IOWA CITY -- The Prairie girls basketball team made third-ranked Iowa City West sweat a little Friday night before losing, 61-49, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game.

Prairie trailed at halftime, 29-17, but the Hawks began the second half with a 16-4 spree to tie the game 33-33 with about three minutes left in the third quarter.

Iowa City West (13-1, 10-1) regained control and pulled away, but not until after Prairie left a calling card.

Alyssa Weiland made three 3-pointers and led Prairie (3-11, 2-9) with 17 points. Freshman Madison Dellamuth netted 12 points.

Mckenzie Piper, a transfer from Keokuk, topped Iowa City West with 18 points. Shelly Stumpff scored 11 points and Shahana Williams added 10. West hit 20 of 23 free throws.

PRAIRIE (49): Yanacek 2 0-0 4, Carver 1 3-4 5, A.Weiland 6 2-3 17, K.Wieland 1 0-0 2, McCrary 2 0-1 4, Blaha 2 0-0 5, Dellamuth 4 2-3 12. Totals 18 7-11 49.

IOWA CITY WEST (61): Williams 2 6-6 10, Disterhoft 1 4-6 7, Stumpff 3 4-5 11, Shull 1 0-0 3, Fliehler 1 0-0 2, Klein 3 2-2 8, Piper 7 4-4 18, Yoder 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 20-23 61.

Halftime -- Iowa City West 29, Prairie 17. 3-point goals -- Prairie 6 (A.Weiland 3, Dellamuth 2, Blaha), Iowa City West 3 (Disterhoft, Stumpff, Shull).