KALONA - The Cedar Valley Christian girls basketball team made a strong rally Saturday before losing to Iowa Mennonite, 54-43, in Kalona.

The Huskies (1-8) chopped a 15-point deficit to just three points in the fourth quarter before falling short.

Shelby Hembera led Cedar Valley with 21 points, Ellen Rodriguez scored 12 points and Lindsey Cach had nine.

Kristin Davis topped Iowa Mennonite (2-10) with 15 points and Olivia Yutzy scored 14.

CEDAR VALLEY (43): Hembera 5 11-14 21, Silver 0 0-0 0, Hoffman 0 1-2 1, Cach 2 5-5 9, Rodriguez 4 4-6 12. Totals 11 21-27 43.

IOWA MENNONITE (54): K. Davis 7 0-1 15, Yutzy 6 2-3 14, Hochstetler 2 2-3 6, Schmieder 5 1-4 11, Brokaw 1 0-0 2, Yoder 0 0-0 0, Miller 0 0-0 0, Perez 2 0-0 4, Hostetler 1 0-0 2, A. Davis 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 5-11 54.

Halftime - Iowa Mennonite 28, Cedar Valley 18. 3-point goals - Cedar Valley none, Iowa Mennonite 1 (K. Davis 1).