KILJ — Iowa Wesleyan outscored Culver-Stockton 34-20 in the second half, as the Tiger women earned a hard-fought 58-47 win over the Wildcats last night.
Breanna Wendland paced the Tigers with 17 points and eight boards, while Kyla Moore aided the effort with 14 points, seven rebounds and four steals.
Brittany West finished with 11 points in the win, as well.
Now 7-2, the Tigers will travel to Forest City to take on Waldorf University on Wednesday.
Tip is set for 6:00 p.m.
KILJ — Alex Huisman’s Wesleyan men saw Culver-Stockton outscore them 43-32 in the second half as the Wildcats picked up a 77-72 win over the Tigers last night.
The win kept Culver-Stockton perfect at 9-0.
Former Fort Madison standout Kaleb Cresswell drilled five treys to go along with 21 points to lead Wesleyan.
Joey Brown had 13 points and five rebounds, while Marvin Bateman added nine of the bench.
The loss dropped Wesleyan to 3-8, they’ll be in action against Hannibal-LaGrange a week from Wednesday.
Girls’ Prep Basketball: Mount Pleasant Wins, Other Prep Finals:
Mount Pleasant 43, Ottumwa 29
Mount Pleasant raced out to an early lead and built it to double figures i n the second half as the Panthers easily rolled to a 43-29 win over Ottumwa last night.
Down to a six-girl rotation, Curt Watson saw star juniors Andrea Lopreato and Tristian Shull carry the offensive burden.
The two finished with 18 points apiece while Lopreato had 11 boards and four steals.
Shull canned one three and went 5-of-6 from the foul line.
Elsie Lange added five points and four boards.
Camdyn Crouse paced Ottumwa with eight.
Mount Pleasant, now 1-1, will take on Fort Madison at Mount Pleasant on Friday night.
You can listen to that matchup right here on FM 105.5 and kilj.com.
No. 7 (1A) Notre Dame 62, Albia 32
One day after losing their head coach Jim Myers’ to a seven year battle with cancer, the Notre Dame girls’ rolled to a 62-32 over Albia last night.
Megan Harrell led the Nikes with a game-high 15 points while Gabby Deery added 14.
Notre Dame improved to 2-0.
Columbus 48, New London 42
Emma Nye had 13 points while Natalie Burden chipped in with 12 but it was not enough as Columbus held on for a 48-43 win over New London last night.
The defeat sent New London to 0-3.
Lily Coil had a game high 17 points for the Wildcats, who are now 1-2.
Other finals:
Boys’ Prep Basketball: Mount Pleasant, WACO, Winfield Open Tonight:
It will be a busy night of boys’ basketball as the season gets underway tonight for most area programs.
Starting in Mount Pleasant, it will be game number one in the second year of Eric Rawson’s tenure as the Panthers welcome in Cedar Rapids Xavier tonight.
The Saints knocked off Mount Pleasant in the opener one year ago.
You can listen to tonight’s game on KILJ-FM and kilj.com beginning with the pre-game show at 7:15 p.m.
Elsewhere in southeast Iowa, WACO will look to follow up a successful football season with one on the hardwood.
The Warriors will start their campaign tonight at Holy Trinity.
Winfield-Mount Union, under the direction of former All-Stater Klay Edwards, will look to start their season with a bang tonight when they host Pekin.
Iowa football recruit Cam Buffington and Abram Edwards will look to take that program to new heights.
Other area tilts tonight:
Prep Wrestling: Mount Pleasant Begins Season
Anthony Blint’s Mount Pleasant Panther wrestling team will start their season on the road tonight partaking in a quadrangular tonight at Columbus Community.
The Panthers, who did not have a state qualifier last year, are looking to snap that drought and will aim to start their quest tonight.
Joining them in Columbus will be Prairie, Notre Dame and of course, the host Columbus Community-Winfield-Mount Union.
Tonight’s bout will begin at 6:00 p.m.
Other bouts tonight:
Women’s College Basketball: Wesleyan Surges to Second Half Comeback
Iowa Wesleyan outscored Culver-Stockton 34-20 in the second half, as the Tiger women earned a hard-fought 58-47 win over Culver-Stockton College last night.
