Burlington 43, Mount Pleasant 31
Round one belongs to Caleb Akey.
The long-time assistant under Paul Rundquist and former Panther head coach bested his good friend Eric Rawson yesterday 43-31 in an old fashioned Southeast Conference slugfest.
Dewon Trent led the Panthers with a game-high 15 points and four rebounds, while Payton Hagans added six.
The Panthers held Burlington’s top scorer Amarion Davis to just two points, but could not contain Jackson Carlson, who paced the Grayhounds with 14 points — including 12 in the second half — and Merquiche Lewis, who had 13.
Burlington outscored the Panthers 25-12 in the second half after trailing 19-18 at halftime.
The Grayhounds are now 4-5.
Mount Pleasant fell to 2-5. .
New London 88, Central Lee 19
Kade Benjamin scored a game-high 24 points as New London boat-raced Central Lee 88-19 last night.
Tayshaun Donaldson added 12 points while Blaise Porter and Kooper Schulte both reached double figures.
Porter joined New London’s 1,000 point club last night, accomplishing the feat in just over two full seasons.
New London is now 6-0.
Central Lee dropped to 0-7.
Other prep finals:
- Notre Dame 52, Holy Trinity 33
- Cardinal 48, West Burlington 31
- Mediapolis 30, Wapello 29
- Fort Madison 56, Washington 47