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******************************THIS GAME HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH AT 7PM*******************************

The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk boys basketball team travels to Wilton for tournament action Thursday. The Hawks enter play with a 12-10 overall record, after a 75-67 win over West Liberty to open districts Monday in Wellman, where Brady Weber and Camron Pickard each put up 16 points. On the year, Mid-Prairie scores 61 points per game and gives up 60, shooting 39% from the floor, 31% from three and 71% at the line with 31 boards, 13 assists, nine steals and 11 turnovers per game. Individual leaders include Pickard at 15 points and two assists per game. Alex Bean posts five boards and two steals per night.

Wilton is 17-4 on the year they were 12-0, undefeated champions of the River Valley South division. They received a first round district bye. On the season, they average 75 points per game and give up 55, shooting 50% from the field, 33% from deep and 63% at the line with 33 rebounds, 20 assists, 12 steals and nine turnovers per game. All-State candidate Caden Kirkman leads the way at 27 points, 11 rebounds and six assists per game. This week, Golden Hawk head coach Daren Lambert talked about the matchup with the Beavers. “Tall task. Caden Kirkman has done a tremendous job this year. Tough matchup with an All-State player. Then they have shooters that spot up around him. We have to go on the road now, they’re shooting in their own gym. Get healthy, rest up, work on the little things and fine tune. The first time we played them, it did not go our way at all. We hung right with them that second time and felt like that’s one we should have had. Now we get a third chance. It’s tough to beat teams three times and we’re excited about the opportunity.”

Wilton swept the regular season series with Mid-Prairie this year including 77-65 and 67-49 wins. Those wins snapped a 13 game Mid-Prairie winning streak over the Beavers. You can hear all of the action live tonight from Wilton High School on AM 1380, FM 102.5 and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Washington HyVee Pregame Show at 6:30p.m. and tip at 7.