Metro Sports Report

No. 6 Marion girls top Benton

The sixth-ranked Marion girls basketball closed with a 17-9 run in the fourth quarter to beat Benton Community, 50-39, Tuesday at Marion.

Maddie Knapp, Chloe Rice and Mia Laube each scored 14 points to lead the Indians (5-1).

The Bobcats fell to 4-3.

BENTON COMMUNITY (39): Havlik 0 0-0 0, VanWeelden 4 4-6 15, Schmidt 1 0-0 2, Wiebel 5 0-0 12, Brunssen 0 1-2 1, McWhorter 2 0-0 5, Heilman 1 2-3 4. Totals 13 7-12 39.

MARION (50): Knapp 5 1-3 14, Rice 4 6-7 14, Smith 1 0-0 3, Wright 0 0-0 0, Laube 4 6-10 14, Willette 0 0-0 0, Herold 1 0-0 2, Sade 1 1-1 3, Jordan 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 14-21 50.

Halftime – Benton Community 21, Marion 19. 3-point goals – Benton Community 6 (VanWeelden 3, Wiebel 2, McWhorter), Marion 4 (Knapp 3, Smith).

Dighton powers J-Hawks with double-double

Kennedy Dighton scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Jefferson girls basketball team in a 55-39 win over Waterloo West on Tuesday at Jefferson.

Emily Oler had 12 points for the J-Hawks, Sammy Kitterman added 10 points and Avery Guy dished out nine assists.

Jefferson improved to 4-4. Waterloo West fell to 3-5.

WATERLOO WEST (39): Robinson 2 3-4 8, Campbell 3 5-8 12, Ceaser 5 1-4 13, Cook 2 0-0 4, Phillips 0 2-2 2, Young 0 0-0 0, Wehr 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 11-18 39.

JEFFERSON (55): Culver 1 0-0 2, Kitterman 5 0-1 10, Guy 2 0-1 4, Donner 0 0-1 0, Wise 3 0-0 8, Melton 1 0-0 2, Thurmond 0 0-0 0, Erica Oler 2 2-2 6, Baxter 0 0-0 0, Dighton 5 1-2 14, Emily Oler 4 4-7 12, Obrian 1 0-0 2. Totals 24 7-14 60.

Halftime – Jefferson 33, Waterloo West 16. 3-point goals – Waterloo West 4 (Ceaser 2, Robinson, Campbell), Jefferson 5 (Dighton 3, Wise 2).

Lions sink Little Hawks with 3's

IOWA CITY – The Linn-Mar boys basketball team nailed thirteen 3-point goals to sink Iowa City High, 67-53, Tuesday at City High.

Jordan Bohannon made five 3-pointers and finished with 20 points for the Lions (3-2). Beau Klostermann had three 3-pointers and finished with 17 points, Jarod Printy had 13 points with two 3-pointers, and Riley Murphy also had two 3-pointers.

After a tight first half, Linn-Mar pulled away with a 24-11 run in the third quarter.

Jeff boys fall at Waterloo West

WATERLOO – Valentino Green scored 14 points to lead the Jefferson boys basketball team in a 65-57 loss to Waterloo West on Tuesday.

Gabe Pepin had 20 points for the Wahawks (2-2) and Demetrius Caddell had 19.

Jefferson fell to 2-4.

JEFFERSON (57): Webb 3 3-5 9, Wiederin 2 0-0 4, Green 7 0-3 14, Kramer 1 0-0 3, Brown 2 3-6 7, McCauley 0 0-0 0, Van Oort 5 0-0 12, McKinney 4 0-0 8. Totals 24 7-14 57.

WATERLOO WEST (65): Cooper 0 0-0 0, Spates 1 3-6 5, Pepin 7 2-3 20, Nickelson 0 0-0 0, Caddell 8 1-1 19, Wright 0 0-0 0, Harris-Anderson 3 1-1 7, Kuljuhovic 6 2-3 14, T.Burt 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 9-14 65.

Halftime – Waterloo West 34, Jefferson 28. 3-point goals – Jefferson 3 (Van Oort 2, Kramer), Waterloo West 6 (Pepin 4, Caddell 2).