Comets roll over Riverhawks 66-53 for fourth-straight win

By John Burbridge

sports@charlescitypress.com

MASON CITY — The final 2 points of Keenan Wiley’s game-high 25 points that put a punctuation mark on the Charles City Comets’ 66-53 non-conference boys basketball road win over Mason City on a frigid Monday night even brought the Riverhawks’ student section to its feet.

The section even brought a poster-size mug of Wiley, a former Mason City student, to wave for such a celebration — it was an open-court slam-dunk.

Actually, Wiley could have scored more if it were not for a series of missed layups getting spit out of cylinder after drawing too much iron.

The Comets led for the entire game and often by double-digits. When Riverhawk sophomore Marcele Whitner completed a 3-point play midway through the third period, it pulled Mason City within a possession (42-40).

But even though Charles City did have a cold night shooting at point-blank range as Wiley wasn’t the only Comet having trouble getting his shots to fall down low, its aggressiveness plagued the Riverhawks with foul trouble.

Kayden Kasemeier scored 13 points and Jack Hanson added 10 for the Comets (4-5), who have now won four straight after starting the season at 0-5.

Whitner had 18 points for the Riverhawks (1-10).

Charles City will be back in action on Thursday when it hosts West Hancock in a varsity basketball doubleheader.

Boys Varsity Basketball

CHARLES CITY 66,

MICHIGAN CITY 53

Scoring By Quarters

CHARLES CITY 19 10 18 19 — 66

MICHIGAN CITY 11 11 16 15 — 53

Individual Scoring

CHARLES CITY — Jack Hanson 10, Kaden Buseman 5, Keenan Wiley 25, Kayden Kasemeier 13, Jordin Ritter 2, Jeb Wandro 3, Henry Ruzicka 6.

MASON CITY — Marcele Whitner 18, Logan Eide 3, Drayden Witt 9, DeAndre Judon 4, Brayden Miller 3, Ayden Mosley 9, Gabe Ries 2, Ty Sanchez-Evans 5.

RECORDS — Charles City 4-5, Mason City 1-10.