PRAIRIE VIEW — The Iola Middle boys basketball teams matched up at Prairie View on Monday.
The Mustangs 8A team won 28-21 while Iola’s 7A team took a 40-10 whopping victory over the Buffalos. Iola’s JV team rounded out the sweep, 26-21.
Iola’s eighth-graders were led offensively by Austin Crooks and Jase Herrmann while Kale Pratt led in rebounds and assists. Stats weren’t available for the eighth grade A team at the time of publication.
Seventh Grade A
The Mustangs got behind Reed Clift’s three and layup and a Mosiah Fawson three in the first quarter to take an early 12-4 advantage over the Buffalos. Reginald Davis III scored a pair of layups in the second quarter to help Iola extend its lead to 18-8 by halftime.
Iola intensified its defense in the second half, limiting the Buffalos to a total of two points.
Mustangs Colton Thompson, Clift and Fawson each scored four points in the third quarter to take a 30-8 advantage. Then in the fourth, five Mustangs each scored two points in the 40-10 victory.
Clift led Iola in scoring with 11 points, followed by Fawson’s seven points and Thompson and Davis each scored six points.
Junior Varsity
Iola and Prairie View went back and forth in the first quarter as the score remained knotted heading to the second, 6-6. The Mustangs then outscored the Buffalos in the second quarter, 10-5. Bentley Zarhouni led the Iola scoring with six points, a trio of two-point baskets.
Iola led Prairie View at halftime, 16-11.
James Hunt and Zarhouni each banked in a pair of layups in the third to extend the Iola advantage to 11 points, 24-13. Cohen Gispen was the lone Buffalo to score in the third on a two-pointer.
The Buffalos clawed back into the game when they outscored Iola 8-2 in the fourth, led by Aiden Green’s pair of layups and pair of free throws for six points in the quarter. Kevon Loving added a layup for the Mustangs and Iola led Prairie View at the end of regulation, 26-21.
Iola hosts Santa Fe Trail on Thursday at 4 p.m.
