Future College Teammates Become Career Scoring Leaders On Same Night

Two early assemblage teammates became nan profession scoring leaders astatine their respective Iowa precocious schools connected Tuesday night.

Izzy Eisbach collapsed nan Nodaway Valley High School scoring people while LJ Maehl did nan aforesaid astatine Fort Dodge Senior High. The 2 are some committed to Northwest Missouri State to proceed playing basketball.

Eisbach scored 43 points successful a 73-71 triumph for Nodaway Valley complete a classed Mount Ayr team. Her full gives her 1,947 points successful 82 profession precocious schoolhouse games, moving her past nan erstwhile people group by Lindsey Davis successful 2024 astatine 1,908 profession points.

Maehl, meanwhile, became conscionable nan 2nd 1,000-point scorer astatine Fort Dodge, eclipsing nan people group by Molly Nelson successful 1998 astatine 1,172. She now has 1,178 points aft going for 25 successful a 56-11 thumping of Des Moines East.

On nan year, Eisbach is 1 of nan apical scorers successful nan authorities of Iowa for girls basketball, averaging almost 34 per night. She has 337 points this play and is averaging 6.5 rebounds, astir six steals and almost 4 assists.

Maehl has 197 points and is averaging complete 16 per crippled pinch 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Northwest Missouri State Roster Features Four Former Iowa Players

Northwest Missouri State competes astatine nan NCAA Division II level and is successful nan Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. Austin Meyer serves arsenic nan caput coach for nan Bearcats, arsenic he was hired successful 2018.

The existent roster for Northwest Missouri State includes 4 erstwhile Iowa precocious schoolhouse hoops players successful Andrea Lopreato from Mount Pleasant, Bailey Birmingham of Norwalk, Kirsten Hauck from Waukee and Sadie Maas of Waukee Northwest.