Here are 5 things we learned from Week 10 of the Iowa high school girls basketball season

There’s about one week left in the regular season for Iowa high school girls basketball, and the state tournament is just weeks away.

The last 10 weeks have taught us a lot about the best players and teams in Iowa. Like how Ankeny Centennial is much more than just Mya Crawford and Jaeden Pratt, or how Kobi Lietz can come up big with the game on the line.

Here is what we learned from Week 10 of Iowa high school girls basketball games.

Stats and records are based on what was input to GoBound as of 7 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3.

1. Ankeny Centennial’s depth extends far beyond Mya Crawford and Jaeden Pratt

The Jaguars’ juniors sit atop the stat sheet for a reason: Crawford and Pratt are typically the leading scorers in any Centennial game. But two players don’t make a basketball team, and that showed on Friday in the win over Ankeny.

Finley Blackmore scored just six points, but she went 2-of-2 from beyond the arc. Kylin Smith came in off the bench and led the team with eight rebounds. And Ava Martin tallied five rebounds, three assists and a steal.

2. Dallas Center-Grimes moves the ball as well as any team in Iowa

The Mustangs sit at the top of the Little Hawkeye conference with a 15-3 overall record and a 9-0 record in league play. Based on how DCG played Tuesday against Norwalk, it makes sense why few opponents have bested the Mustangs. Sure, Kayla Reis scores at a high clip. Yes, Vanessa Bickford does a bit of everything at a high rate.

But it was Dallas Center-Grimes' ability to move the ball around and stretch the court that made the difference against Norwalk. Several of the Mustangs’ scores came after they made Norwalk’s defenders move around, leaving at least one DCG shooter open.

3. Is there a way to slow down Norwalk’s Bailey Birmingham?

In Norwalk’s loss to Dallas Center-Grimes, the Warriors only managed 40 total points. But Birmingham scored 30.

She made two 3-pointers, was a perfect 10-of-10 from the charity stripe and grabbed five rebounds to go along with one steal. Birmingham is a bit of a cheat code for Norwalk, and when the rest of the Warriors find a way to get going, they are a tough team to beat.

4. Kobi Lietz comes up clutch in Solon’s win over Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon is the top team in the WaMaC-East standings, with a 17-2 overall record and an 11-0 record in conference play heading into Friday. Solon is in the No. 2 spot, at 15-3 overall and 10-3 in the conference. Earlier in the season, Mount Vernon beat Solon, 44-37. But on Friday, Lietz was the hero for the Spartans, scoring a 3-pointer at the buzzer to push Solon over Mount Vernon, 55-54.

5. Pleasant Valley showed some serious sportsmanship this week

Davenport North junior and Iowa women’s basketball commit Journey Houston left the Wildcats game against Muscatine on Jan. 26 with an injury. And while they may be opponents on the court, it looks like Pleasant Valley sent its support – by way of cookies, a balloon and a card – to one of the top girls basketball players in the state.

Alyssa Hertel is the college sports recruiting reporter for the Des Moines Register. Contact Alyssa at ahertel@dmreg.com or on Twitter @AlyssaHertel.

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