Tuesday’s Daily Dive: Central DeWitt, Wilkins, Dike-New Hartford

<p style="text-align: left;">Tuesday was a really solid day for basketball in Iowa and we look back at three headlines from the night. Central DeWitt dispatched Solon, [player_tooltip player_id="64760" first="Maggie" last="Wilkins"] scores 38 in a triple OT win, and Dike-New Hartford takes out Denver. All that and more below for Tuesday’s daily dive.</p> <hr /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Central DeWitt flies by Solon</strong></span> This one was all Solon early as they charged out to a 9-0 lead but Central DeWitt quickly got back into the game and took over. Recent Illinois State commit [player_tooltip player_id="128997" first="Taylor" last="Veach"] had 27 points in a game that she dominated whenever she got the ball. She was getting to the rim well all night long and was scoring the ball at will on the inside. Fellow junior [player_tooltip player_id="128999" first="Allie" last="Meadows"] scored 13 points and did an excellent job of managing the game from the point guard spot. Meadows had just one turnover on the evening. The defense for Central DeWitt was the story as they only allowed six points in the second quarter. Even though the Central DeWitt defense was stout, Solon freshman Callie Levin still had 18 points as she continues her solid debut season. This was a good measuring stick for both teams and both impressed in their own ways. Central DeWitt looked like a team that can push for a spot at the Well and Solon looks like a team that can do damage even though they are likely a year away from contending. <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Mag</strong><strong>gie Wilkins scores 38 points as Knoxville beats Van Meter in 3 OT’s</strong></span> In one of the best performances of the year so far, Wartburg commit [player_tooltip player_id="64760" first="Maggie" last="Wilkins"] scored 38 points against Van Meter in a three overtime game. She shot the ball 25 times and 13 of her 38 points came at the line where she went 13-of-18 in the game. Wilkins is going to be a player who is going to be very important for the success of Knoxville this year. If she can continue to score 25 or 30 points a game then Knoxville will be in a position to win a lot of games. <strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">New look Dike-New Hartford takes down Denver</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Denver is among one of the teams that are expected to compete for a state title this year and a game against Dike-New Hartford who lost their best three players a year ago should have been an easy game to win. Dike-New Hartford took it to Denver though as they won 56-31. Denver did themselves no favors by having 20 turnovers and Dike-New Hartford seemed to capitalize on them. This was a statement game for Dike-New Hartford. [player_tooltip player_id="129057" first="Reese" last="Johnson"] had 14 points for Denver. No stats were posted for Dike-New Hartford.</span>