Indee boys win two, fall to Eagles

The Independence/Gilmanton boys basketball team doubled its win total last week before suffering a Dairyland Conference loss.

The Indees began the week with a 65-40 win at Greenwood last week Monday. On Tuesday, I/G picked up its first Dairyland Conference win of the season, besting Augusta, 58-46. No further information from either game was made available to the Times. I/G’s week ended with a 72-41 loss to Alma/Pepin in Gilmanton.

I/G (4-17, 1-9) played at Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran on Friday and will return home to Independence next week Thursday to face Alma Center Lincoln.

A/P 72 I/G 41

The Indees had a 14-7 lead early, but the Eagles fired back and took control of the game before halftime.

A/P eventually tied the game at 21 with a three pointer then took the lead for good, scoring with 6:18 remaining in the first half. The Eagles ended the half with a 17-1 run, taking a 35-22 lead into halftime.

The Eagles went ahead by 20 about five minutes into the second half and continued to pull away for the lopsided win. 

A/P shot 47.6 from the field in the game, while I/G finished with a 32.5 percent mark. 

Brandon Sylla led the Indees with 10 points. The Eagles had five players finish in double figures, led by Madox Stewart’s 16.

Independence (field goals/attempts-free throws/attempts-rebounds-fouls-points) — Sylla 4/7-0/0-0-1-10 Pfaff 1/4-0/1-1-1-2 Jesse 2/5-4/9-5-0-8 Motnalvo 0/1-0/0-1-0-0 Santillian 2/7-1/3-2-2-8 Ortiz 0/1-0/0-0-0-0 Schank 0/1-0/0-2-0-0 Meier 2/8-0/0-2-0-4 Flores 1/3-4/5-5-3-6 Pyka 1/2-1/1-5-1-3