RICHMOND — Points were at a premium in the early going Saturday.
Iola High and Osage City’s girls were in a defensive struggle through halftime.
Iola trailed 8-3 in the early going, but held the Indians without a field goal in the second quarter, and entered halftime trailing 10-9.
But Osage City’s shots started falling after intermission.
The Indians hit five 3-pointers after the break, erupting for 13 points in the third quarter and 27 points in the fourth to win, 50-30.
The defeat, coming in the third-place game of the Ike Cearfoss Memorial Tournament, drops Iola to 1-3 on the season.
“We played good defense in the first half,” Mustang head coach Kelsey Johnson said. “The girls closed out well. We knew they were going to have to knock down shots from the outside to win.”
They did, particularly down the stretch.
Osage City led 23-19 after three quarters, and had eight players score points down the stretch to seal the win.
Keira Fawson paced Iola with 11 points, followed by Alana Mader off the bench with seven.
“Alana did a good job of coming off the bench, knocking down shots and finishing,” Johnson said. “That’s what I tell the girls. It could be anybody’s night.”
Emory Speece and Jorjia Kitselman each scored 11 for Osage City.
Iola has another busy week, with games Tuesday at Burlington and Thursday at Prairie View to wrap up the pre-Christmas portion of the schedule.
Iola (3-6-10-11—30)
FG/3pt FT F TP
Bycroft 0 0 1 0
Fager 0 0 3 0
Fawson 3 5 3 11
Mader 3 1 3 7
Desmarteau 0/1 3 1 6
Curry 0 4 5 4
Hesse 0 1 1 1
Crusinbery 0 1 0 1
Osage City (8-2-13-27—50)
Schomaker 0 3 3 3
Speece 1/3 0 0 11
Watson 0 1 1 1
Lohmeyer 0 2 0 2
Stark 1 0 4 2
Pitts 1/1 1 2 6
Jew. Kitselman 2/1 0 4 7
Boss 0 4 3 4
Jorj. Kitselman 3/1 2 3
