Kennedy Boys Basketball

Kennedy boys fall to Dubuque Senior

Dubuque Senior proved to be too much for the Kennedy boys basketball team, as the Rams beat the Cougars 72-61 in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Tuesday at Kennedy.

Drake Brewster scored 13 points for Kennedy (5-9). Derrick Diggins scored 12 points and Matt Gardner added 11 points.

Carter Stevens had 21 points for Senior (9-5) and Derek Noel had 20.

DUBUQUE SENIOR (72): Noel 7 5-5 20, Stevens 6 6-6 21, Link 1 0-0 3, Psihoyos 5 1-2 12, Humpal-Griffin 2 0-0 4, Timmerman 1 0-0 2, Hendricks 2 0-0 5, Carter 2 1-2 5. Totals 26 13-15 72.

KENNEDY (61): Haynes 0 0-0 0, Brewster 4 5-6 13, Gardner 4 2-5 11, Girling 3 0-0 8, Berst 2 0-1 5, Duehr 0 0-0 0, Olejniczak 0 0-0 0, Krall 1 0-0 2, Diggins 4 1-1 12, Bisenius 2 0-1 6, Beyer 1 1-2 3, Wiebel 0 0-0 0, King 0 0-0 0, Wall 0 1-2 1. Totals 21 10-19 61.

Halftime – Dubuque Senior 40, Kennedy 29. 3-point goals – Dubuque Senior 7 (Stevens 3, Noel, Link, Psihoyos, Hendricks), Kennedy 9 (Diggins 3, Bisenius 2, Girling 2, Gardner, Berst).

Techau wins Metro Spotlight Award

Max Techau of Xavier is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Techau, a 6-foot-7 junior, is a key member of the Xavier basketball team that is ranked No. 3 in Class 3A by the Associated Press with an 11-2 record.

Techau is averaging 15.0 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks for the Saints. He leads the entire Mississippi Valley Conference in blocked shots and leads the Mississippi Division in the MVC in scoring average with a slight edge on teammate Mitchell Burger.

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Cougars fall to Cedar Falls in OT

A.J. Green scored 32 points to lead the Cedar Falls boys basketball team to a 73-66 overtime win over Kennedy in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Friday at Kennedy.

The Cougars led by as much as 48-39 with three minutes left in regulation, but the Tigers fought back to tie the score at 55 and send the game into overtime, where they out-scored Kennedy 18-11.

Derrick Diggins scored 27 points for the Cougars (5-8). Drake Brewster and Matt Berst each scored 11.

Cedar Falls improved to 9-3.

CEDAR FALLS (73): Fagan 4 7-11 15, Harrington 1 0-0 3, Green 9 10-10 32, Labeaux 5 3-4 13, Alexander 0 3-6 3, Johnson 1 2-4 4, Bower 0 0-0 0, Gerdes 0 3-4 3, Leisinger 0 0-0 0, Loecher 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 28-39 73.

KENNEDY (66): Haynes 0 0-0 0, Brewster 3 5-5 11, Gardner 0 0-0 0, Girling 1 2-2 5, Berst 4 2-3 11, Duehr 1 0-0 2, Diggins 11 2-3 27, Bisenius 1 0-2 2, Wall 2 2-5 6, Beyer 1 0-0 2. Totals 24 13-20 66.

Halftime – Kennedy 27, Cedar Falls 22. 3-point goals – Cedar Falls 5 (Green 4, Harrington), Kennedy 5 (Diggins 3, Girling, Berst).

Cougars hit low point in 56-37 loss

It's nearly late January and the Cedar Rapids Kennedy boys basketball team is still searching for answers.

Coach Jon McKowen is beginning to wonder if they'll find them in time.

The Cougars hit a power outage Tuesday night and were stuffed by Johnston, 56-37, in a non-conference game at Kennedy that dropped the Cougars to 5-and-7 for the campaign following two straight trips to the state tournament.

Kennedy made only four field goals in the first half and shot poorly for the entire game, finishing 13 of 51 for 25.5 percent, and their output of 37 points was the lowest in McKowen's three years as head coach. The previous low was 43 points in a 53-43 setback to Ames earlier this season.

The Cougars trailed 29-14 at halftime Tuesday and never caught up.

"As players we're not messing, but as coaches we're also not meshing with each other," McKowen said outside the quiet Kennedy locker room. "Now is the time. Our backs are against the wall and it's kind of desperation time. We have to figure each other out pretty quick."

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