No. 15 Kalmazoo Valley stops No. 17 NIACC, 85-70
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The No. 17 NIACC women's basketball team dropped a 85-70 decision to No. 15 Kalamazoo Valley CC in the opening round of the Stoney Creek/Cougar Holiday tournament Wednesday on the Illinois Central campus.
NIACC (6-6 overall) led 43-33 at the half and 62-59 after the third quarter.
Kalamazoo Valley outscored NIACC 23-8 in the fourth quarter.
"We stopped working," NIACC coach Todd Ciochetto said. "Our game plan just went out the window. We took four charges in the first half and had none in the second half.
"We stopped playing tonight and hopefully that doesn't happen throughout the rest of the tournament.
Taylor Laabs led four NIACC playes in double figures with 14, Hattie Davidson had 13, Riley Galvin scored 12 and Khalilah Holloway added 11 points and 15 rebounds.
NIACC plays South Suburban at noon Thursday in the consolation bracket of the annual holiday tournament. Illinois Central beat South Suburban 62-51 in its first-round contest on Wednesday.
Wednesday's first-round results
Sauk Valley 64, Cincinnati State 58
Kirkwood 87, McHenry County 31
Kalamazoo Valley 85, NIACC 70
Illinois Central 62, South Suburban 51
Thursday's games
10 a.m. - Cincinnati State vs. McHenry County
Noon - NIACC vs. South Suburban
2 p.m. - Sauk Valley vs. Kirkwood
4 p.m. - Kalamazoo Valley vs. Illinois Central
Friday's games
10 a.m. - 7th place game
Noon - 5th place game
2 p.m. - 3rd place game
4 p.m. - Championship game
NIACC's 2016-17 season (6-6 overall)
NIACC 95, Illinois Central 76
NIACC 116, Bryant & Stratton-Milwaukee 76
NIACC 109, Little Priest Tribal College 65
NIACC 102, Lake Land College 68
Northeast CC 98, NIACC 53
NDSCS 61, NIACC 50
Marshalltown 75, NIACC 68
NDSCS 70, NIACC 61
NIACC 103, Dakota-Bottineau 64
NIACC 87, MCC-Penn Valley 73
Johnson County CC 88, NIACC 72
Kalmazoo Valley CC 85, NIACC 70
NIACC women's basketball team 2016-17
When NIACC Then NIACC is
Leads at halftime 6-1
Trails at halftime 0-5
Tied at halftime 0-0
Plays in overtime 0-0
Scores less than 60 points 0-2
Scores between 60-69 points 1-2
Scores between 70-79 points 0-2
Scores between 80-89 points 1-0
Scores between 90-99 points 1-0
Scores 100 or more points 4-0
Allows less than 60 points 0-0
Allows between 60-69 points 2-1
Allows between 70-79 points 3-2
Allows between 80-89 points 0-2
Allows between 90-99 points 0-1
Allows 100 or more points 0-0
Game decided by 1-3 points 0-0
Game decided by 4-6 points 0-0
Game decided by 7-10 points 0-2
Game decided by 11-14 points 1-1
Game decided by 15+ points 5-3