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Benton Independence

Bobcats

Mustangs

The Independence (IA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Benton (Van Horne, IA) by a score of 57-40.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Benton	-	-	-	-	40
Independence	-	-	-	-	57

Final score provided by S. ScoreFinder.

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Iowa High School Basketball - Independence bests Benton

January 10, 2025: Independence, IA 50644

The Independence Mustangs (Independence, IA) basketball toppled the visiting Benton Bobcats (Van Horne, IA), 57-40 in Friday's league bout.

The Mustangs now possess a 7-5 record. They play next when they travel to West Delaware for a non-league bout on Tuesday, January 14. Independence will play a Hawks team coming off a 46-40 non-league loss to Clear Creek-Amana (Tiffin, IA). The Hawks record now stands at 7-4.

With the loss, Benton falls to 2-8 on the campaign. The Bobcats host South Tama County (Tama, IA) to play the Trojans in a WAMAC - West bout on Tuesday, January 14. The Trojans go into the bout with a record of 2-9. South Tama County lost 88-32 in their recent non-league bout against Solon (Solon, IA)

Benton @ Independence Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 10, 2025 @ 6p

Independence High School

The Independence (IA) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Benton (Van Horne, IA) by a score of 57-40.

Rankings & Records

Benton (24-25)

IA	Class
150	35

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
10-15	5-7	5-8	4-6	1-1	.400	.417	954	1,204

Independence (24-25)

IA	Class
148	29

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
7-14	3-7	4-7	3-7	.333	.300	927	1,158

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Benton	-	-	-	-	38.2
Independence	-	-	-	-	44.1

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Benton	6-11		Independence	3-13

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/6/24	Benton	West Delaware	(L) 50-21	1/14/25	Independence	West Delaware	(L) 63-43
				1/30/25	West Delaware	Independence
				2/8/25	West Delaware	Independence	(L) 67-38
12/10/24	Mt. Vernon	Benton	(L) 62-27	1/17/25	Independence	Mt. Vernon	(L) 65-42
2/22/25	Mt. Vernon	Benton	(L) 68-22	2/3/25	Mt. Vernon	Independence	(L) 73-26
12/13/24	Benton	Solon	(L) 61-24	1/21/25	Solon	Independence	(L) 76-34
				2/7/25	Independence	Solon	(L) 64-37
12/17/24	Benton	Vinton-Shellsburg	(W) 38-36	12/10/24	Independence	Vinton-Shellsburg	(L) 53-48
1/24/25	Vinton-Shellsburg	Benton	(W) 54-33	1/6/25	Vinton-Shellsburg	Independence	(W) 61-29
12/20/24	Grinnell	Benton	(L) 66-42	1/7/25	Independence	Grinnell	(W) 46-39
1/28/25	Benton	Grinnell	(W) 56-47
1/7/25	Marion	Benton	(L) 52-22	12/20/24	Marion	Independence	(L) 52-48
				1/28/25	Independence	Marion	(L) 73-48
1/14/25	South Tama County	Benton	(W) 39-24	12/6/24	South Tama County	Independence	(W) 43-31
1/30/25	Benton	South Tama County	(W) 59-24
1/31/25	Benton	South Tama County	(W) 59-24
1/17/25	Benton	Clear Creek-Amana	(L) 50-28	12/13/24	Clear Creek-Amana	Independence	(L) 65-23
2/4/25	Clear Creek-Amana	Benton	(L) 60-40
1/21/25	Williamsburg	Benton	(L) 54-35	2/11/25	Independence	Williamsburg	(L) 52-40
2/7/25	Benton	Williamsburg	(L) 64-45
2/11/25	Center Point-Urbana	Benton	(L) 57-26	11/26/24	Independence	Center Point-Urbana	(L) 71-32
				12/17/24	Independence	Center Point-Urbana
				1/24/25	Center Point-Urbana	Independence	(L) 70-33

Record Breakdown

Benton (24-25)		Independence (24-25)
10-15	Overall	7-14
5-7	League	3-7
5-7	Non-League	4-7
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
6-11	Common Opponent	3-13
5-8	Home	4-7
4-6	Away	3-7
1-1	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-0
10-15	In-State	7-14
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0