L-S girls extend win streak against C-M, HLV

COLFAX — A dominating effort on the defensive end of the floor propelled the Lynnville-Sully girls basketball team to a road win over Colfax-Mingo on Tuesday.

The Class 1A No. 11 Hawks won the South Iowa Cedar League game despite shooting just 31 percent from the floor and missing 10 free throws.

The visitors sunk eight 3-pointers, turned the ball over only 12 times and limited the Tigerhawks to single digits in three of the four quarters.

“Our defense was really good tonight,” Lynnville-Sully head girls basketball coach Jerry Hulsing said. “We didn’t let C-M get any good looks and disrupted their offense. We rebounded the ball well also. We struggled in the first half to finish our looks, but I thought we did a better job in the second half.”

Kate Harthoorn scored 16 points on 5-of-13 shooting from 3 and added three rebounds and three steals. Harthoorn now leads 1A and ranks fifth in the state with 58 made 3s. Her 40.8 percent shooting from long range ranks seventh in 1A.

Tatum Huyser also reached double-digits with 10 points and had two boards and three assists, Ava Brummel registered eight points, 12 rebounds and two steals and Breah Lowry totaled eight points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals.

Brooke Harthoorn posted five points, two rebounds and three assists, Alaina Roberts had three points, three rebounds and two assists and Brilynn Tice grabbed seven boards. Isabelle Vos corralled three rebounds.

Lynnville-Sully (14-4, 10-3 in the SICL) connected on 8-of-22 from 3 and was 8-of-18 from the free-throw line.

Lydia Hansen led the Tigerhawks with 10 points, nine rebounds and three blocks, while Isabelle Foglesong scored seven points and grabbed five boards.

Katelyn Steenhoek and Dakota Allen both put in three points and Allen grabbed five rebounds and swiped two steals. Victoria Woods pulled down four rebounds, Blain Houseman had two boards and Mickinley Bucklin blocked two shots.

The Tigerhawks (5-13, 4-9) shot 29.4 percent from the floor, made 1-of-13 from 3 and buried 7-of-11 from the foul line. They turned the ball over 27 times.

The Hawks, who have won 10 of their past 11 games, improved to 17-1 against Colfax-Mingo since 2015. They won their fifth straight game in the series.

Lynnville-Sully 41, HLV 26

SULLY — Harthoorn made six 3s and the Hawks dominated the boards and swiped 16 steals during Lynnville-Sully’s 41-26 win over HLV on Friday.

The Hawks trailed by one after one quarter but held the Warriors to single digits in all four quarters and dominated the third.

“Our defense won us this game,” Hulsing said. “We did a pretty good job of keeping them in front of us and not letting them get to the lane. We rebounded it fairly well. Our offense was not good. We didn’t move the ball very well and we were soft with our passes.”

Lynnville-Sully won its 26th straight game against HLV and is now 36-1 in the series since 2008.

The Hawks won the game despite turning the ball over 29 times because they out-rebounded the Warriors 31-15 and had 13 assists on their 15 field goals.

Harthoorn finished with 18 points, three rebounds, five steals and two blocks. She was 6-of-12 from 3.

Lowry tallied seven points, six rebounds, four assists and five steals, Brummel chipped in five points, five rebounds and two assists and Brooke Harthoorn totaled five points, five rebounds and two steals.

Huyser registered four rebounds and six assists, Roberts grabbed three rebounds and swiped two steals and Isabelle Vos pulled down two boards. The Hawks shot 45.5 percent from the floor, made 7-of-21 from 3 and connected on 4-of-11 from the foul line.

Aaliyah Cooper led HLV with nine points and Lily Randall grabbed eight rebounds. HLV (7-8. 6-8) shot 20.5 percent from the floor, made 4-of-16 from 3 and turned the ball over 26 times.