January 20, 2025

PCM boys complete season sweep of Saydel

Mustangs tie season high with 11 treys in win over Rams

Kash Fischer

DES MOINES — A big fourth quarter and eight 3-pointers led the PCM boys basketball team to a season sweep of Saydel on Friday.

The Mustangs lost an early lead but rallied to a come-from-behind 65-58 road win over the Eagles during Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference play.

It was the third straight conference win for PCM, which improved to 23-2 against Saydel since 2013.

Gavin Van Gorp

Kash Fischer put in a career-best 18 points off the bench. He added seven rebounds and three assists and was 2-of-3 from 3-point range.

Four Mustangs scored in double figures. Gavin Van Gorp posted 14 points, six rebounds and two steals, Chase Wagaman chipped in 11 points, six boards and two blocks and Cutler VandeLune totaled 11 points an five rebounds.

Wagaman was 3-of-4 from the free-throw line and Kaleb DeVries finished with three rebounds, seven assists and two steals.

Joe Shaver put in five points in his first career start and Alex Wendt collected four points, three rebounds and two assists off the bench.

PCM (7-7, 6-4 in the HOIAC) shot 48 percent from the floor, made 8-of-22 from 3 and connected on 9-of-16 from the free-throw line. The Mustangs turned the ball over only five times, too.

Chase Wagaman

Gage Moreno led the Eagles with 16 points, while Brady Hicks added 15 and Adam Mein scored 11.

Saydel was 13-of-18 from the foul line and canned seven treys.

PCM led 15-12 after one quarter, but the Eagles (5-8, 3-7) rallied with a 21-15 advantage in the third. The Mustangs won the game with a 24-14 surplus in the fourth.

PCM 57, Greene County 48

JEFFERSON — Three Mustangs scored in double figures, PCM tied a season best with 11 treys and the visitors sunk 16-of-22 from the foul line during a 57-48 road victory over Greene County on Thursday.

PCM trailed the makeup game by four after one and was outscored by two in the fourth in the HOIAC contest. The Mustangs rallied with a dominant middle two quarters and scored their third straight win over the Rams.

The Mustangs are now 22-10 against Greene County since 2009.

Cutler VandeLune

VandeLune totaled 16 points, three rebounds, three assists and two steals. He was 4-of-4 from the foul line and 4-of-8 from 3.

DeVries put in a season-best 13 points and grabbed two boards. He was 4-of-6 from the foul line and connected on 3-of-6 from long range.

Van Gorp registered 12 points, five rebounds and two assists, Wagaman grabbed two rebounds before leaving the game with an injury and Brevin DeRaad had two boards in his first career start.

Van Gorp was 3-of-4 from the foul line and made three triples and Fischer connected on 4-of-6 from the foul line.

Easton Van Veen contributed three points, three rebounds and two assists, Shaver grabbed six boards, Pete Kiernan chipped in five points and two rebounds and Fischer tallied six points and four rebounds off the bench.

The Mustangs, who were missing Wendt due to an illness, shot 35.7 percent from the floor, were 11-of-31 from  3 and turned the ball over only eight times.

Kaleb DeVries

Isaac Carman led Greene County with 15 points and 12 rebounds and Nick Madsen put in 12 points.

The Rams (3-11, 1-9) shot 42 percent from the floor but hit only 3-of-20 from 3 and 3-of-10 from the foul line. They turned it over 12 times.