Lynnville-Sully girls win two road games

With a quick turnaround, Lynnville-Sully’s girls showed their mettle over the weekend on the basketball court. Two road games in South Iowa Cedar League play and two victories to stay undefeated.

They had to use a second-half rally to claim their 13th win of the season Friday night at Montezuma, winning 50-42. Saturday afternoon, the Hawks breezed to a 61-32 win over host Iowa Valley’s Tigers.

Lynnville-Sully moved up to No. 6 in Class 1A rankings on Thursday. The Hawks improved to 14-0 overall and 13-0 in the SICL. They have a two-game lead over BGM and English Valleys, both at 10-3 in conference play.

“The girls played very well tonight, I am really proud of how hard they played considering it was a back to back night,” said Jerry Hulsing, Lynnville-Sully head coach, after Saturday’s game.

“I have to give the girls credit hanging in there in Friday’s game. Even when we struggled to get anything going, the girls were positive in the huddles. Give Montezuma credit, they played hard and didn’t give us very many open looks.”

On Friday at Montezuma, the Hawks found themselves down 21-18 at halftime. They outscored Montezuma 13-7 in the third quarter to gain the lead. Lynnville-Sully fought off the Braves, 19-14, in the fourth quarter for the win.

“The key to us turning it around was we started to rebound the ball better and had better ball movement which allowed us to attack the basket. The girls played with a lot of heart and dug deep to pull out the win,” Hulsing said.

Lynnville-Sully out rebounded Montezuma 38-27. The Hawks shot 30 percent, 15-of-50, from the field and went 16-of-38 at the free-throw line. The Hawks hit four 3-pointers in the game and the Braves didn’t have a three. Montezuma was 12-of-42 from the field and 18-of-27 at the line.

The Hawks regrouped and powered past host Iowa Valley’s Tigers Saturday. They led 10-6 after one quarter and held a 31-13 halftime lead.

Lynnville-Sully held a 52-39 rebounding edge over Iowa Valley. The Hawks cashed in on 24-of-36 free throw attempts while shoot 37 percent, 18-of-49, from the field. They held the Tigers to 21 percent, 14-of-66, from the field. The Tigers attempted eight free throws, hitting two.

“All game, our defense was good not giving Iowa Valley any easy looks and we rebounded the ball well,” Hulsing said. “In the first half, we did a good job of pushing the basketball and getting easy buckets. We executed our offense well in the second half.”

Senior Lysandra James had back-to-back double-doubles for Lynnville-Sully. Against Montezuma, she scored 22 points and pulled in 14 rebounds then in Saturday’s game at Iowa Valley, she had 14 points and 11 rebounds.

In Friday’s game, Madison Rasmusson and Brenna Lanser each had eight points and Kasiah Ehresman and Marissa Vos had six point apiece. Lanser claimed nine rebounds, dished out four assists and made three steals. Vos had nine rebounds. Rasmusson had five assists and Ehresman had three steals.

Against Iowa Valley, Lanser tossed in 13 points and had nine rebounds and Vos had 10 points and 13 rebounds. Ehresman scored 10 points, made two steals and had four assists.

Rasmusson scored four points and had four assists. Shelby Davis scored six points and had two steals. Jelissa Rozendaal had two points and two steals. Haley James had two points.

Montezuma was led by Katie Maschmann and Mackenzie James with 10 points apiece.

Lynnville-Sully hosts North Mahaska Tuesday at Sully.

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