On Monday, Feb. 12, the boys started off their post-season play with a home game against East Buchanan, winning 55 to 39.
“I was really happy with how our players composed themselves throughout the game,” noted Coach Conner. “East Buchanan has become one of our rival schools and they seem to bring their best each time they play us. EB shot the ball really well in the first quarter, but our guys responded to each of their shots and were able to keep the score even heading into the 2nd quarter. We made some adjustments to what we were doing on defense after the first quarter and we executed very well in the last three quarters. In the postseason, it is about finding ways to win, and I thought our guys showed a lot of character and toughness to get it done, especially in the 4th quarter. Lance had another huge game for us and then Kody hit a couple of 3’s in the 4th quarter to put the game on ice. I was really proud of the guys for completing step one of four.”
Scorers included Lance McShane with 26, Kody Hoeger with 11, Toby Grimm with eight, Brady Wall with seven, and Tate Intorf with three points.
For assists, Grimm had eight, Wall and Anderson Holtz had four each, Kody Hoeger had two, and McShane had one, for a total of 19 assists. For rebounds, McShane had ten, Grimm had eight, Kody Hoeger had six, and Wall, Holtz, Intorf, Dylan Knipper, and Lukas Chesnut had one each, for a total of 29.
The Wildcats hosted Hillcrest Academy last night and got the 59-46 win. Details will be in next week’s Echo.
MV will play Dunkerton Tuesday at Oelwein High School at 7pm.