WATERLOO — Carderrius Smith drained two free throws with seven seconds left to ice Waterloo West's 72-68 win over Prairie Friday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game.

Smith led the Wahawks (7-4, 4-3) with 23 points.

Thomas Eilers scored 21 points to lead Prairie (4-8, 3-5). Jace Hanna added 19 and Tyler Mougin had 10.

West led 33-27 at halftime, but Prairie cut the margin to 45-43 by the end of the third quarter.

Prairie knocked down 12 3-point goals. Eilers had five.

PRAIRIE (68): Ty Mougin 4-9 0-1 10, DeMetrius Harper 2-5 1-2 5, Jace Hanna 5-16 6-8 19, Tyler Butz 1-3 0-0 2, Thomas Eilers 6-12 4-4 21, Dylan Kuchemann 0-2 0-1 0, Bryce Meeker 0-1 1-2 1, Jomaryon Simpson 3-6 0-2 7, Andrew Bechtel 0-0 0-0 0, Michael Mims 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 22-56 12-20 68.

WATERLOO WEST (72): Carderrius Smith 9-11 4-4 23, Malik Green 3-10 3-4 11, TJ Morgan 3-4 3-4 10, Alex Landers 3-9 3-6 10, Jacob Meyer 2-2 2-4 6, Lincoln Conrey 0-0 0-0 0, Queshawn Roby 0-5 4-4 4, Lance Dunn 2-3 0-2 4, Xavier Hightower 1-1 0-0 2, Tylar Beenken 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 24-47 19-28 72.

Halftime - West 33, Prairie 27. 3-point goals - Prairie 12 (Mougin 2, Hanna 3, Eilers 5, Simpson 1, Mims 1), West 5 (Smith 1, Green 2, Morgan 1, Landers 1). Total fouls - Prairie 22, West 14. Fouled out - none.