Kirkwood Mens Basketball

Kirkwood men sunk by Iowa Lakes

Iowa Lakes guard Chris Jones was born quick.

And when it comes to college basketball, the quicker the better.

Jones and his teammates were too quick - and tough scrappy - Saturday afternoon and upset the 10th-ranked Kirkwood Eagles, 95-85, in an ICCAC conference game at Johnson Hall.

Jones, who is generously listed at 6-foot-1, tormented the Eagles with quick jitterbug moves to the basket for a series of layups, and when he wasn't getting to the rim he was driving the Eagles on their heels and popping up for a quick jumper.

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Kirkwood men set Alumni Day for Saturday

The Kirkwood men's basketball program will be hosting an Alumni Day this Saturday for all former players, coaches and managers of the team.

The ninth-ranked Eagles (19-3) are hosting Iowa Lakes (15-7) in a key ICCAC conference game at 3 p.m. Saturday at Johnson Hall.

All of the alumni and their families will be admitted for free. There will be a social gathering for all the alumni at Jersey's after the game.

Rhodes leads No.9 Eagles by NIACC

MASON CITY - Hunter Rhodes paraded to the foul line and 21 points Saturday as the ninth-ranked Kirkwood men's basketball team topped NIACC, 93-73, in an ICCAC conference game in Mason City.

Rhodes was 13 for 14 at the foul line and made a pair of 3-pointers in the contest. Nick Richards contributed 17 points for the Eagles (19-3, 5-1). Josh Bartlett popped in five 3-pointers and scored 15 points. Cristen Wilson also had 15 points for Kirkwood.

Kirkwood trailed by 10 points in the first half and rallied for a slim 40-38 lead at halftime. The Eagles outscored NIACC 53-35 in the second half for the comfortable victory.

Rhodes collected seven rebounds and six assists. Richards had six rebounds.

Bob Van Vilet, a 6-foot-4 guard from the Netherlands, poured in 28 points for NIACC (13-9, 1-5).

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No. 9 Eagles take care of Ellsworth

Bryan Petersen left Johnson Hall Wednesday night pleased, but far from satisfied.

Petersen's Kirkwood basketball team won its third straight game, downing ICCAC foe Ellsworth, 82-61, keeping the No. 9 Eagles (18-3, 4-1) hot on the trail of Southwestern in the conference standings.

The Eagles didn't play their best game in an 85-74 loss to Southwestern on Jan. 16 in Creston. Now they have rebounded with three solid wins.

"Even with the three wins we still have a long way to go," Petersen said. "Tonight, I don't think we played extremely well, but I think our guys have learned (from the Southwestern loss) and have bounced back at the same time. You have to do that in conference play.

"Obviously, we were frustrated by that loss down there at Southwestern," he continued. "We've still got a long way to go and the guys have done a good job of getting things back together."

In Wednesday's win, Kirkwood turned to its defense to stymie the Panthers (10-10, 1-4).

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