The Winfield-Mount Union Wolves remain one of the Southeast Iowa Super Conference’s top basketball programs after winning both games of a doubleheader against conference rival Pekin Friday night. That included the undefeated WMU girls moving to 15-0 with a 65-31 victory. The Wolves raced out to a 21-7 lead after a quarter of play and stretched that advantage to 26 points at halftime. Senior guard Keely Malone led Winfield-Mount Union in scoring with 18 points and also had five rebounds, four assists and three steals. Fellow senior guard Keetyn Townsley added 16 points, as the pair combined to hit six three-pointers for the tenth-ranked team in Class 1A.

The WMU boys found themselves in one of their tightest games of the season Friday night, needing to rally in the fourth quarter to knock off Pekin 58-51. The Wolves trailed 14-8 one quarter in. Despite cutting into the deficit, Winfield-Mount Union still trailed by two at the half and by one at the end of the third period. It would take a high-scoring, 26-point effort in the final eight minutes for WMU to come all the way back. Wolves junior forward Cam Buffington provided another big performance with 20 points and 11 rebounds, but classmate Abram Edwards was just as good with 16 points, 10 boards, five assists and five steals to help his team get to 10-1 in the Super Conference North and 11-2 overall. Both Winfield-Mount Union teams next play in big road games at WACO, as first place in the conference is at stake in both games.