Metro Sports Report

No.11 Mustangs take 14th in row

Dondre Osborne collected 23 points, six rebounds and six assists Saturday as No.11 Mount Mercy clipped William Penn, 91-83, at the Hennessey Recreation Center for its 14th win in a row.

The Mustangs (21-3, 8-0) trailed 40-38 at halftime, but they outscored the Statesmen 30-14 in the first 10 minutes of the second half to shoot into a 68-54 advantage. James Boonstoppel hit three 3-pointers and scored 10 points during the decisive spurt. Kyle Lamaak contributed eight points during the streak.

William Penn rallied and pulled within 74-73 and 78-76, but the Mustangs never relinquished the lead in the Midwest Collegiate Conference game.

Mount Mercy got major contributions from numerous players. Ben Struss scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Lamaak finished with 16 points and seven rebounds. Ian Matos had a big double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Boonstoppel finished with 10.

Hansche sparks Kohawks by Dubuque

DUBUQUE - Mickey Hansche poured in a career-high 28 points Saturday as Coe knocked off Dubuque, 70-56, in an Iowa Conference women's basketball game at the Stoltz Sports Center in Dubuque.

The outcome left the Iowa Conference race in a mad scramble entering the final weeks of the season. Dubuque is still in first place with an 8-2 record, but the Spartans hold only a slim one-game lead now over Coe, Luther and Loras at 7-3.

Megan Hayes collected 14 points and seven rebounds for the Kohawks (14-7 overall). Aleena Hobbs finished with her third double-double of the season with 10 points and 13 rebounds. Allie Wirth had 11 rebounds for Coe.

Jenna Kotas scored 22 points for Dubuque (14-7).

Hot Kennedy boys surge by Warriors

The Kennedy Cougars and Washington Warriors rose to the occasion on Hall of Fame Night at Washington on Friday.

The hot-shooting Cougars rose a little higher.

Kennedy nailed 61.4 percent of its shots and canned eight 3-pointers in an exciting 75-64 victory over the Warriors in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game before a lively crowd at Washington.

Zach Daniels and Brendon Manning scored 19 points apiece for Kennedy. Manning also grabbed 10 rebounds against the taller Warriors for an impressive double-double.

Bryton Heisler contributed 11 points and fearless freshman Derrick Diggins also popped in 11 points for the winners (12-5, 9-3).

Robertson earns 200th win at Linn-Mar

IOWA CITY – Chris Robertson earned his 200th win as coach of the Linn-Mar boys basketball team as the seventh-ranked Lions beat Iowa City High, 71-42, Friday at Iowa City High.

Robertson is 200-44 in nine years at Linn-Mar and led the Lions to Class 4A state titles in 2007 and 2011.

Friday’s win was an easy one for Robertson and the Lions. They led the Little Hawks 20-7 after the first quarter and 34-16 at halftime.

Jordan Bohannon drained five 3-point goals and finished with 19 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for Linn-Mar (14-3). Beau Klostermann scored 17 points.

Nate Weiland led Iowa City High (7-10) with 15 points and Chuck Johnson grabbed 11 rebounds.

LINN-MAR (71): Uhlir 3 0-0 9, Evans 0 0-0 0, Murphy 1 0-0 3, Noble 3 2-3 8, Bohannon 7 0-0 19, Klostermann 7 3-3 17, Bundy 0 0-0 0, Tichy 1 0-0 2, Willenborg 0 0-0 0, Halupnik 2 0-0 6, Schmidt 1 0-2 2, Brandt 2 0-0 5, Dixon 0 0-0 0, Sylvester 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 5-8 71.

IOWA CITY HIGH (42): Hooper 0 2-2 2, Smith 3 0-1 6, Mulligan 2 0-0 6, Weiland 5 5-5 15, Grace 0 0-0 0, Johnson 1 1-2 3, Scott 0 0-0 0, Jones 1 0-0 2, Ringen1 0-1 2, Craig 0 1-1 1, McNutt 0 0-0 0, Donnelly 0 0-0 0, Noack 0 0-0 0, Olaguez-Duarte 0 0-1 0, Martin 2 1-3 5. Totals 15 10-15 42.

Halftime – Linn-Mar 34, Iowa City High 16. 3-point goals – Linn-Mar 12 (Bohannon 5, Uhlir 3, Halupnik 2, Brandt, Murphy), Iowa City High 2 (Mulligan 2).