After their Bluegrass Conference tournament games were delayed Monday due to the weather, both Twin Cedars basketball teams resumed play Wednesday. The Sabers girls lost to Moravia 38-26 and the boys defeated Orient-Macksburg 55-36.
The Sabers girls were in their first game of the tournament and lost their opener to the Mohawks, who bested Twin Cedars last month in their first meeting. Rylee Dunkin led the team in points with 10 and rebounds with 11 for a double-double.
The Sabers boys had a trio reach double figures: Devin Arkema had 17, Dallas Clark had 15, and Kade Dunkin had 13.
Both squads will play again Thursday. The Sabers girls will face Diagonal at Mormon Trail starting at 6:00 and the boys will host Moulton-Udell at 7:30.
The Saints’ girls, after getting off to a rough start, have won five of their last six games, including a thriller against Mormon Trail Tuesday. Melcher-Dallas will look to get another win before they begin tournament play. Coach Kelsey Goff tells KNIA Sports that her team needs to continue to rebound effectively to get the win.
“Continuing to rebound. I know they have a couple of post players that are aggressive on the boards. They could kind of push us around. Just not letting them not do that to us and continuing to rebound like we have been doing all season. It has been phenomenal watching Kynser Reed, Grace Overgaard, Hailey Hoch, even Riley Enfield, down there battling for those boards, defensive and offensive. Just continuing to do that.”
Their first matchup will be Monday when they go on the road to take on Conference Powerhouse Murray, who is currently 5-2 on the season and 4-1 in Bluegrass Conference play. Their only loss was to Ankeny Christian.
The Saints’ second matchup will be their only home game of the week, a conference showdown with Seymour next Tuesday. The Warriors have lost four of their last five games, including three to conference foes Murray, Mormon Trail, and Moravia.
The final matchup of the week for Melcher-Dallas will be next Friday at Orient-Macksburg, who is currently on a four-game losing streak. All of Orient-Macksburg’s losses are by 29 points or more and are currently winless in conference play.
The Twin Cedars Basketball Squads will host Southeast Warren tonight. The girls will play a Warhawks club that lost to Central Decatur by one on Tuesday. Southeast Warren has already played two Bluegrass Conference teams and have easy wins over both in Mormon Trail and Ankeny Christian. Meanwhile, the Saber boys will try to break a two game losing streak against a winless Southeast Warren who has lost each game by an average of 25 points. These games were originally scheduled in January, but were moved up when the Sabers had to postpone their games with Melcher-Dallas due to the Saints going to full online learning which required all activities to be paused. The girls game is set to get underway at 6:00.