The Winfield-Mount Union Wolves won both of their basketball battles Friday at Wapello. The WMU girls turned a tie game into a one-point halftime lead, but an 18-8 run to start the third quarter is where they seized control on their way to a 53-36 victory.

Junior Madisen Kellogg led Winfield-Mount Union by scoring a game-high 19 points and coming up with six rebounds, three assists, two steals and a blocked shot. Senior Josie Nelson added eight points, seven rebounds and seven assists as the Wolves improve to 3-12 in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference North and 4-15 overall.

A 17-9 run going into halftime put the WMU boys up 26-15 against Wapello, and a 21-8 run to open the second half put the game away in a 65-34 win. Senior Jake Edwards came just shy of a triple-double to lead Winfield-Mount Union with 18 points, eight assists and nine steals.

Junior Max Edwards had 12 points and five assists for the Wolves, while sophomore Cody Milks came up with 11 points and three steals off the bench. Senior Cooper Buffington added 10 points and nine rebounds to help WMU raise its record to 11-7, including an 11-3 mark in conference play.

The Highland Huskies also picked up a victory Friday at Pekin in girls’ basketball. Highland built on their one-point halftime lead with a 17-8 run to go in front 46-36 in the second half, and they would hold on from there to win 60-49.

Freshman Kamryn Fink made 12 out of 12 free-throw attempts on her way to another double-double of 22 points, 16 rebounds, five assists and two blocked shots to pace the Huskies.

Junior Emersyn Schultz hit three three-pointers and had 20 points for Highland, while sophomore Katelyn Thomann added 12 points, eight boards, four assists and seven steals to help the Huskies move to 10-5 in the Super Conference North and 14-6 in total.

The Highland boys would not have the same luck, falling behind to Pekin 22-6 after a quarter of play and ultimately losing 65-18. The Huskies drop to 1-16 with the defeat, including a 1-13 league record.

While both Highland teams play Louisa-Muscatine later tonight, both Winfield-Mount Union squads head to WACO this evening for a doubleheader you can catch with the KCII Area Game of the Week, starting with pregame coverage at 5:30 p.m. streaming on KCIIradio.com.