Caporale’s big 4th quarter sends Iroquois past Eisenhower
- Knights’ Kyler Black attempts to score along the baseline. Photo by Mark Evans
- Eisenhower’s Austin Hanson makes a pass in the lane during Tuesday’s District 10 Class 2A semifinal against Iroquois at General McLane High School. Photo by Mark Evans

Knights’ Kyler Black attempts to score along the baseline. Photo by Mark Evans
EDINBORO — The second-seeded Eisenhower Knights saw their five-game winning streak end Tuesday night as they dropped their District 10 Class 2A semifinal game to No. 6 Iroquois 54-41 at General McLane High School.
Both teams came out slowly and matched baskets as the Knights built a 13-11 lead at the end of one quarter. Eisenhower failed to take advantage of the Braves’ aggressive play as they were 1 of 6 from the free-throw line. Inconsistency from the charity stripe would haunt the Knights throughout the game as they were just 6 of 15.
Eisenhower held a 20-19 halftime lead.
Iroqouis began to pull away from the Knights in the third quarter as Eisenhower sent the Braves to the line where they were 6 of 8 to build a 34-31 lead at the end of three quarters.
Iroqouis went on a 5-0 run to start the final quarter and increased its lead to 39-31 before the Knights’ Austin Hanson stole an Iroquois pass and put in an easy layup. The Knights cut the lead to four points before Orlando Brown hit a 3-pointer to increase the Braves’ lead to seven with 3:15 remaining.

Eisenhower’s Austin Hanson makes a pass in the lane during Tuesday’s District 10 Class 2A semifinal against Iroquois at General McLane High School. Photo by Mark Evans
Eisenhower pushed the ball up-court, but missed shots and turnovers led to easy baskets as Iroquois sophomore Roman Caporale scored 9 of his 13 points in the final quarter.
“Iroquois played well,” Eisenhower head coach Ryan Mangini said. “Their length and athleticism really showed tonight. We played hard, but we didn’t do a lot of the little things needed to win against a good team like that. We have to learn from this and get ready for Friday’s game.”
The Knights, who dropped to 19-5 on the season, still have an opportunity to advance into the state round of playoffs when they play No. 1 Mercer (20-4) in the District 10 third-place game. Mercer fell to No. 4 Cambridge Springs on Tuesday night in their semifinal game.
IROQUOIS (54)
Brown 4 2 11, Bennett 2 0 5, Lucas 2 1 5, Caporale 6 1 13, Brink 0 2 2, Burroughs 8 2 18. Totals 22 8 54.
EISENHOWER (41)
Black 4 2 10, Wonderling 0 1 1, Bunk 1 0 2, Seymour 1 0 2, Hanson 7 0 15, Guiher 0 0 0, Lindemuth 5 1 11. Totals 18 4 41.
3-point goals–Brown, Bennett, Hanson.
Iroquois 11 8 15 20 — 54
Eisenhower 13 7 11 10 — 41