Mount Mercy University - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

This Uthoff is a wrestler for Prairie

If your last name is Uthoff, you can either play basketball during the winter or you can wrestle.

Sam Uthoff is a wrestler for Cedar Rapids Prairie. And he's a darn good one.

"The story that my dad always told me is, if you're tall and a Uthoff you go to Jefferson to play basketball," he said Saturday, "and the Uthoffs that go to Prairie are wrestlers.

"It makes the name sound good when they're both pretty good."

Uthoff upheld the family name Saturday by capturing the 126-pound title at the Independence Invitational with three pins and a decision.

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Struss paces Mustangs by Wartburg

WAVERLY - Ben Struss collected a double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds Wednesday night as Mount Mercy defeated Wartburg, 84-76, at Levick Arena in Waverly.

Struss, a Kennedy graduate, shot 6-for-10 from the floor with a pair of 3-pointers and was 8-for-8 at the foul line. Dondre Osborne collected 13 points and seven assists for the Mustangs (8-3).

Nick Webber and Clay Cook scored 16 points apiece for Wartburg (5-2).

Mount Mercy held a slim 40-39 lead at halftime, but the Mustangs took command with a 17-4 run in the first five minutes of the second half for a 57-43 advantage. Wartburg never got closer than seven points again.

MOUNT MERCY (84): Houston 3 1-3 7, Osborne 2 8-11 13, Matos 2 3-3 7, Misener 3 0-0 7, Struss 6 8-8 22, Boonstoppel 3 0-0 9, Moore 1 1-2 4, Murdock 1 2-2 5, Price-Majors 0 0-0 0, Lamaak 3 2-4 8, Clark 0 0-0 0, Gogg 1 0-0 2. Totals 25 25-33 84.

WARTBURG (76): Boyd 1 0-0 3, Webber 6 0-0 16, Cannon 0 0-0 0, Van Groningen 5 4-4 14, Cook 6 4-11 16, Green 0 0-1 0, Kalen 1 0-0 2, Woeste 6 1-1 15, Ellis 1 1-2 3, Putchio 2 0-0 4, Nutting 1 1-2 3. Totals 29 11-21 76.

Halftime - Mount Mercy 40, Wartburg 39. 3-point goals - Mount Mercy 9 (Boonstoppel 3, Struss 2, Osborne 1, Misener 1, Moore 1, Murdock 1), Wartburg 7 (Webber 4, Woeste 2, Boyd 1).

Kohawks pelt Mustangs with 3-pointers

You have to compliment the women from Cedar Rapids and Iowa City who play college basketball at Coe.

They sure can shoot the ball.

The Kohawks set a school record with 15 3-pointers Wednesday night and belted Mount Mercy, 78-58, with an outstanding shooting performance at the Hennessey Recreation Center.

The Kohawks went 15-of-28 from three-point range, snapping the old school record of 13 triples in one game.

Mickey Hansche (Iowa City High) led the way with five 3-pointers. Courteney McCrary (Prairie) was 4-for-4, Jordan Holmes (Kennedy) went 3-for-4, Aleena Hobbs (Washiington) was 2-for-3 and Maddie Koolbeck (Jefferson) hit another.

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Cardinal Stritch trips up Mustangs

MILWAUKEE - Michelle Piepenburg scored 17 points and hauled down 16 rebounds at Cardinal Stritch held off Mount Mercy, 69-60, in women's basketball action Sunday.

The visiting Mustangs (5-4) were led by Christa Oldham, who finished with 19 points, including 13-of-13 from the foul line. Abby Herb added 14 points and 14 rebounds. Callan Timms finished with 10 points.

Nateah Beimborn added 15 points and Janessa Baker had 12 for the Wolves (7-2).

MOUNT MERCY (60): Oldham 3 13-13 19, Herb 6 2-2 14, Timms 4 1-3 9, Zeitler 3 1-2 9, Last 1 0-0 2, Herdliska 1 2-2 5, Thompson 0 0-1 0, Weiland 0 0-0 0, Dolan 0 0-0 0, Jantti 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 19-23 60.

CARDINAL STRITCH (67): Piepenburg 5 6-9 17, Huibregtse 4 1-2 9, Rudkin 1 1-2 3, Gilbreath 1 0-0 2, Passini 0 0-0 0, Beimborn 4 4-4 15, Baker 4 1-2 12, Ream 3 0-0 8, Shernell 0 2-2 2, Jorgenson 0 1-2 1. Totals: 22-16-23 67.

Halftime: Cardinal Stritch 32, Mount Mercy 28. 3-point goals: Mount Mercy 5 (Zeitler 2, Timms, Last, Herdliska). Cardinal Stritch 9 (Beimborn 3, Baker 3, Ream 2, Piepenburg. Total fouls: Mount Mercy 20, Cardinal Stritch 20. Fouled out: none. Technical fouls: none.