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NIACC men host No. 16 Kirkwood Saturday

niacc_trojans_logoMASON CITY – The NIACC men’s basketball team returns to action Saturday at home against No. 16 (NJCAA Division II) Kirkwood.

Game time is set for 3 p.m. in the NIACC gym.

NIACC enters Saturday’s game 11-4 overall and 0-1 in the ICCAC. Kirkwood is 9-3 overall and 1-0 in the league.

NIACC dropped a 85-77 decision to Marshalltown on Dec. 4 and split a pair of games at the NDSCS Classic on Dec. 7-8. The Trojans topped United Tribes Technical College 109-74 and lost to NDSCS 89-73.

Sophomore David Humphries (Adelaide, Australia) ranks 16th on NIACC’s all-time scoring list with 880 career points. Verlan Larmore (1979-81) ranks 15th with 887 points.

Sophomore JC Fuller, an honorable mention all-region selection a year ago, averages 15.8 points per game to lead Kirkwood.

NIACC notes: The Trojans average 89.3 points per game and allow 78.3 points per game … Humphries averages 23.3 points per game (2nd in ICCAC) … Sophomore Sam Skogen averages 12.0 points per game (14th in ICCAC) … Sophomore Matthew Don averages 11.9 points per game (16th in ICCAC) … NIACC coach Mark Mohl has a career record of 88-77 … Mohl is 1-10 against Kirkwood … NIACC topped Kirkwood last year 85-80 last year for its first win against the Eagles since the 1997-98 season … Kirkwood leads the all-time series against NIACC 50-37 … Skogen has 475 career points … Don has 439 career points.

Kirkwood notes: The Eagles average 86.8 points per game and allow 70.0 per game … Kirkwood topped Iowa Central 73-59 in its conference opener on Tuesday … Kirkwood has lost to Lincoln College (85-71), Southeastern CC (91-80) and John Wood CC (85-75) … The Eagles avenged the 85-71 loss to Lincoln College with a 102-76 victory … Taylor Olson, a second-team all-region selection a year ago, averages 11.9 points per game (17th in ICCAC) … Jason Tagarelli averages 8.5 rebounds per contest (3rd in ICCAC).

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