It’s an all-KCII area battle Tuesday night at Hillcrest Union in Kalona when the Hillcrest Academy Ravens host the Winfield-Mt. Union Wolves for a boys basketball contest. The Ravens enter the night with an overall record of 11-6, they are 9-5 and in third place in the Superconference North Division. They knocked off Highland a week ago 60-25 behind 21 points from Eli Ours as 10 total Ravens scored in the game. For the season, Hillcrest is led by Ours at 17 points, four assists and three steals per game. John Hughes pulls down a team best five boards per night.
Winfield-Mt. Union is 8-8 overall and 6-6 in conference play, fourth in the North. They were 45-39 winners at Louisa-Muscatine a week ago with Cam Buffington scoring 21 points and Abram Edwards posting a 10 point 13 rebound double double. On the season the Wolves are led by Buffington at 18 points, nine rebounds and three assists per night. Edwards also averages 13 points, nine boards and three assists per game. These two teams met in Winfield January 8th with the Ravens taking a tight 38-36 win. You can hear all of the action live tonight between the Ravens and Wolves on AM 1380, FM 102.5 and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Washington HyVee pregame show at 5:30 and tip at 6p.m.