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COLFAX — The Colfax-Mingo boys basketball team couldn’t overcome the loss of its leading scorer on Tuesday.
The Tigerhawks trailed by two after one quarter and went into halftime down only six points, but a tough shooting night, 27 turnovers and playing without Harrison Rhone plagued the hosts during a 61-33 loss to HLV in South Iowa Cedar League action.
Colfax-Mingo trailed 12-10 after one and was outscored 18-14 in the second. The Warriors won the second half 31-9.
Wyatt Carpenter led the Tigerhawks with 11 points, two rebounds, four assists and two steals and Jace Lewis chipped in nine points and six rebounds.
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Gage Byal added seven points and five boards, Chase Trotter had four points two rebounds, two assists and two steals and Wyatt Jay grabbed eight rebounds and swiped two steals in his first career start.
Isaiah Lewis and Alex Teed pulled down three rebounds and Camden Cunningham grabbed the first two rebounds of his prep career.
Colfax-Mingo (2-13, 2-9 in the SICL) shot 27 percent from the floor, made 4-of-21 from 3-point range and sunk 3-of-6 from the free-throw line.
Peyton Roth put in 27 points and Levi Molyneux finished with 10 points, seven rebounds, six assists and seven steals to lead HLV, which swiped 21 steals.
The Warriors (7-7, 6-7) shot 37.3 percent from the floor, made 10-of-24 from 3 and connected on 13-of-24 from the foul line.
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West Central Valley 44, Colfax-Mingo 26
STUART — The Tigerhawks were plagued by a tough shooting night and a 39-27 disadvantage on the boards during a 44-26 non-conference road loss to West Central Valley on Monday.
Colfax-Mingo, which played without senior starter Shane Hostetter in its last two games, shot 24 percent from the floor, missed all 11 of its 3-point attempts and connected on 4-of-10 from the foul line.
Colton Lindsay led the Wildcats (4-13) with 20 points and 11 rebounds, while Kade Wilson added 13 points and nine boards.
West Central Valley shot 31 percent from the floor and buried 15-of-21 from the foul line. The Wildcats were 3-of-13 from 3 and both teams turned the ball over 15 times.