OTTUMWA —
ELDON — The Cardinal boys basketball team picked up its first win of the season Tuesday night, downing Fairfield Maharishi (MSAE) 56-35 in Southeast Iowa SuperConference action.
Jonathan Pedersen led the Comets with 16 points and nine rebounds while Charlie Rachford scored 13 and Dakota Showman dished eight assists. Showman and Rachford also had five steals each in the contest.
Surya Koran Sawhney led MSAE with 12 points.
The Comets (1-2) will host New London on Friday.
Cardinal 56, MSAE 35
MSAE 11 9 6 9 — 35
Card 7 23 10 16 — 56
Cardinal (56) — Jonathan Pedersen 16, Charlie Rachford 13, Nathan Yeager 9, Cody Carter 7, Dakota Showman 6, Conner McElderry 3, Kaleb Durflinger 2. Totals 21-50 12-31 56.
3-point goals — 2 (Rachford, Pedersen). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — 40 (Pederson 9). Assists — 18 (Showman 8). Steals — 17 (Showman 5, Rachford 5). Blocks — 4 (Rachford 2). Total fouls — 13. Turnovers — 14.
Big Reds down Putnam County
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UNIONVILLE, Mo. — Colton Gonnerman scored 21 points and Mike Starcevich added 16 to lead five players in double figures in Centerville’s 80-65 win over Putnam County on Tuesday.
Logan Dabney scored 13 points, Garrett Faris added 11 and Peyton Busch scored 10 for Centerville, who improved to 2-1 on the season.
Dabney and Starcevich were also forces on the glass, as Dabney grabbed 14 rebunds and Starcevich hauled in 10. Busch dished seven assists for the Big Reds, who will host Davis County Friday night.
Putnam County’s Deion Hunt led all scorers with 34 points.
Centerville 80, Putnam County 65
Cent 28 23 11 15 — 80
PutC. 18 12 22 13 — 65
Centerville (80) — Colton Gonnerman 21, Mike Starcevich 16, Logan Dabney 13, Garret Faris 11, Peyton Busch 10, Levi Sebolt 6, Ben Grothe 3. Totals 30 8-15 80.
3-point goals — 9 (Busch 3, Gonnerman, Faris 2, Sebolt 2, Grothe). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — 42 (Dabney 14, Starcevich 10). Assists — 18 (Busch 7). Steals — 15 (Gonnerman 6). Blocks — 3 (Dabney 3). Total fouls — 13. Turnovers — 15.
Baker shoots Albia past Fairfield
Courier sports staff
ALBIA — Matt Baker drained six 3-pointers and finished with 26 points as the Albia boys basketball team improved to 2-1 with a 57-48 non-conference win over Fairfield on Tuesday.
Tanner Kellogg added 13 points for the Blue Demons, while Tanner Wynn chipped in with nine.
Spencer Peterman led Fairfield with 12 points.
The Blue Demons will open South Central Conference play Friday when they host Chariton.
Albia 57, Fairfield 48
Fair 9 8 17 14 — 48
Alb 21 10 11 15 — 57
Fairfield (48) — Jordan Whitney 1, Matt Carr 7, Spencer Peterman 12, Kyle Weirup 6, Darrin Dimmitt 6, Joe Heitpas 8, Vincent Horras 2, Jordan Reid 6. Totals 16 9-18 48.
3-point goals — 7 (Carr 2, Heitpas 2, Reid 2, Dimmitt). Fouled out — None. Total fouls — 17.
Albia (57) — Matt Baker 26, Luke Sarver 1, Ryan Sarver 2, Tanner Wynn 9, Austin Luse 4, Mason Cox 2, Tanner Kellogg 13. Totals 20 10-15 57.
3-point goals — 7 (Baker 6, Wynn). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — 19 (Kellogg 6). Assists — 11 (Baker 3, Cox 3, Wynn 3). Steals — 9 (Baker 3). Blocks — None. Total fouls — 16. Turnovers — 7.
Sigourney suffers first loss
Courier sports staff
SIGOURNEY — The Sigourney boys basketball team took a tough loss at home to Montezuma, 43-40, in South Iowa Cedar League action on Tuesday.
The Savages led most of the way, but Montezuma outscored Sigourney 17-8 in the fourth quarter to claim the victory.
Vaclav Bujnoch led Sigourney with 13 points and Brandon Stuhr added 12 as the Savages (2-1) lost for the first time this season.
Coleton Thompkins and Zach Gibson each had 11 points for Montezuma (3-0).
Sigourney will travel to North Mahaska on Friday.
Montezuma 43, Sigourney 40
Sig 6 14 6 17 — 43
Mont 9 14 9 8 — 40
Sigourney (40) — Allan Denny 6, Jackson Davis 4, Kevin Weber 3, Vaclav Bujnoch 13, Brandon Stuhr 12. Totals 13 10-19 40.
3-point goals — 4 (Denny 2, Bujnoch). Fouled out — Bujnoch. Rebounds — 30 (Bujnoch 9). Total fouls — 20. Turnovers — 19.
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