Breanna Wendland paced the Tigers with 17 points and eight boards, while Kyla Moore aided the effort with 14 points, seven rebounds and four steals.
Brittany West finished with 11 points in the win, as well.
Now 7-2, the Tigers will travel to Forest City to take on Waldorf University on Wednesday.
Tip is set for 6:00 p.m.
Men’s College Basketball: Culver-Stockton Rallies for Winner
Alex Huisman’s Wesleyan men saw Culver-Stockton outscore them 43-32 in the second half as the Wildcats picked up a 77-72 win over the Tigers last night.
The win kept Culver-Stockton perfect at 9-0.
Former Fort Madison standout Kaleb Cresswell drilled five treys to go along with 21 points to lead Wesleyan.
Joey Brown had 13 points and five rebounds, while Marvin Bateman added nine of the bench.
The loss dropped Wesleyan to 3-8, they’ll be in action against Hannibal-LaGrange a week from Wednesday.
KILJ — The Mount Pleasant boys’ will open their season tomorrow when the Panthers host Cedar Rapids Xavier.
It will mark the beginning of year two under head coach Eric Rawson, who took the program over from Caleb Akey who left for the same position at Burlington High School.
The Panthers will lean heavily on senior forward Dewon Trent, who was an all-conference selection from a year ago.
Owen Vansickel and Payton Hagans are also expected to shoulder more of an offensive load in their second varsity season.
Tomorrow’s game will tip at 7:30 p.m. and you can listen on FM 105.5 and kilj.com.
KILJ — The Mount Pleasant girls’ basketball team will be back on the hardwood tonight when they travel to take on Ottumwa at Evans Middle School.
The Panthers are coming off a 63-43 loss last week by the hands of Pella, while Ottumwa fell to Fort Madison 42-30.
Addison Ransom was the points leader for the Bulldogs last week, scoring 10 points. Ottumwa will start two freshman — Hunter Caldwell and Camdyn Crouse — Crouse scored eight points and bagged nine boards in her debut last week.
Andrea Lopreato started her junior season with a bang despite the loss to the Dutch, scoring 17 points to lead the Panthers.
Mount Pleasant has won the last two matchups against Ottumwa, including a 37-25 win just over one year ago.
Previously, Ottumwa had won five consecutive over the Panthers.
Due to contractual obligations with Hawkeye basketball, who play tonight at Virginia, there will be no radio for tonight’s tilt.
Tip is scheduled for 7:45 p.m. from Evans Middle School.
Other area tilts tonight:
Iowa City — The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team rolled past Army, 36-7, on Sunday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
The Hawkeyes won eight of 10 bouts and got pins from All-Americans Jaydin Eierman, Alex Marinelli and Tony Cassioppi.
Iowa held a 30-4 advantage in takedowns and the Hawkeyes have now won 20 straight duals.
No. 1 Iowa returns to action December 5th at Iowa State.
The Hawkeyes and Cyclones will meet in the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series at Hilton Coliseum beginning at 6 p.m.
Central 30, Wheaton (Ill.) 28
Central quarterback Blaine Hawkins completed 41-of-65 passes for 434 yards and four touchdowns as Central rallied late to defeat Wheaton on Saturday, in the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs.
Hawkins hooked up with Tanner Schminke with no time on the clock to vault Central to the third round, where they will meet with UW-Whitewater.
Schminke hauled in 13 passes for 151 yards and two touchdowns.
Eastern Washington 19, UNI 9
Eastern Washington led 9-7 at half and never looked back, as the Eagles dispatched UNI 19-9 in Saturday’s opening round of the FCS Playoffs.
Theo Day finished 12-of-22 for 189 yards and one score, while Bradrick Shaw led the ground game with 51 yards on 14 handles.
UNI closes their season at 6-6.
Eastern Washington will get a date with Montana this Friday.
KILJ — The Iowa football team has moved up two spots following their Friday win over Nebraska.
The Hawkeyes are up to No. 15 in the latest Associated Press Top-25 poll and will take on now No. 2 Michigan — who moved up four spots — in the Big Ten Championship Game Saturday night.
Georgia remains No. 1 while Cincinnati and Alabama are No. 3 and No. 4 respectively.
Ohio State dropped five spots to No. 7.
