The Lisbon boys’ basketball team wrapped up the regular season with a 53-47 win over Prince of Peace on Tuesday, Feb. 11, in Clinton.

The game was a battle until the Lions pulled away late in the third quarter. Lisbon led 39-31 going into the fourth quarter and the Irish never made a big run.

“It was back and forth most of the game,” Lisbon Coach Levi Montague said. “We kept sending multiple guys at Powell, but he still scored 28.”

Hakeal Powell was a volume shooter, sinking 10 of 28 from the field, including four 3-pointers. Logan Detterman added nine points and nine rebounds.

Grayson Wollum led Lisbon with 23 points, 11 rebounds and five blocked shots. Jackson Powers had 11 points and 11 rebounds.

Lisbon closed the regular season 15-6 overall and 10-2 in the Tri-Rivers East. The Lions were second to Bellevue Marquette, the No. 1 team in Class 1A, which handed Lisbon its only conference losses (67-52 on Dec. 6 and 71-66 on Jan. 17).

“Looking back, a few plays here, a few there, and we might’ve possibly split the conference with them,” Montague said.

Now it is playoff time. Lisbon opened Class 2A play Monday, Feb. 17, at home against Camanche.(3-18).

Win that and Lisbon travels to Monticello (17-4) on Thursday, Feb. 20. The other side of the district includes top seed Northeast (16-5). The district final is Tuesday, Feb. 25. The other half of the substate includes top seed and No. 7-ranked Grundy Center (19-2) and the two seed Iowa City Regina (18-3). As a painful reminder, the Regals thumped the Lions 74-34 back on Dec. 9.

“We have a challenging path,” Montague said. “We’ll worry about the next game after we get past Monday night.”