 63-18
W at Schaeffer Academy 42-38
W vs. LeRoy-Ostrander 70-51
W vs. Wabasha-Kellogg 63-43
W at St. Charles 63-27
W vs. Kenyon-Wanamingo 60-40
L at Hayfield 52-60
W vs. Lyle/Pacelli 64-18
W at Southland 63-48
W vs. Houston 65-44
W vs. Grand Meadow 51-47
W vs. Lanesboro 62-46
W at Kingsland 59-43
W at Turkey Valley 48-40
W vs. Schaeffer Academy 55-33
W vs. Fillmore Central 47-46
W at LeRoy-Ostrander 67-45
L vs. Lansing Kee 44-50
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02/06 at Lyle/Pacelli (at Lyle)
02/08 Southland
02/09 at Grand Meadow
02/10 at Rushford-Peterson
02/16 at Houston
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B-team Lions
W at Lanesboro 42-14
L at Waukon 23-37
W vs. Kingsland 36-22
W vs. LeRoy-Ostrander 40-9
W at St. Charles 39-32
W vs. Lyle/Pacelli 45-17
W at Southland
W vs. Houston 45-25
W vs. Grand Meadow 44-21
W vs. Lanesboro 53-34
___ at Kingsland
___ at Turkey Valley
___ vs. Fillmore Central
L vs. Kee 14-16 (played only one half)