East
Greene came from behind the in the fourth quarter to beat Ankeny Christian Academy
56-49 in a district semifinal game tonight at Rippey. The win puts the Hawks in the
district championship game in Boone on Thursday night against Guthrie Center.
Ankeny Christian came out strong and took a 15-7 first quarter lead. Both teams played evenly in the second quarter with the Eagles holding to a 26-18 advantage at the half.
ACA was still in control in the second half, staking out a 36-29 lead at the end of three quarters of play. The Hawks mounted a rally and cut the lead to 36-34. EG then hit two back-to-back three-pointers to take its first lead of the game, 40-36. The Hawks maintained the intensity and were up 43-40 with 3:32 left in the game.
The Hawks kept their poise against the ACA full-court press and hit some key free throws down the stretch to get the win. EG outscored ACA 27-10 in the final quarter.
Wyatt Beaman had 20 points to led the Hawks and Reed Ostrander had 18. Damon Stubbs lead ACA with 18.
EG takes a 12-10 record into the district championship game. This was the third game this season between EG and ACA with the teams splitting the first two. The Eagles end the season with a 16-7 record.
Guthrie Center (14-9) advanced to the final with a 54-48 win over Coon Rapids-Bayard, which ends its season at 11-12.
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