Kee girls basketball team’s sweep includes 50-34 home win over Starmont, 49-28 triumph at MFL/MarMac in battle of UIC unbeatens


Junior jump shot ... Kee girls basketball junior Meredith Gruber puts up a shot attempt in the Hawks’ 50-34 home win over Starmont Tuesday, January 9. Gruber scored four points in the Kee victory. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Kee girls basketball team added two more wins this past week to its current streak of nine in a row, the second of those wins perching the Lady Hawks all alone at the top of the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) standings in search of their first UIC title in program history. Kee started off this past week with a 50-34 home victory over Starmont Tuesday, January 9 before squaring off against the only other team still undefeated in Upper Iowa Conference play at MFL/MarMac Friday, January 12 and using a strong second half effort to win that battle of the UIC unbeatens, 49-28, to lay sole claim to the top rung of the Upper Iowa Conference girls basketball ladder at this point in the season.

The Hawks’ continued string of victories improves their season record to 12-1 overall and includes a still undefeated mark of 8-0 in Upper Iowa Conference play. Kee was next scheduled to play back-to-back nights to start this week, playing at Spring Grove, MN Monday, January 15 before hosting both North Fayette Valley and Central Elkader Tuesday, January 16 and Friday, January 19, respectively. The Lady Hawks will remain at home for four additional consecutive games, hosting Seneca, WI Tuesday, January 23 and Oelwein Thursday, January 25 and then back-to-back nights, Monday, January 29 against Riverdale, WI and Tuesday, January 30 against West Central.

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