March 18, 2024

Lindsay’s career-high 24 leads PCM to win

ALLEMAN — Senior Trey Lindsay buried six 3-pointers, scored a career-high 24 points and snatched five steals in helping the Prairie City-Monroe boys’ basketball team to a third straight win Tuesday night.

The Mustangs got out to a quick start for the third straight game and pushed past North Polk 62-48 to improve to 4-1 in Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference play.

PCM led 34-16 at halftime, collected 14 steals in the game and Lindsay was 6-of-10 from deep.

Junior Logan Gilman also had 13 points and four rebounds, and senior Ricky Reeve contributed nine points, seven assists and three steals in the win. Sophomore Luke Greiner also had eight points and a team-high eight rebounds as PCM is now 4-2 overall.

During their three-game win streak, the Mustangs have defeated their opponents by an average of 23 points per game. North Polk (2-4, 2-3) dropped its second straight.

Brett Haun was the only Comet in double-figures with 15, but North Polk made just 16-fo-41 from the floor.

The Mustangs host Saydel in another HOIAC matchup at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Knoxville in a non-conference affair at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Saydel 58,

Colfax-Mingo 39

COLFAX — Colin Laurens had 11 points and 16 rebounds, but that was not enough for the Colfax-Mingo boys’ basketball team to get into the win column Tuesday at home against Saydel.

The Tigerhawks tallied 19 points in the second quarter to trim the Eagles’ halftime lead to just one, but Saydel pulled away in the second half to win 58-39, The Eagles outscored Colfax-Mingo 32-14 in the final two quarters.

The Tigerhawks were plagued by 20 turnovers.

“Our kids are giving good effort,” Colfax-Mingo coach John Borts said. “They are trying very hard and sometimes maybe too hard that it is affecting our execution. We have to start reducing our turnovers and start finishing shots around the basket.”

It was the first double-double of the season for Lourens, who grabbed seven offensive rebounds and had two steals. Jacob Lietz also scored 11 points, while Jared Myers tallied nine points, dished out four assists and corraled five rebounds.

Colfax-Mingo grabbed 15 offensive rebounds but made just 7-of-18 from the free throw line. Saydel was 13-of-23 from the charity stripe.

“We did a nice job with offensive rebounding,” Borts said. “But we are struggling to finish the putbacks or connect at the line when fouled.”

Casey Roberts had 11 points to lead the Eagles, who have won two straight since starting the season 0-4. Saydel is now 1-4 in Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference play.

Colfax-Mingo (0-5, 0-5) hosts Collins-Maxwell/Baxter at 7:30 p.m. Friday.