Wildcats fall in final RPAC games

The Wallace boys’ basketball team’s run in the RPAC tournament ended last week with losses to Hitchcock County and Maywood/Hayes Center.
Hitchcock County
The Wildcats faced Hitchcock County Jan. 25 in Wauneta.
Wallace trailed 9-15 at the end of the first quarter. Kyler Flaming started the Wildcats off on the scoreboard and Camden McConnell followed up with a three pointer. Baskets by Alec Messersmith and Kolton Hager rounded out first quarter scoring.
Wallace cut into the Falcons’ lead in the second quarter, behind four points each from Hager, Flaming and Trey Robertson.
Coming out of the locker room trailing 23-26, Wallace crept closer on the scoreboard with its best offense quarter of the game.
Hager scored baskets around a Messersmith bucket early in the second half. After a three pointer by Messersmith, Wallace got a two by Robertson followed by free throws from Flaming and McConnell. McConnell added a two point field goal before Hager rattled in a three pointer. Their efforts pulled the Wildcats to within one point, 42-43, with the game’s final eight minutes ahead of them.
Despite two 3 by Messersmith and another from Robertson, Hitchcock County pulled away in the fourth quarter.
Hager scored eight of his team-high 21 points as time ran down in the game. The Falcons made four free throws down the stretch to leave Wallace on the short end of the 59-67 score.
Messersmith also finished the game in double figures with 13 points.
Hager rounded out a double-double with 10 rebounds.
Wallace boys 59
Hitchcock County 67
    2 PT.    3 PT.    FT/
    FG    FG    FTA    F    TP
Matt Lungrin    0    0    0-2    0    0
Camden McConnell    2    1    2-2    5    9
Kolton Hager    8    1    2-2    3    21
Alec Messersmith    2    3    0-0    1    13
Carson Glunz    0    0    0-0    1    0
Trey Robertson    3    1    0-0    3    9
Kyler Flaming    3    0    1-2    1    7
TOTALS    18    6    5-8    14    59
HC TOTALS    16    9    8-17    9    67
Points by quarters:
Wallace    9    14    19    17—59
Hitchcock County    15    11    17    24—67
Maywood/Hayes Center
Wallace played its final game of the tournament against MHC in Maxwell.
The Wildcats got off to another slow start offensively with only baskets by Hager, Messersmith and Robertson to show in the first quarter.
Trailing 7-11, Wallace stuck with the Wolves in the second quarter. Hager hit two field goals and made 3-4 free throws to go with baskets by Robertson and Flaming.
Behind eight points by McConnell, Wallace pulled to within three points, 34-37, by the end of the third quarter.
Once more, Wallace couldn’t make up the difference in the fourth quarter. Hager scored four of his 16 points and Messersmith added a basket to round out the 40-50 loss.
Wallace boys 40
Maywood/Hayes Center 50
    2 PT.    3 PT.    FT/
    FG    FG    FTA    F    TP
Matt Lungrin    0    0    0-0    2    0
Camden McConnell    2    1    1-2    3    8
Kolten Hager    5    1    3-4    3    16
Alec Messersmith    2    1    0-0    1    7
Trey Robertson    3    0    1-2    2    7
Kyler Flaming    1    0    0-0    3    2
TOTALS    13    3    5-8    14    40
MHC TOTALS    14    5    7-12    12    50
Points by quarters:
Wallace    7    12    15    6—40
MHC    11    14    12    13—50
Up next
Wallace put its 9-7 record on the line Tuesday when it hosted Brady (7-10).
Thursday evening the Wildcats will travel to Maxwell (5-13).
Wallace will also have a home game Tuesday, Feb. 8 against another RPAC foe, Southwest (5-12), before finishing off the regular season with a rematch at Hitchcock County and at Creek Valley (1-15).
The Creek Valley game will not count towards Wallace’s final point totals.
Subdistricts will be played Feb. 21, 22 and 24. Districts may be played Feb. 26, 28 or March 1.
Class D2 Boy’s Point Standings—1. Medicine Valley (13-2), 45.9333; 2. Falls City Sacred Heart (13-5), 45.6667; 3. St. Mary’s (14-2), 45.3125; 4. Potter-Dix (13-2), 45.0000; 5. Wynot (15-1), 44.8750; 6. Hyannis (15-2), 44.7059; 7. Osceola (14-3), 44.7059; 8. Parkview Christian (11-5), 44.3750; 9. Humphrey St. Francis (12-6), 44.2222; 10. Mullen (13-6), 44.1579; 16. Paxton (9-7), 42.5625; 20. Wallace (9-7), 41.8750; 26. Brady (7-10), 40.0588. Subdistrict D2-9 in bold.