NIACC women cruise past Ellsworth, 96-59
MASON CITY - The NIACC women's basketball team outscored Ellsworth 36-10 in the fourth quarter and cruised to a 96-59 victory Thursday night in an ICCAC contest.
Sophomore Morgan Cuffe led five Lady Trojans in double figures with 19 points. The Lady Trojans also received 15 points and eight rebounds from Khalilah Holloway, 13 points from Courtney Larson, 11 points from Cierra Stanciel and 10 points from Taylor Laabs.
Since dropping its league opener to DMACC, NIACC (11-8 overall) has won three straight league games over Iowa Lakes, Iowa Central and Ellsworth.
NIACC returns to action Saturday at Southeastern.
NIACC 96, Ellsworth 59
Ellsworth 11 20 18 10 - 59
NIACC 24 17 19 36 - 96
Ellsworth - Antoinette Williams 7, Rebekah Hart 2, Jade Brown 10, Natalia Turner 15, Jahne Williams 7, Sharena Tramble 7, Sophie Helldorff 3, Abuk Deng 8. Totals - 20-63 11-20 59.
NIACC - Taylor Laabs 10, Courtney Larson 13, Morgan Cuffe 19, Adria Stewart 3, Hattie Davidson 8, UU Longs 5, Cierra Stanciel 11, Khalilah Holloway 15, Kelsie Willert 6, Marci Wolters 3, Madison Dove 3. Totals - 38-78 14-23 96.
3-point goals - Ellsworth (8-26): A. Williams 1, Brown 2, Turner 3, Tramble 1, Helldorff 1. NIACC (6-25): Larson 1, Longs 1, Willert 2, Wolters 1, Dove 1. Total fouls - Ellsworth 23, NIACC 15. Fouled out - A. Williams, Brown.
NIACC's 2016-17 season (11-8 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 65, South Suburban College 54
NIACC 75, Cincinnati State Tech and CC 71
Iowa Western 77, NIACC 62
DMACC 71, NIACC 58
NIACC 85, Iowa Lakes 80
NIACC 68, Iowa Central 48
NIACC 96, Ellsworth 59