No. 9 NIACC women host Iowa Western
MASON CITY - The No. 9 (NJCAA Division II) NIACC women's basketball team hosts Iowa Western in a nonconference contest on Saturday in the NIACC gym.
Game time is set for 5 p.m.
No. 18 (NJCAA Division I) Iowa Western (3-2) dropped a 74-69 decision to NDSCS on Nov. 15. The Reivers topped No. 1 (NJCAA Division II) Kirkwood 55-52 in its season-opener on Nov. 3.
Iowa Western has won 13 straight games against NIACC. The last win by the Lady Trojans in the series was a 84-81 win in the 2004-05 season.
NIACC (4-0) is coming off a pair of wins at the Dale Howard Classic in Iowa Falls on Nov. 10-11. The Lady Trojans topped Milwaukee Area Tech 134-45 and whipped Harper College 121-28.
In the NJCAA Division II rankings
NIACC averages 111.0 points per game, which ranks No. 1 in NJCAA Division II. The Lady Trojans rank 5th in NJCAA Division II with 55 3-point goals.
NIACC averages 25.3 assists per game (1st in NJCAA Division II) and 20.8 steals per game (2nd in NJCAA Division II).
Climbing the charts
Sophomore Taylor Laabs has 382 career points and ranks 49th on the school's all-time scoring list. Sophomore Kelsie Willert has 330 career points, which ranks 56th on school's career list.
Laabs has 71 career 3-point goals, which is 17th on the career list. Willert has 66 career 3-point goals, which is tied for 20th on school's career list.
UU Longs has 95 career assists, which ranks 35th on the school's career assist list. Laabs has 75 career assists, which is 45th on school's career list.
2017-18 NIACC leaders
Points (444, 111.0 ppg.) - Taylor Laabs (17.0 ppg.) 68, Khalilah Holloway (13.5 ppg.) 54, Mikayla Homola (13.0 ppg.) 42.
3-point goals (55) - Kelsie Willert 12, Laabs 8, Adria Stewart 7, Shayley Vesel 7.
Rebounds (172) - Holloway 23, Cici Kieger 23, Morgan Frank 21.
Assists (101) - Longs 20, Kieger 14, Laabs 12.
Steals (83) - Holloway 12, Longs 12, Laabs 10.
NIACC women's basketball team 2017-18
When NIACC Then NIACC is
Leads at halftime 4-0
Trails at halftime 0-0
Tied at halftime 0-0
Plays in overtime 0-0
Scores less than 60 points 0-0
Scores between 60-69 points 0-0
Scores between 70-79 points 0-0
Scores between 80-89 points 0-0
Scores between 90-99 points 2-0
Scores 100 or more points 2-0
Allows less than 60 points 2-0
Allows between 60-69 points 1-0
Allows between 70-79 points 0-0
Allows between 80-89 points 1-0
Allows between 90-99 points 0-0
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 0-0
Game decided by 11-14 points 0-0
Game decided by 15+ points 4-0
THE LAST TIME NIACC ...
Scored 100 points: 121 vs. Harper College (11-11-17)
Had 15 3-point goals: 17 vs. Bay College (11-4-17)
Had 50 rebounds: 60 vs. Southwestern (3-4-17)
Had 20 assists: 28 vs. Harper College (11-11-17)
Had 15 steals: 29 vs. Harper College (11-11-17)
THE LAST TIME A LADY TROJAN HAD ...
40 points: 51, Trudy Peterson vs. Kennedy King College (11-21-15)
30 points: 31, Anna Eckert vs. Lake Michigan College (3-15-16)
10 3-point goals: 10, Sammie Sproul vs. Ellsworth (1-16-16)
10 rebounds: 11, Morgan Cuffe vs. MCC-Penn Valley (12-16-16)
15 rebounds: 15, Khalilah Holloway vs. Kalamazoo Valley CC (12-28-16)
10 assists: 10, Cierra Stanciel vs. Bryant & Stratton-Milwaukee (11-5-16)
5 steals: 6, Tahya Campbell vs. Harper College (11-11-17)
10 blocks: 10, Anna Eckert vs. DMACC (3-5-16)
Double/double: Khalilah Holloway 11 points/15 rebounds vs. Kalamzoo Valley (12-28-16)