Linn-Mar Girls Basketball

Brandt's 18 lead Linn-Mar girls

CEDAR FALLS - Mykaela Brandt scored 18 points to lead Linn-Mar past Cedar Falls, 57-35, Friday night in Mississippi Valley Conference girls basketball.

Kristen Eiles and Courtney Major added eight points apiece for the Lions.

Linn-Mar cruised out to a 24-11 lead by halftime and was never threatened.

LINN-MAR (57): Taylor Robertson 0 0-0 0, Hannah Yearling 2 1-2 6, Mykaela Brandt 6 4-4 18, Michal Christopher 0 0-0 0, Sara Strauel 3 0-1 6, Jenna Harms 0 0-0 0, Aryn Jones 0 2-2 2, Kristen Eiles 2 2-2 8, Emily Makinster 0 0-0 0, Anna Foley 1 0-0 2, Courtney Major 3 0-0 8, Alexis Libenguth 2 3-6 7. Totals 19 12-17 57.

CEDAR FALLS (35): Jamie Becker 1 0-0 2, Mackenzie DeMuth 1 0-0 2, Addison Long 1 2-2 5, Imonee Qualls 1 1-2 3, Emily Neff 1 2-4 5, Emma Gerdes 4 0-2 11, Jacquelin Conrad 0 0-0 0, Adrienne Boettger 0 2-4 2, Madison Wood 1 3-4 5. Totals 10 10-18 35.

Halftime - Linn-Mar 24, Cedar Falls 11. 3-point goals - Linn-Mar 7 (Brandt 2, Eiles 2, Major 2, Yearling), Cedar Falls 5 (Gerdes 3, Long, Neff).

Prairie bounces past Linn-Mar girls

Madison Dellamuth scored 21 points and the Prairie girls rolled over Linn-Mar, 53-34, Friday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference basketball game at Linn-Mar.

Prairie (7-3, 5-2) was looking to bounce back from a 46-23 loss at Dubuque Hempstead last Friday night that dropped the Hawks out of the Class 5A rankings.

“We’ve got to play better defense, play with more urgency on defense, and we have to forget about the poor performance at Hempstead,” Prairie Coach Steve Doser said before the game.

Mission accomplished.

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Linn-Mar girls drub Waterloo East

WATERLOO -- Mykaela Brandt scored 17 points Friday night as the Linn-Mar Lions crushed Waterloo East, 80-25, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in Waterloo.

Kristen Eiles and Courtney Major collected 13 points apiece for Linn-Mar. Alexis Libenguth added 10 points for the Lions.

LINN-MAR (80): Robertson 2 0-0 6, Yearling 0 1-2 1, Brandt 6 2-2 17, Christopher 1 0-0 2, Strauel 4 1-3 9, Harms 2 0-0 4, Jones 1 0-0 2, Eiles 5 1-2 13, Makinster 0 1-2 1, Foley 1 0-0 2, Major 5 2-2 13, Libenguth 4 2-2 10. Totals 31 10-15 80.

WATERLOO EAST (25): Williams 1 2-2 4, Baker-Bruce 6 4-5 17, Ackley 0 0-0 0, Alexander 0 0-0 0, Umoren 2 0-23 4, Marquand 0 0-0 0, McKinney 0 0-0 0, Moss 0 0-0 0, Forest 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 6-9 25.

3-point goals - Linn-Mar 6 (Brandt 3, Eiles 2, Major 1), Waterloo East none.

Major scores 16 as Lions beat Rams

Courtney Major scored 16 points and Linn-Mar held Dubuque Senior to 12 points in the second half and beat the Rams, 58-37, Tuesday night in girls basketball at Linn-Mar.

Major knocked down four 3-pointers. Sara Strauel scored 11 points and Mykaela Brandt added 10 for Linn-Mar (3-5, 2-2 MVC).

Linn-Mar held a 27-25 lead at halftime. The Lions outscored the Rams 20-10 in the third quarter, and 11-2 in the fourth.

Linn-Mar also made 18 of 23 free throws.

DUBUQUE SENIOR (37): Shakurra Evans 0 0-0 0, Kristie Sommer 2 0-0 4, Missy Meyer 0 0-0 0, Natalie Jacobsmeier 0 0-2 0, Katie Sommer 3 0-0 7, Andrea Koster 0 0-0 0, Emma Noel 2 0-0 4, Nerea Irujo 1 0-0 2, Savannah Frye 0 0-0 0, Nakiaj Kimble 1 1-2 4, Affrica Kimble 1 0-0 2, Makenzie Williams 1 10-12 12. Totals 11 11-18 37.

LINN-MAR (58): Taylor Robertson 1 0-0 2, Hannah Yearling 0 1-2 1, Mykaela Brandt 2 5-6 10, Michal Christopher 0 0-0 0, Sara Strauel 3 5-7 11, Jenna Harms 0 2-2 2, Aryn Jones 2 1-2 5, Kristen Eiles 1 0-0 3, Emily Makinster 0 0-0 0, Anna Foley 0 0-0 0, Courtney Major 5 4-6 16, Alexis Libenguth 3 2-2 8. Totals 17 18-23 58.

Halftime - Linn-Mar 27, Dubuque Senior 25. 3-point goals - Dubuque Senior 4 (Kr.Sommer 2, Ka.Sommer, N.Kimble), Linn-Mar 6 (Major 4, Brandt, Eiles). Fouls - Dubuque Senior 19, Linn-Mar 17. Fouled out - None.