CPU closed the gap to three points with just over two minutes left in the second quarter but the Hawks came right back with three straight baskets to up the lead to nine points.
Sam Conrad put in back to back short jumpers and Jenny Hood canned a jumper just inside the three-point line to give the Hawks their nine-point lead, 23-14 at the half.
Jenny Hood’s three-point basket at the start of the third quarter gave the Hawks their first double digit lead of the game, 26-14.
CPU would get no closer than 10 points for the remained of the game.
Katlyn Heiserman hit a running jumper in the lane with 2:20 left in the contest to give the Hawks their largest lead of the night, 20 points, at 42-22.
Both teams subbed out during the final two minutes.
Seven players broke into the scoring column for the Hawks led by Sam Conrad and Jenny Hood with 12 and 11 points.
Emily Heffernen scored 6, Ashley Hood 5, Katlyn Heiserman 4, Kayla Bries 3 and Katie Wessels 1.
Hawk game stats
vs. CPU
Field goals - 16-41-39%, free throws - 5-21-24%; assists - 13 (Wessels 1, Conrad 1, J. Hood 4, A. Hood 5, Bries 2); rebounds - 28 (Heiserman 2, Wessels 5, Conrad 10, J. Hood 1, A. Hood 1, Heffernen 7, Bries 2; blocked shots - 5 (Conrad 3, Heffernen 2); steals - 18 (Heiserman 2, Wessels 4, J. Hood 3, A. Hood 6, Bries 2, Vaske 1); turnovers - 19; fouls - 14; individual scoring - Katlyn Heiserman 4, Katie Wessels 1, Sam Conrad 12, Jenny Hood 11, Ashley Hood 5, Emily Heffernen 6, Kayla Bries 3.
In the second game of the night the West Delaware boys faced a very talented Monticello Panther squad.
Led by junior, BJ Hermsen’s 31 points the Hawks defeated the Panthers 71-59.
Hermsen scorched the nets by hitting six of seven two-point shots, four of six three-point shots and 10 of 12 free throws for his 31 points. He also grabbed a team high 15 rebounds, 13 on the defensive end.
The Hawks had two other double digit scorers, Phil Keppler with 12 points and Matt Rolfes with 15 points.
Rolfes was making his varsity debut as a senior, having sat out all of last season with a knee injury.
He like Hermsen made six of his seven shots from two-point range while connecting on three of five free throws.
The Hawks led 13-7 at the end of the first quarter and looked like they would blow the game wide open through the first four minutes of the second quarter.
Leading 15-9 the Hawks with on a 10-0 run over a two minute period to take a commanding 25-9 lead.
BJ Hermsen got things started with a three point play, Matt Rolfes then scored back to back baskets before Hermsen finished the run with a long three-point basket.
Rolfes and Hermsen scored the final five points of the half for the Hawks to give West Delaware a 30-15 halftime lead.
The pace quickened in the second half as Monticello tried to out quick the taller Hawks. Their success was limited as the Hawks turned missed field goal attempts by the Panthers into baskets at the other end.
Rolfes and Hermsen started the third quarter right where they had left off just before halftime, combining to score the first 11 points for the Hawks in the quarter.
Rolfes’ free throw with 4:29 left in the third quarter gave the Hawks their largest lead of the night at 21 points, 41-20.
The Panthers Danny Freese popped in three three-point baskets during the final 1:40 of the period to cut the Hawks lead to 48-35 heading into the final eight minutes of action.
The Hawks led by 16 points, 54-38 on a basket by BJ Hermsen with 6:30 left in the game.
It was then that the Panthers scored the next nine points to cut the Hawks lead to 54-46 with 3:55 left.
When the Panthers Ben Welsch hit his second straight three-pointer the Hawks lead was cut to just three points, 57-54.
The Hawks would score 10 of their next 14 points from the free throw line while Monticello was able to get just two free throws and a three point goal from senior guard Danny Freese.
Hawk game stats
vs. Monticello
2-pt. field goals - 22-32-69%; 3-pt. field goals - 3-9-33%; total field goal percentage - 25-41-61%; free throws - 18-27-67%; rebounds - offensive 6, defensive 19 (Keppler 3, Kafer 1, Crawford 2, Hermsen 15, Cole 2, Rolfes 2); steals - 4 (Gideon 1, Hermsen 2, Cole 1); assists - 24 (Keppler 1, Kafer 2, Crawford 14, Hermsen 2, Cole 4, Rolfes 1); blocked shots - 2 (Hermsen 2); turnovers - 12; fouls - 14; individual scoring - Phil Keppler 12, Chris Crawford 8, BJ Hermsen 31, Austin Cole 5, Matt Rolfes 15.
The next action for the Hawk basketball teams will be tonight (Tuesday) with the boys hosting Waterloo Columbus while the girls will be in Waterloo to take on the Sailors.
On Friday the boys will host Independence while the girls will visit Independence.
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Tuesday,
December 5, 2006
