NIACC men fall to Iowa Lakes, 79-72

MASON CITY - The NIACC men's basketball team dropped a 79-72 decision to Iowa Lakes Wednesday night in an ICCAC contest in the NIACC gym.

Iowa Lakes took a 37-31 lead at the half and outscored the Trojans 42-41 in the second half to claim the seven-point league victory.

Nick Wagner led five Iowa Lakes players in double figures with 14 points.

NIACC (13-8 overall. 1-4 in the league) was led by Nick Wurm with 27 points. Orrington Hamilton scored 12 points, Jaycob Payne scored 11 points and Raymond Harding scores 10 points for the Trojans.

Wurm also grabbed 10 rebounds and had four steals and three assists. Payne had eight rebounds with four assists.

NIACC returns to action Saturday at Southwestern. Game time is set for 3 p.m.

NIACC's 2017-18 season (13-8 overall)

NIACC 65, Fort Scott CC 60

NIACC 93, Bay College 87 (OT)

NIACC 81, Milwaukee Area Tech 69

NIACC 91, Harper College 61

Iowa Western 115, NIACC 65

NIACC 90, Wartburg College JV 70

NIACC 82, Riverland CC 54

NIACC 96, Luther College JV 67

Southeastern 109, NIACC 58

NIACC 82, Northeast CC 60

NIACC 67, Central CC-Columbus 66

NIACC 95, St. Ambrose JV 58

Augustana College (Ill.) JV 101, NIACC 93 (OT)

NIACC 74, AFLBS 39

DCTC 85, NIACC 65

Kirkwood 76, NIACC 63

Iowa Central 86, NIACC 54

Ellsworth 83, NIACC 76

NIACC 56, DMACC 55

NIACC 76, Luther College JV 66

Iowa Lakes 79, NIACC 72

NIACC men's basketball team 2017-18

When NIACC                                                   Then NIACC is

In November                                                    7-2

In December                                                    4-1

In January                                                        2-5

Plays at home                                                   5-4

Plays on road                                                    4-4

Plays on neutral court                                        4-0

Leads at halftime                                               12-0

Trails at halftime                                                1-8

Tied at halftime                                                  0-0

Plays in overtime                                                1-0

Scores less than 60 points                                  1-2

Scores between 60-69 points                              2-3

Scores between 70-79 points                             2-2

Scores between 80-89 points                             3-0

Scores between 90-99 points                             5-1

Scores 100 or more points                                 0-0

Allows less than 60 points                                  4-0

Allows between 60-69 points                             7-0

Allows between 70-79 points                             1-2

Allows between 80-89 points                             1-3

Allows between 90-99 points                             0-0

Allows 100 or more points                                 0-3

Game decided by 1-3 points                               2-0

Game decided by 4-6 points                               2-0

Game decided by 7-10 points                             1-3

Game decided by 11-14 points                           1-1

Game decided by 15+ points                             7-4

NIACC MEN'S SEASON SINGLE-GAME HIGHS

TEAM

Points - 95 vs. St. Ambrose JV (12-9-17)

3-point goals - 15 vs. St. Ambrose JV (12-9-17)

Rebounds - 68 vs. Riverland CC (11-21-17)

Assists - 27 vs. St. Ambrose JV (12-9-17)

Steals - 13, twice.

INDIVIDUAL

Points - 35, Nick Wurm vs. Augustana College (Ill.) JV (12-10-17)

3-point goals - 5, Nick Wurm vs. Northeast CC (12-1-17)

Rebounds - 18, Cam McPherson vs. AFLBS (12-16-17)

Assists - 8, Nick Wurm vs. St. Ambrose JV (12-9-17)

Steals - 5, Nick Wurm vs. Augustana College (Ill.) JV (12-10-17)