CEDAR FALLS – Max Smith-Drahos scored 29 points in the regular-season finale as the Prairie boys basketball team lost to Cedar Falls, 69-50, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Thursday at Cedar Falls.

The Tigers (17-4, 12-4) jumped to a 23-9 lead in the first quarter and the Prairie Hawks (7-14, 5-11) could not recover.

Tra’Von Fagan scored 22 points for Cedar Falls.

PRAIRIE (50): Copeland 1 0-0 2, Lorenz 0 0-0 0, C.Clark 1 1-2 4, Rettinger 0 0-0 0, Smith-Drahos 12 4-5 29, Eilers 2 0-0 6, Rima 2 4-5 8, Chadima 0 1-2 1, Hook 0 0-0 0, Kilpatrick 0 0-0 0, Serbousek 0 0-0 0, Oxley 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 10-15 50.

CEDAR FALLS (69): Fagan 8 6-8 22, Harrington 1 0-0 3, Green 6 0-0 14, Mozena 0 0-0 0, Labeaux 3 0-0 6, Alexander 4 0-0 9, Johnson 2 0-1 4, Bower 0 0-0 0, Gerdes 4 0-0 8, Leisinger 1 1-2 3, Nickerson 0 0-0 0, Watts 0 0-0 0. Totals 29 7-11 69.

Halftime – Cedar Falls 35, Prairie 21. 3-point goals – Prairie 4 (Eilers 2, Smith-Drahos, C.Clark), Cedar Falls 4 (Green 2, Harrington, Alexander).