Dee drops 42 as Baxter boys rout Meswaki Settlement

BAXTER — Eli Dee made all six of his 3-pointers and scored 42 points, and the Baxter boys basketball team used a 38-point first quarter to grab an advantage and never trailed during an 89-41 home win over Meskwaki Settlement School on Friday.

The Bolts made over half of their shots from the floor, buried 16-of-25 from the free-throw line and turned the ball over just 10 times in the Iowa Star Conference South Division contest.

Dee dropped 42 points on 13-of-16 shooting from the floor. He was 6-of-6 from 3-point range and now ranks fifth in Iowa with 341 points.

Dee is shooting 43 percent from 3 and his 31 points per game average leads Class 1A.

The Bolts (8-3, 7-1 in the conference) led 38-4 after one quarter and outscored the Warriors 22-11 in the second and 21-14 in the third.

Perrin Sulzle finished with 12 points, four rebounds and two steals, Cainan Travis added eight points, six rebounds and two assists and Cael Wishman totaled eight points and two boards off the bench.

Stadan Vansice registered four points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals and Maddux Tuhn chipped in eight points and seven boards.

Wishman led the Baxter bench, but Colten Damman and Logan Rainsbarger each grabbed four rebounds, Dakota Parker put in three points and Hayden Burdess pulled down two boards.

The Bolts shot 57 percent from the floor and made 7-of-16 from 3. It was Baxter’s seventh straight win over Meskwaki Settlement.

The Warriors (0-8, 0-7) got 10 points and five boards from Yamni Whiteman and nine points and five rebounds from Layne Steuhm.

Meskwaki Settlement shot 36.4 percent from the floor, made 4-of-14 from 3 and committed 15 turnovers.