Hull, Iowa — The Western Christian Wolfpack basketball teams took both ends of a non-conference girl-boy basketball double-header from MOC-Floyd Valley in the Western Christian gym Tuesday night.
The Wolfpack girls stretched their season record to 6-5 with a 42-32 win over the Dutch. Leading scorers for Western were Olivia Granstra and Emma Bousema, who each contributed 12 points to the Wolfpack cause. They were the only Western players in double figures. Abby Postma had 5 points on the night, with her sister Ally picking up 4, while Makenna Koima, Madison Vis, and Macay Van’t Hul each scored 3 points.
For the MOC-Floyd Valley Dutch, their leading scorer was Jazlin De Haan with 9 points, Jadeyn Schutt had 8, Sophie Swart added 4 points on the night, with Delanie Niemeyer contributing 3 points on the night, while Jaycee Hoekstra, Taryn Nothem, Sierra Stamer, and Karli Bomgaars each accounting for 2 points.
With the win, the Wolfpack goes above .500 for the season thus far, with a 6-5 record, while the Dutch drop to 7-4.
The next outing for the Wolfpack will be Thursday evening at Unity, when they’ll take on the Knights in non-conference action, then again on Friday when they travel down Highway 75 to face Lakes Conference foe Le Mars. MOC-Floyd Valley’s next outing is Friday, when they’ll entertain Boyden-Hull in Siouxland Conference action.
The boy’s game was tight all the way through, with the two teams tied at 15 at the end of the first quarter, and went into the locker room at halftime with a 23-23 tie. Western outscored MOC-Floyd Valley in the third quarter, leading at the break 41-36, finally taking the contest 53-49 over the Dutch.
Dyson Kooima led all scorers with 15 points on the night. The other Wolfpack scoring came courtesy of Carter Broek’s 13 points, Dawson Feenstra’s 9 points, along with 6 points each from Clay Van Tol, and Parker Vis, with Jutin Bleeker adding 4 points to the Western Christian total.
Top scorer honors for MOC-Floyd Valley went to Josiah Jansen and Alex Van Kalsbeek who both ended the night with 14 points each. Austin Jeltema added 8 points, Graham Mayrose scored 7 points, 6 for Eli Te Grotenhuis, and 4 from Roman Stokes.
With the win the Wolfpack runs their season record to 6-2, while MOC-Floyd Valley’s record falls to 5-6. Western Christian will face Unity Thursday night in non-conference action, then travel to Le Mars on Friday night to face the Bulldogs in a Lakes Conference match-up. You can tune in to KIWA-FM 105.3 both night s to hear Western Christian Wolfpack basketball, all season long. MOC-Floyd Valley will entertain Boyden-Hull in Siouxland Conference action Friday night.
Coach Derek Keizer had this to say about the game, “Jansen and Van Kalsbeek are two very nice players that use their size very well and I thought we put forth a great team effort of containing those two from having a big night. I was very pleased with our defensive execution for most of the night.
We took care of the ball, having only four turnovers all night which allowed us to get more possessions. On a given night where we are not shooting the ball particularly well, we need all the possessions we can get.
Dyson Kooima had a nice night for us – He is continuing to gain some confidence in his play and picking spots where he can attack and make a difference for our team.”
Again, Western swept the varsity double-header from MOC-Floyd Valley Tuesday night at Western, with the Wolfpack girls taking the win 42-32, and the Wolfpack boys taking the nightcap 53-49.
