It’s a River Valley Conference basketball doubleheader tonight at Tim Grady Gymnasium in Wellman when the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks entertain the Durant Wildcats. The Golden Hawk boys are 3-3, after a 62-50 win at Pekin Thursday. On the year, Mid-Prairie scores 56 per game and gives up 60, shooting 42% overall, 34% from three and 68% at the line with 32 boards, 13 assists, six steals and 24 turnovers per game. Individual leaders include Dylan Henry at 10 points per game and Brady Weber with five boards, six assists and two steals per night.
Durant is 0-6 this year after a 71-43 loss to Tipton Tuesday. This season the Wildcats score 35 per game and give up 70, shooting 32% from the floor, 21% from deep and 60% at the line with 24 rebounds, seven assists, six steals and 22 turnovers per game. Individual leaders include Bryce Daufeldt with 11 points and six boards per night. Mason Badtram has two assists and two steals per game. The Hawks have won seven in a row in the series including 62-54 and 67-50 victories last season.
The Mid-Prairie girls are 5-2 after throttling Wilton on the road 78-37 Tuesday behind a career high 21 points from Brooklyn Schneider. This year, the Hawks score 62 per game and give up 45, shooting 42% from the floor, 33% from three and 51% at the line with 38 boards, 15 assists, 14 steals and 17 turnovers per game. Individually, Callie Huber averages a double double with 12 points and 10 boards to lead the way. Nora Pennington has a team best four seals per night and Jovi Evans has four assists per game.
Durant is 2-5 this season after a 49-47 loss to Tipton Tuesday. For the year they average and give up 44 points per game, shooting 33% from the field, 24% from three and 58% at the line with 29 rebounds, eight assists, seven steals and 18 turnovers per game. Individually, Isabelle DeLong has 15 points and two steals per night per night, Katelyn Toft eight boards, and Paige Happ three assists. The Hawks have won seven straight in the series including 63-22 and 66-22 wins a season ago. Action starts tonight at 6:30 at Tim Grady Gymnasium in Wellman.