Golden Hawks break game open in second half

Durant's Kylie Kay faces defensive pressure from a Mid-Prairie defender during the second half of the Wildcats season opener with the Golden Hawks last week.  Photo by Ryan Stonebraker.

By Ryan Stonebraker

Sports Editor

  DURANT — The Durant Wildcats fell 69-49 in their season opener last Tuesday against Mid-Prairie. The Wildcats are back in action this week with two road games, at West Branch Tuesday and at West Liberty Friday.

  Both teams scored 13 first-quarter points as the score was knotted at 13 after the opening quarter. Mid-Prairie narrowly outscored Durant in the second quarter, 15-14 to take a one-point, 28-27 lead at halftime.

  Mid-Prairie took control of the game in the third quarter. There, the Golden Hawks poured in 22 points in the quarter using a 22-7 run in the quarter to take a 50-34 lead to the final quarter.

  The Golden Hawks outscored Durant 19 to 15 in the fourth quarter. In the half, the Golden Hawks outscored Durant 41 to 22.

  Mid-Prairie was led by Myah Lugar with 23 points and 8 rebounds. Lugar, a sophomore, averaged 3.3 points last year as a freshman on a 12-10 Golden Hawk squad. Maddie Nonnenmann added 16 points and 4 steals for Mid-Prairie. The Golden Hawks shot 50-percent from the 3-point line (8-for-16) in the game.

  Durant was led by Kylie Kay with 13 points and Kamryn Meyer with 11 points and 7 rebounds. Kay had 3 rebounds, 2 assists and a team-high 4 steals in the game. Annie Taylor scored 8 points, Ruby Kappeler 7, Hannah Happ 4 to round out the starting five players.

  Durant made one three-point attempt out of six tries in the game.

  The Wildcats hit the road for two games this week, at West Branch Tuesday and at West Liberty Friday night.

Mid-Prairie 69, Durant 49
Tuesday, November 20
At Durant

MP 13 15 22 19 69
D 13 14 7 15 49

M-P (69): Kessa Jones (g) 1-2 0-0 2, Caitlyn Riggan (g) 3-7 0-0 8, Shae Becker (f) 2-3 3-4 7, Myah Lugar (g) 6-14 8-10 23, Maddie Nonnenmann (f) 6-11 2-2 16, Ella Cadena 3-5 2-2 9, Kendra Schaefer 0-0 0-0 0, Jaselyn Robertson 0-0 0-0 0, Colby Rourke 1-5 2-3 4. Totals: 22-47 17-21 69.

DURANT (49): Hannah Happ (g) 1-2 2-2 4, Ruby Kappeler (g) 3-7 0-0 7, Kamryn Meyer (f) 3-12 5-9 11, Annie Taylor (f) 4-10 0-3 8, Kylie Kay (g) 5-10 3-4 13, Jordyn Ostrand 1-2 0-0 2, Kira Schult 1-7 0-0 2, Gabrielle Olsen 1-2 0-1 2, Heidi Wolf 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 19-53 10-19 49.

3-Pt. FG: MP 8-16 (Lugar 3-8, Riggan 2-4, Nonnemann 2-2, Cadena 2-2, Becker 0-3, Rourke 0-2), Durant 1-6 (Kappeler 1-4, Schult 0-1, Wolf 0-1). Rebounds: MP 33 (Lugar 8, Jones 4), Durant 28 (Meyer 7, Taylor 7, Kay 3, Schult 3, Ostrand 3, Kappeler 2, Olsen 2, Wolf 1). Assists: MP 9 (Riggan 4), Durant 8 (Happ 2, Kay 2, Kappeler 1, Meyer 1, Schult 1, Wolf 1). Steals: MP 11 (Nonnemann 4, Riggan 3), Durant 9 (Kay 4, Happ 2, Schult 2, Kappeler 1). Blocked Shots: MP 6 (Nonnemann 2), Durant 6 (Meyer 4, Kay 2). Total Fouls: MP 19, Durant 17. Fouled Out: MP none. Durant none.