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The first Mississippi Valley Conference win for Liberty High came on Tuesday in memorable fashion.

Liberty High rallied from a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter to earn a 61-59 win over Western Dubuque in an MVC cross-divisional matchup in Epworth.

The Lightning took their only lead of the game with 12 seconds left and held on to improve to 3-1 on the season and 1-1 in MVC play.

Western Dubuque dropped to 1-3 and 0-2 in MVC play with its second straight loss.

Andre Brandon had a game-high 20 points to lead three Liberty High players in double figures.

Ethan O’Donnell added 13 points, Grayson Tyler had 12 and Bowen Gryp added nine.

Liberty High               12  17  10  22 –  61

Western Dubuque      13  18  20   8  –  59

Liberty High (61) – Andre Brandon 20, Ethan O’Donnell 13, Grayson Tyler 12, Bowen Gryp 9, Ben Houselog 5, Sam Funke 2

Western Dubuque (59) – Dylan Johnson 13, Garrett Baumhover 11, Kale Cartee 9, Sam Goodman 8, Grant Kelchen 8, Michael Kraft 6, Payton Quagliano 4

Regina Rolls at Durant

Sophomore Ashton Cook scored a career-high 24 points as Regina rolled to an 83-59 win over Durant on Tuesday in a River Valley Conference South Division contest in Durant.

Cook hit 11-of-12 field goal attempts as Regina shot 69 percent from the floor while improving to 4-1 on the season and 4-1 in RVC play.

Durant dropped to 3-3 on the season and 2-3 in RVC games.

Masen Miller had 21 points, five assists and four steals for Regina and Bryce Barnett added 14 points three rebounds and three assists.

Luke Stein had nine points and five rebounds and Alex Wick had seven points and two assists.

Regina                       24  26  18  15 –  83

Durant                        19  20  13   7  –  59

Regina (83) – Ashton Cook 24, Masen Miller 21, Bryce Barnett 14, Luke Stein 9, Alec Wick 7, Scott Arendt 4, Patrick Clark 2, Casey Daniel 2

West Branch Pulls Away From Wilton

Class 2A eighth-ranked West Branch remained unbeaten on the season with a 68-39 win over Wilton on Tuesday in a River Valley Conference South Division matchup in West Branch.

The Bears broke open a three-point halftime lead by outscoring Wilton 19-6 in the third quarter and improved to 6-0 on the season and 6-0 in RVC play. 

Wilton dropped to 1-5 and 0-5 in RVC contests.

Beau Cornwell led West Branch with 23 points, seven rebounds and four steals while Brady Lukavsky added 15 points.

Zach Thompson had 10 points and five assists and Ted Bridges had five points and 11 rebounds.

West Branch  12  14  19  23  –  68

Wilton             13  10   6   10  –  39

West Branch (68) – Beau Cornwell 23, Brady Lukavsky 15, Zach Thompson 10, Jeff Bowie 6, Ted Bridges 5, Thomas Gould 4, Simon Palmer 3, Brett Schiele 2