MASON CITY – It was a career night for Jaycob Payne and Gunnar Myers on Monday.
Payne scored a career-high 22 points and Myers scored a career-best 19 points to lead the NIACC men’s basketball team to a 76-66 victory over the Luther College Junior Varsity on Monday night in the NIACC gym.
Payne’s previous career best was 20 points against Ellsworth on Jan. 24 and Myers career high was 12 against Northeast CC on Dec. 1.
Payne also had nine rebounds and four assists. Myers collected six rebounds and added two blocked shots.
Also for the Trojans (13-7 overall), Orrington Hamilton scored 16 points and Nick Wurm scored 10 points.
NIACC, which led 33-28 at the half, outscored the Norse 43-38 in the second 20 minutes to claim its second straight win.
NIACC returns to action at home Wednesday in an ICCAC contest against Iowa Lakes. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m. in the NIACC gym.
