Savages shoot past Hawk boys

SULLY — In the second quarter, basketball fans in the Lynnville-Sully gym Friday night witnessed a barrage of 3-point field goals. Unfortunately for the Lynnville-Sully Hawks and their fans, five of those were rung up by Sigourney’s Savages.

The Savages were able to keep the Hawks at arms length with long-distance shooting. Sigourney connected on four more 3-pointers in the third quarter to boost its lead to 44-33. Lynnville-Sully couldn’t get any closer and lost 66-51 to Sigourney in South Iowa Cedar League play.

“The guys played hard tonight. We just didn’t execute as well as we needed to on both ends of the floor,” said Nick Harthoorn, Lynnville-Sully head coach. “You have to give Sigourney some credit. They shot the ball well tonight. We have to put this game behind us and work to get better over Christmas break.”

Sigourney shot at a 51-percent clip, 25-of-49, from the field. The Savages hit five of their nine 3-pointers in the second quarter to lead 28-22 at the break.

The Hawks (4-3, 3-3) shot just 31 percent, 21-of-67, from the field. They had five 3-pointers on the night.

Down 4-0, the Hawks got the ball inside to Kyle Van Dyke for a basket. Ben Trettin’s steal and layup tied the game at 6-6 with two minutes left in the first quarter.

Sigourney was able to regain the lead, 12-11 at the end of the period.

Caleb James drained a trey at the 6:58 mark of the second quarter to give the Hawks their first lead, 14-12. Jordan Albert countered with a 3-pointer and James netted another trey for Lynnville-Sully.

A basket by Tyler Van Zante upped Lynnville-Sully’s lead to 19-15. The Savages got back-to-back 3-pointers from Colton Powers, and one each from Albert and Matus Stevka down the stretch to halftime.

James had a drive right down the lane for two points to open the third quarter for the Hawks to draw within four. Sigourney answered with two straight threes.

Van Dyke had a double-double for Lynnville-Sully with 14 points and 16 rebounds. Jake Brand scored 12 points James finished with eight points and two steals.

Ben Trettin had eight points, two steals and five assits. Van Zante scored six points, Baker Zegers had two points and Jesse Van Wyk had one point.

Powers and Albert with 15 points apiece for Sigourny. Stevko scored 14 points. Blaine Getter finished with 12 points. Powers and Getter each had three 3-pointers.

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