Kee girls basketball team wins two of three games played against larger schools to start the new year, defeats New Hampton and Waukon but falls at 4A Decorah
Taking it to the hoop ... Kee girls basketball junior Rylee Mudderman guides a shot toward the basket in the Hawks’ 50-46 home win over Waukon in Upper Iowa Conference play Friday, January 9. Mudderman scored 12 points in the victory, in addition to grabbing four rebounds, swiping a team-high three steals and sharing assist honors with two teammates with two helps each. Photo by Danielle Potter. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photos link on this webpage.
Mudderman’s 44 points at New Hampton is new single-game school record, tops sister’s previous mark
The Kee girls basketball team opened the new year taking on a trio of former Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) teams, recording wins over two of those three larger school squads and having some program history rewritten along the way. That stretch began with a 54-34 loss at Class 4A Decorah Friday, January 2 before the Hawks recorded back-to-back victories over former NEIC teams that are now members of the Upper Iowa Conference, including a 68-46 triumph at New Hampton Tuesday, January 6, and a 50-46 victory at home over Waukon Friday, January 9.
That win over New Hampton also included that bit of rewritten program history, as Kee junior Rylee Mudderman poured in a new school record 44 points in that contest. That point total eclipsed the previous mark of 43 points that was recorded five seasons ago by Mudderman’s older sister, 2021 Kee graduate Reagan Mudderman, who happened to score her school record total in that very same gym in New Hampton.
The Lady Hawks were next scheduled to play at South Winneshiek Tuesday, January 13 before hosting MFL/MarMac this Friday, January 16. They will then play back-to-back nights to start next week, at East Buchanan Monday, January 19 and at home against West Central Tuesday, January 20, before playing at Class 1A ninth-rated Turkey Valley Friday, January 23 for a chance to avenge a 43-39 home loss to the Lady Trojans from back in early December.
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