No. 12 NIACC hosts Ellsworth in tourney opener
MASON CITY - The No. 12 NIACC women's basketball team hosts Ellsworth on Wednesday in the opening round of the NJCAA Region XI tournament.
Game time is set for 5:30 p.m. in the NIACC gym.
NIACC (24-6 overall, 11-3 in the league) enters the post-season as the region's No. 2 seed. Ellsworth (8-21, 2-12) is the region's seventh seed. It is the sixth straight season that the NIACC women have hosted a first-round regional tournament game.
The winner of the NIACC/Ellsworth game faces either Iowa Central or Iowa Lakes in the semifinals on Saturday.
NIACC swept Ellsworth during the regular season. The Lady Trojans won 89-46 on Jan. 24 in Mason City and won 99-70 on Feb. 21 in Ellsworth.
The Lady Trojans have won 13 straight games against Ellsworth.
NJCAA REGION XI PAIRINGS
Monday's play-in game
5:30 p.m. - Little Priest Tribal College (10-20) at (8) Southwestern (7-21, 0-14)
Wednesday's games
5:30 p.m. - Play-in winner at (1) Kirkwood (28-3, 14-0)
5:30 p.m. - (5) DMACC (20-11, 7-7) at (4) Southeastern (21-9, 8-6)
5:30 p.m. - (6) Iowa Lakes (13-17, 6-8) at (3) Iowa Central (16-14, 8-6)
5:30 p.m. - (7) Ellsworth (8-21, 2-12) at (2) NIACC (24-6, 11-3)
Note: Saturday's semifinals are at highest remaining seed with games to be determined at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Championship game is Sunday at 1 p.m.
NIACC's 2017-18 season (24-6 overall)
NIACC 99, Illinois Central 82
NIACC 90, Bay College 61
NIACC 134, Milwaukee Area Tech 45
NIACC 121, Harper College 28
NIACC 98, Iowa Western 89
NIACC 128, Riverland CC 36
NIACC 102, Rock Valley College 76
NIACC 112, Lake Region State College 57
NIACC 105, Grand View JV 73
Northeast CC 67, NIACC 54
NIACC 111, Central CC-Columbus 51
NIACC 78, NDSCS 77 (OT)
NIACC 106, Dakota College-Bottineau 47
NIACC 122, Kalamazoo Valley CC 58
Illinois Central 66, NIACC 62
Owens CC 73, NIACC 63
NIACC 83, Southeastern CC 52
Kirkwood 68, NIACC 59
NIACC 76, Iowa Central 67
NIACC 89, Ellsworth 46
DMACC 91, NIACC 83
NIACC 94, Iowa Lakes 71
NIACC 99, Southwestern 75
NIACC 98, Southeastern 94
Kirkwood 70, NIACC 68
NIACC 93, Iowa Central 73
NIACC 99, Ellsworth 70
NIACC 110, DMACC 78
NIACC 95, Iowa Lakes 72
NIACC 103, Southwestern 54