The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk girls basketball team takes the floor one final time in the regular season at Tim Grady Gymnasium in Wellman tonight when they host the rival Iowa City Regina Regals for their River Valley Conference finale. The Golden Hawks are 15-5 this year, 11-2 in conference play and winners of eight straight, including a 65-43 win Tuesday over Alburnett in Wellman. Mid-Prairie is ranked No. 12 in Class 3A in the final poll of the year from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. This year, the Hawks score 58 points per game and give up 40, on 40% shooting, 30% from three and 57% at the line with 35 rebounds, 17 assists, 16 steals and 17 turnovers per game. Individually, Morgyn Bender is the leader at 14 points per night. Jovi Evans averages five rebounds, Katelyn Harland three assists and Jeorgia Evans three steals.

Iowa City Regina is 16-4 and a matching 11-2 in conference. The Regals have won three straight including a 61-24 victory Tuesday over West Liberty. Regina is ranked No. 8 in Class 2A in the latest poll from the IGHSAU. This year they score 58 points per game and give up 36, shooting 43% from the floor, 30% from three and 56% at the line with 34 rebounds, 14 assists, 12 steals and 13 turnovers per game. Individually, Addie McLaughlin is the leader at 22 points, seven assists, six rebounds and five steals per game. This week, Golden Hawk head coach Jenny Hobbs talked with KCII Sports about what her team has done well during their winning streak. “I have been really proud of how the kids have brought the intensity at the beginning. That is so disheartening for the other team. We have to take care of the ball. Rebounding is part of how we take care of the ball. We have worked a lot on little details we are trying to hone in for postseason. Trust the process.”

Regina has won 34 of the last 41 in this series, 14-in-a-row, including a 54-36 win in Iowa City in January. The Hawks last beat the Regals in 2018. You can hear all of the action live tonight on AM 1380, FM 102.5, the KCII2 App and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Golden Hawk Basketball Pregame Show at 7p.m. And Unc N Nephs Food & Brew in Washington tip at 7:30p.m. Live from Tim Grady Gymnasium in Wellman.