Boys’ basketball

Friday Dec. 6, at Keota

Belle Plaine 11-13-20-12 (56)
Keota 22-17-9 -18 (66)

Luke DeMeulenaere, junior, led Belle Plaine with 24 points. Sophomore Ben DeMeulenaere added 10. Ben DeMeulenaere also had 7 rebounds. Lance Van Nevel had 4 assists. Luke DeMeulenaere added 3 steals. With one block each were Trevin Straight, senior, and Ben DeMeulenaere. The team was 21 of 46 from the field, 2 of 11 for three-pointers and 12 of 20 from the line. Belle Plaine had 24 rebounds. Keota was 22 of 58 for field goals, 4 of 26 for three-pointers and 18 of 28 for free throws. The team had 36 rebounds.

Friday, Dec. 6, at Van Horne

West Delaware 13-9-9-8 (39)
Benton 15-11-9-14 (49)

Grant Embretson scored 16 for Benton. Adding 11 each were Clay Krousie and Turner Schroeder. Embretson also had 9 rebounds. Drew Lange had 5 assists. Krousie had 6 steals. Embretson blocked 2 shots. The team was 17 of 41 for field goals, 3 of 12 for three-pointers, and 12 of 18 for free throws. The team had 28 rebounds. West Delaware was 15 of 47 or field goals, 8 of 23 for three-pointers and 1 of 3 for free throws. They had 31 rebounds.

Saturday, Dec. 7, at Grinnell

Benton 6-17-11-14 (48)
Grinnell 17-6-11-15 (49)

Drew Lange led Benton with 13 points. Schroeder had 10. Krousie had 5 rebounds. Brady Sadler had 4 steals and 3 assists. Embretson had one block. The team was 19 of 46 for field goals, 3 of 14 for three-pointers, 7 of 15 at the line, and had 24 rebounds.

Girls’ basketball

Friday, Dec. 6, at Manchester

Benton 13-8-13-16 (50)
West Delaware 11-7-8-8 (34)

Jenna Twedt led with 19 points. Mallory Thys added 10. Lauren Woeste had 6 rebounds. Twedt had three assists. Woeste had 3 steals and 2 blocks. The team was 19 of 47 for field goals, 5 of 17 for three-pointers, 7 of 13 for free throws and had 25 rebounds.

Friday, Dec. 6, at Keota

Belle Plaine 12-4-4-13 (33)
Keota 3-1-6-8 (18)

No game statistics available.