The Iola High girls struggled to get much of anything going offensively when they were beaten by Crest in the War on 54 tournament on Thursday night, 38-32.
The Mustangs (3-9; 0-1) were led by Aysha Houk’s 19 points but no other Iola girls scored more than five and seemed out of sync in a sluggish loss to the Crest Lady Lancers (5-5).
Both teams went cold from the floor in the first half, which ended with Crest leading, 14-13. The Mustangs were led by Houk hitting a three and a pair of layups while the Lady Lancers saw Haylee Beckmon and Cursten Allen each score four points.
Iola limped through the third quarter, only scoring six points mainly aided by a Houk three. Houk netted nine more points in the fourth along with a pair of two’s from Jackie Fager and Alana Mader but it wasn’t enough in a six-point defeat.
The Lady Lancers were led in the second half by Beckmon’s seven points and Kinley Edgerton’s six. Karlee Boots also added five points in Crest’s victory.
Crest was led offensively by Beckmon’s 10 points and Edgerton’s eight points.
Iola was to wrap up tournament play Friday against Yates Center in the seventh-place game, while Crest and Marmaton Valley were to play in the fifth-place matchup.
Both games were completed after press deadlines; results will be online at www.iolaregister.com and in Tuesday’s print edition.
