One night after a hard loss to Wellsville, Iola High School’s boys basketball got back in the win column on Tuesday, dominating Prairie View 67-53. Three Mustangs, Eli Adams, Landon Weide, and Tyler Boeken scored in double digits.
Iola was sluggish early, turning the ball over and letting the Buffalos run out to an 8-4 lead in the first. Iola quickly tied it when Weide hit a jumper to bring it even at 8-8. The Mustangs went on a run and were out to a 19-12 lead in a flash.
While the defense forced turnovers, the offense limited them to 10 all game, a huge improvement from the norm this season.
Iola took advantage of the turnovers and converted them into points on fast breaks.
At the half, the Mustangs led 28-21.
Iola opened after the break on a 4-1 run and went up 32-22. Iola continued to dominate on defense, preventing the Buffalos any open looks and attacking the basket on the defensive end by blocking shots and rebounding. On offense, Iola got to the paint with ease and drove points to the bucket.
Prairie View cut the lead to 44-31 late in the third. A few shots late in the fourth by Prairie View made the game closer on the scoreboard than it was on the floor.
In the end, Iola held on for its third win of the season.
One big key for the Mustangs was accuracy from the free throw line. The Mustangs made 14 of their 17 foul shots compared to Prairie View’s 5-16 from the line.
Iola’s junior varsity team won 50-7. Cortland Carson led with 12 points. Ben Kerr had seven. Eli Adams had six. Travis Wanker, Japheth Rutoh, Lucas Maier, and Gage Skahan had four. Mac Leonard had three. Jake Skahan, Grady Dougherty, and Cody Wille had two.
Iola is 3-13 and is back in action Friday against Anderson County.
IOLA (10-18-21-18—67) Weide 3/1-3-3-12 Adams 5-1-3-11 Fager 2-1-3-5 Carson 2-3-2-7 Riley 2-2-1-6 Leonard 4-2-0-10 Morrison 1-2-1-4 Boeken 6-0-4-12 TOTALS: 25/1-14-17-27
PRAIRIE VIEW (10-11-16-16—53) Pugh 2/1-1-3-8 Walker 7-3-3-17 Murrilo 1/1-0-2-3 Konitzer 1/1-0-0-3 Theis 3/1-1-4-10 Robbins 3/2-0-3-12 TOTALS: 15/6-5-15-57
