Kee boys basketball team adds three more games to its undefeated start to the season, including pair of UIC games and overtime thriller over Alburnett at UIU


A Strong baseline move ... Kee boys basketball junior Karsen Strong drives hard to the basket along the baseline in the Hawks’ 55-33 home win over Postville Tuesday, December 12. Strong scored 12 points, grabbed nine rebounds, dished out three assists and swiped two steals in the Kee win. Photo by Danielle Potter. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Kee boys basketball team continued to roll its way through its early-season schedule, competing in its busiest week of the season and adding three more game to its undefeated start to this 2023-2024 campaign of now eight consecutive victories. Those three additional triumphs all came at increasingly more difficult degrees of difficulty, beginning with a 55-33 home win over Postville Tuesday, December 12 and wrapping up with back-to-back victories away from home, 65-49 at South Winneshiek Friday, December 15 and 58-55 in overtime over Alburnett at the UIU Shootout hosted by Upper Iowa University in Fayette Saturday afternoon, December 16.

The Hawks were next scheduled to wrap up the pre-holiday portion of their schedule, traveling to West Central Tuesday, December 19 before hosting New Hampton Thursday, December 21. The Hawks will then return to the court after the new year with a Tuesday, January 2 game at Waukon followed by a home match-up with Turkey Valley Friday, January 5.

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