SULLY — Lynnville-Sully’s girls and boys posted overpowering victories at home Tuesday against South Iowa Cedar League opponent BGM.
The Hawk girls used a 21-2 first-quarter run to overwhelm the BGM Bear girls, 57-13, to go 2-0 on the season. Lynnville-Sully boys opened their 2016-17 season with a commanding 66-20 victory against the Bear boys.
“It was a good start to the season,” Hawk boys’ head coach Nick Harthoorn said. “The guys played real hard defensively. The boys did a nice job of sharing the ball offensively. We have to do a better job on the boards, but there were a lot of positives about tonight.”
The Hawk boys shot 52 percent, 27-of-52, from the field overall. Lynnville-Sully dished out 22 assists as a team.
Lynnville-Sully led only by six points, 17-11, at the end of the first quarter. The Hawk defense clamped down allowing four points to the Bears in the second quarter while pouring in 22 points at the offensive end.
Leading 39-15 at halftime, the Hawk boys extended their lead on a 12-5 surge in the third quarter. Lynnville-Sully shutout the Bears in the final eight minutes in a 15-0 run to the end.
Junior Brevin Hansen fired in 15 points to lead the Hawks. Senior Tyler Van Zante and sophomore Tyson Vander Linden each added 10 points. Junior Jesse Van Wyk led the Hawks in assists with eight and rebounds with six.
Junior Corey McCoy made five of the Hawks’ 13 steals in the game. McCoy, senior John Trettin and sophomore Rylan James grabbed five rebounds apiece.
Defensively, the Hawk boys held the Bear boys to a cold 22.5 percent, 9-of-40, from the field. The Bears had 19 turnovers, and they went 2-of-10 at the free-throw line.
Eric Weiss scored 13 points for BGM.
Lynnville-Sully’s girls had the strong start to put them on the road to their big win. The Hawks were up 37-9 by halftime and their lead ballooned to 52-13 by the end of the third quarter.
“I really like the girls defensive efforts tonight.” Hawk girls’ head coach Jerry Hulsing said. “I thought we frustrated BGM by having a hand in the passing lanes. We did a good job of rebounding tonight.”
The Hawk girls helped force 30 Bear turnovers and scored 19 points off turnovers. BGM shot 22 percent, 6-of-27, from the field. Lynnville-Sully connected on 24-of-53 from the field for 45 percent and had 10 turnovers.
“On offense, we passed the ball well being able to get the ball into the middle of their zone, and then finding the open girls,” Hulsing said.
Senior Brenna Lanser scored 14 points, handed out six assists, grabbed six rebounds and made four steals for Lynnville-Sully. Sophomore Carson Fisk tossed in 12 points, came up with five steals and handled five rebounds.
Junior Jataya Meyer hit two of the teams four 3-pt field goals on her way to 10 points. The Hawks had 29 rebounds with junior Mariah Voss and senior Jelissa Rozendaal each had five rebounds.
Aimee Hochstellar led the Bears with five points. Lyla Kriegel had four points.
The Lynnville-Sully girls are 2-0 overall and in SICL action. The Lynnville-Sully boys are 1-0 in both. The Hawk teams have a SICL doubleheader against HLV starting at 6 p.m. Friday in Sully.
Boys’ Game
BGM 11-4-5-0—20
Lynnville-Sully 17-22-12-15—66
Lynnville-Sully (FG/3-pt-FT-F-TP): Hansen 6/1-0-0-15, Van Wyk 3-3-2-9, Van Zante 2/2-0-1-10, Vander Linden 1/2-2-1-10, Trettin 1/1-0-3-5, James 4-0-1-8, McCoy 3-0-1-6, Lukehart 0/1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 20/7-5-9-66.
BGM (FG/3-pt-FT-F-TP): Hall 2-0-04, Knight 0-1-1-1. Doty 0–0-2-0, Robertson 0-0-1-0, Roberton 1-0-1-2, Weiss 6-1-1-13, Van Ersvelde 0-0-1-0, No. 10 0-0-1-0. TOTALS: 9-2-7-20.
Girls’ Game
BGM 2-7-4-0—13
Lynnville-Sully 21-16-15-5—57
Lynnville-Sully (FG/3-pt): 7-0-2-14, Fisk 4/1-1-1-12, Meyer 2/2-0-1-10, Vos 2-3-1-7, Rozendaal 2-1-1-5, Russell 1/1-0-1-5, Scandridge 2-0-1-4. TOTALS: 20/4-5-8-57.
BGM (FG/3-pt): Hochstellar 2-1-0-5, Kriegel 2-0-4-4, Beck 1-0-2-2, Van Ersvelde 1-0-1-2, Worthington 0-0-2-0, Baldwin 0-0-1-0. TOTALS: 6-1-10-13.
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