Kirkwood Mens Basketball

Kirkwood men topped by Iowa Western

COUNCIL BLUFFS - The Kirkwood men's basketball team lost its first game of the season Saturday with a 92-83 setback to Iowa Western in a battle of ranked junior college clubs in Council Bluffs.

Iowa Western is ranked No. 23 in NJCAA Division I and Kirkwood is ranked No. 6 in NJCAA Division II.

Hunter Rhodes tossed in 25 points for Kirkwood and had five assists. Nick Richards scored 14 points for the Eagles and Byron Harp had 10.

Kirkwood (7-1) shot well from 3-point distance, hitting 13 of 26. Rhodes, Richards and Harp hit three triples apiece.

Donovan Jackson led Iowa Western (7-0) with 29 points. Isaiah Walton scored 20 points for the Reivers.

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Kirkwood tops Coe junior varsity

Cristen Wilson scored 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds Wednesday night as the Kirkwood men's basketball team defeated the Coe junior varsity, 89-73, at Johnson Hall.

Kirkwood raised its record to 7-0.

Nick Richards scored 15 points for the Eagles. Josh Meier contributed 14 points and eight rebounds. Jacob Olson had five assists.

Kirkwood opened a 26-point lead with 13:15 left and settled for the 16-point victory.

Eric Schark tossed in five 3-pointers and led Coe with 19 points. Jessie Porter scored 18 points for the Kohawks. Freshman Lane Halupnik from Linn-Mar added 10 points.

COE JV (73): Schark 7 0-0 19, Constable 0 1-1 1, Williams 4 0-0 8, Nelson 2 0-0 4, Schlabaugh 1 3-6 5, Moellenbeck 1 0-0 3, Grenier 0 0-0 0, Halupnik 4 0-1 10, Roth 2 0-0 5, Porter 7 3-4 18. Totals 28 5-9 73.

KIRKWOOD (89): Bartlett 3 2-3 9, Rhodes 1 1-2 4, Richards 5 5-5 15, Olson 1 1-2 4, Meier 7 0-0 14, Woods 0 0-0 0, Jackson 1 0-0 2, Harp 2 0-0 4, Fagan 0 0-0 0, Wilson 11 2-4 24, Bonds 1 0-0 2, Henry 4 0-0 8, Triplett 0 2-3 2, King 0 1-2 1. Totals 36 14-21 89.

Halftime - Kirkwood 47, Coe 34. 3-point goals - Coe 12 (Schark 5, Porter 3, Halupnik 2, Schlabaugh 1, Moellenbeck 1), Kirkwood 3 (Bartlett 1, Rhodes 1, Olson 1).

Red-hot Rhodes lifts Eagles by SCC

Kirkwood Coach Bryan Petersen has been raving about Hunter Rhodes ever since practice began this year.

It was easy to see why Saturday night.

Rhodes poured in 19 straight points for the Eagles in the final 4 minutes, 16 seconds and hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds left as Kirkwood rallied to trim Southeastern, 90-87, in a thriller at Johnson Hall.

Kirkwood trailed 79-71 when Rhodes went to work. When he was finished, the sixth-ranked Eagles had raised their record to 6-0 with their most satisfying victory of the season.

Southeastern tied the game, 87-87, with six seconds left on a pair of free throws by Chris Myers. Kirkwood quickly inbounded the ball to Rhodes on the run, and the six-foot sophomore raced up court and unleashed a 3-pointer from in front of the Kirkwood bench with a hand in his face.

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Rhodes nets 31 as No. 6 Eagles roll

MARSHALLTOWN - Hunter Rhodes poured in a career-high 31 points Wednesday night as the sixth-ranked Kirkwood Eagles spanked Marshalltown, 90-71, in a junior college basketball game in Marshalltown.

Rhodes, a sophomore from Canton, Ill., hit 12 of 15 shots from the field, including 4 for 5 on 3-pointers.

Cedar Rapids Jefferson grad Jacob Olson popped in 18 points for Kirkwood with a pair of 3-pointers. Nick Richards had a big game for the Eagles with 12 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals.

Denzel Ubiaro and Jamil Maddred led Marshalltown (3-1) with 12 points apiece.

Kirkwood raised its record to 5-0.

KIRKWOOD (90): Bartlett 1 1-2 4, Rhodes 12 3-6 31, Richards 4 3-7 12, Woods 0 0-0 0, Harp 3 1-1 8, Fagan 2 2-2 6, Olson 5 6-6 18, Meier 0 0-0 0, Wilson 3 0-0 7, Henry 2 0-1 4, Triplett 0 0-0 0. Totals 32 16-25 90.

MARSHALLTOWN (71): Miller 0 1-2 1, Cross 5 0-0 13, Mensah 0 1-2 1, Ubiaro 5 2-2 12, J.Maddred 1 0-0 2, A.Maddred 5 2-7 12, Lasley 4 2-2 11, Malalu 5 1-3 11, Verardo 2 0-0 6, Gradwell 0 0-0 0, Sakinis 1 0-0 2. Totals 28 9-18 71.

Halftime - Kirkwood 42, Marshalltown 35. 3-point goals - Kirkwood 10 (Rhodes 4, Olson 2, Bartlett 1, Richards 1, Harp 1, Wilson 1), Marshalltown 6 (Cross 3, Verardo 2, Lasley 1).