PLEASANT HILL - Michael Mims scored 12 points for Prairie but a slow start by the Hawks resulted in a 62-51 loss to Southeast Polk in a nonconference boys basketball game Saturday night.

Demetrius Harper, Jace Hanna and Thomas Eilers added nine points apiece for Prairie (4-9).

Southeast Polk built a 28-14 halftime lead. Prairie puled within 40-34 by the end of the third quarter.

Tucker Kamman scored a game-high 17 points for Southeast Polk. Nick Arnold added 11 points and six rebounds.

PRAIRIE (51): Mims 4 3-6 12, Mougin 1 2-2 4, Kuchermann 1 2-3 5, Harper 2 5-8 9, Hanna 1 7-9 9, Meeker 0 0-0 0, Bechtel 0 0-0 0, Lorenz 0 0-2 0, Eilers 3 0-0 9, Simpson 1 0-0 3, Koch 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 19-30 51.

SOUTHEAST POLK (62): Kamman 5 5-8 17, Hassman 1 3-4 5, Williams 1 0-0 2, Jeffries 2 4-6 9, Pavon 1 3-4 5, Gardner 2 3-4 7, Arnold 3 2-2 11, Curtis 1 0-0 3, Gulick 0 3-4 3. Totals 16 23-32 62.

Halftime - SE Polk 28, Prairie 14. 3-point goals - Prairie 6 (Eilers 3, Simpson, Kuchermann, Mims), SE Polk 7 (Arnold 3, Kamman 2, Curtis Jeffries). Fouled out - Gardner, Mims, Simpson.