IOWA CITY – The Jefferson boys basketball team nearly kept pace through the first half in a Class 4A substate semifinal, but the J-Hawks lost to third-ranked Iowa City West, 70-53, Friday at West High.

The J-Hawks trailed 32-28 at halftime, but the Trojans pulled away in the third quarter with a 20-6 run.

Adam Van Oort scored 14 points for Jefferson. Dennis McKinney had 13 points and James Brown added 11.

Connor McCaffery scored 23 points to lead West (18-4).

Jefferson finished the season 10-14.

JEFFERSON (48): Webb 3 0-0 6, Wiederin 1 0-0 3, Green 0 1-2 1, Kramer 0 0-0 0, Brown 5 1-1 11, McCauley 0 0-0 0, Van Oort 5 4-4 14, Szabo 0 0-0 0, McKinney 6 1-2 13, Burnett 0 0-0 0, Hulsing 0 0-0 0, Smith 0 0-0 0, Totals 20 7-9 48.

IOWA CITY WEST (73): Pederson 0 0-0 0, Parks 3 5-6 11, Henderson 2 0-1 5, Lane 4 3-3 12, Lohaus 4 0-2 8, P.McCaffery 3 3-4 9, C.McCaffery 6 10-11 23, Barnes 0 0-0 0, Fullard 1 0-0 3, Nicklaus 0 0-0 0, Carter 0 0-0 0, Disterhoft 0 0-0 0, Van Roekel 0 0-0 0, Nock 1 0-0 2. Totals 24 21-27 73.

Halftime – Iowa City West 32, Jefferson 28. 3-point goals – Jefferson 1 (Wiederin), Iowa City West 4 (Henderson, Lane, C.McCaffery, Fullard).