CEDAR FALLS - Cedar Rapids Kennedy put on a furious rally at Cedar Falls Friday night before losing, 74-65, in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls basketball game.

The 10th-ranked Cougars (1-1) chopped a 15-point deficit to just two points in the fourth quarter at 60-58 on a 3-pointer by Courtney Strait with 2:42 remaining, but the rally ended there.

Cedar Falls (3-2) made 9 of 10 free throws in the final minutes to regain control.

Strait made four 3-pointers and led Kennedy with 20 points. Kaylese Johnson and Mariah Simmons scored 12 points apiece.

Allie Wirth led Cedar Falls with 25 points. Krystal Graves added 16.

KENNEDY (65): Madison Meier 2 0-0 5, Courtney Strait 5 6-8 20, Kaylese Johnson 4 3-5 12, Paige Hendrickson 1 3-4 5, Stephanie Botkin 2 2-2 6, Mariah Simmons 4 2-2 12, Jordan Holmes 0 3-4 3, Taylor Wagner 0 0-1 0, Sarah Zinser 1 0-0 2, Capria Davis 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 19-26 65.

CEDAR FALLS (74): Allie Wirth 7 8-9 25, Imonee Qualls 3 3-5 9, Emily Neff 3 3-4 11, Krystal Graves 5 5-8 16, Kaz Brown 5 1-3 11, Kaitlyn Hennings 1 0-0 2, Mackenzie DeMuth 0 0-0 0, Brooke Craig 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 20-29 74.

Halftime - Cedar Falls 35, Kennedy 31. 3-point goals - Kennedy 6 (Strait 4, Johnson 1, Simmons 1), Cedar Falls 5 (Wirth 3, Neff 2). Fouled out - Qualls.