Third quarter plagues Newton boys against No. 1 B-F

The Newton boys basketball team played right with Class 3A No. 1 Bondurant-Farrar for the first two quarters on Tuesday night.

The 3A No. 6 Cardinals only trailed the Bluejays at halftime because they hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer, but Bondurant-Farrar stayed unbeaten with a big third quarter during a 60-50 non-conference road win.

Newton led 8-6 after one quarter, but B-F led by three at halftime. The Bluejays outscored the Cardinals 21-5 in the third.

Newton made a valiant comeback in the fourth with a 24-15 surplus, but it was not enough.

Jake Ingle led the Cardinals with 15 points, two rebounds, eight assists and two steals.

He’s now the school’s all-time leader in career assists with 251. Ingle passed Garrett Sturtz’s previous mark of 250.

Drew Thompson had nine points, three rebounds and six assists, Brody Bauer added eight points and four boards and Cole Plowman tallied four points, four rebounds and two blocks.

Carson Satterfield chipped in eight points and three rebounds and Kacey Sommars put in six points.

The Cardinals (14-6) shot 32 percent from the floor, were 8-of-26 from 3-point range and buried 8-of-10 from the free-throw line.

Newton, which lost to a 3A school for the first time this season, had 16 assists on 17 field goals and committed only five turnovers.

Jaxson Fried led Bondurant-Farrar (20-0) with 21 points and eight rebounds and Colby Collison had 16 points and seven boards.

The Bluejays shot 51 percent from the floor, made 5-of-10 from 3 and connected on 13-of-18 from the foul line. They committed 11 turnovers and out-rebounded the Cardinals 31-25.

Cardinals earn No. 1 seed in 3A substate bracket

Newton earned the top seed in 3A Substate 6 and opens the postseason at home against Oskaloosa (3-18) at 7 p.m. on Feb. 20.

The winner of that game plays the winner between Washington (11-8) and Fairfield (11-9) on Feb. 23.

The other side of the bracket features ninth-ranked Mount Pleasant (17-5), Fort Madison (6-15), Solon (15-5) and Keokuk (7-14).

The Cardinals were scheduled to play at ADM of Adel on Thursday, but that regular-season finale was canceled due to weather and will not be made up.