NIACC men face Iowa Lakes in tourney opener
ESTHERVILLE - The NIACC men's basketball team begins NJCAA Region XI tournament play at Iowa Lakes on Tuesday.
Game time is set for 7 p.m.
NIACC (14-15 overall, 1-11 in the ICCAC) enters the post-season as the No. 7 seed. Iowa Lakes (22-8, 9-3) is the No. 2 seed.
Iowa Lakes swept the season series against NIACC. The Lakers won 79-72 on Jan. 31 in Mason City and won 103-78 on Feb. 28 in Estherville.
The winner of the NIACC/Iowa Lakes game plays either sixth-seed DMACC or third-seed Southwestern on Thursday.
NJCAA Region XI tournament pairings
Tuesday's games (all games at 7 p.m.)
(8) Little Priest Tribal College (14-16) at (1) Kirkwood (23-5, 11-1)
(5) Iowa Central (19-11, 5-7) at (4) Ellsworth (16-13, 5-7)
(6) DMACC (17-12, 3-9) at (3) Southwestern (23-7, 8-4)
(7) NIACC (14-15, 1-11) at (2) Iowa Lakes (22-8, 9-3)
Note: Thursday's semifinals are at the highest remaining seed at 7 p.m. The championship game is set for Saturday at the highest remaining seed.