Kee boys basketball team’s single win in four games comes in final seconds at home over Central Elkader, Hawks just miss another in OT at New Hampton

The busiest week of the season for the Kee boys basketball team saw the Hawks play four games in a span of six days, with just one of them ending up in the win column - in thrilling fashion, with one of the three Kee losses from the week just missing out on the win column in overtime. The Hawks opened the week with that overtime loss, 62-58, at New Hampton Monday, January 9 in a game rescheduled from December 22 before falling at Class 2A top-10 rated MFL/MarMac, 69-50, Tuesday, January 10. The lone Kee win of the week came in the final seconds of a Friday, January 13 home game with Central Elkader, 36-35, before the Hawks faced their second Northeast Iowa Conference team of the week, falling to Crestwood, 62-50, in a game played in the Winter Classic at Upper Iowa University in Fayette Saturday, January 14.

The Hawks were next scheduled to play at North Fayette Valley Tuesday, January 17 before hosting Clayton Ridge Friday, January 20. They will then play at South Winneshiek Tuesday, January 24 before hosting Postville Friday, January 27.

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