Kirkwood Mens Basketball

Martin leads KCC men to 20th win

ESTHERVILLE - Kareem Martin Jr. scored a career-high 21 points Saturday as 11th-ranked Kirkwood stomped Iowa Lakes, 103-77, in a junior college men's basketball game in Estherville.

Kirkwood raised its records to 20-5 overall and 6-2 in the ICCAC Division II conference.

Jordan Ashton and Hunter Rhodes contributed 14 points for Kirkwood. Matt Lassen scored 11 points and Ajay Lawton had 10. Joe Tagarelli grabbed seven rebounds and Rhodes had five assists.

Iowa Lakes fell to 12-13 overall and 1-8 in the league.

KIRKWOOD (103): Singleton 2 4-4 8, Lawton 2 6-6 10, Richards 1 2-2 4, Lassen 3 2-2 11, Rhodes 4 4-4 14, Olson 1 4-4 7, Ashton 4 3-5 14, Martin 8 1-1 21, Ukah 4 0-0 8, Tagarelli 2 2-4 6. Totals 31 28-32 103.

Halftime - Kirkwood 55, Iowa Lakes 28. 3-point goals - Kirkwood 13 (Martin 4, Lassen 3, Ashton 3, Rhodes 2, Olson 1).

Eagles easily dispatch Grand View JV

Jordan Ashton had 18 points in just 21 minutes of playing time as Kirkwood rolled to a 71-55 win Wednesday night over the Grand View JV at Johnson Hall.

The No. 11 Eagles (19-5), rolled to a 42-18 lead at halftime, allowing Coach Bryan Petersen to substitute freely in the second half.

Nobody for Kirkwood played more than 21 minutes. Nick Richards scored 11 points off the bench for Kirkwood.

Grand View JV (9-10) was led by Darius Vaughn and Tyler Springer with 13 points apiece.

GRAND VIEW JV (55): Vaugn 5 0-0 13, Evers 4 2-2 12, Williams 2 2-2 7, Santos 1 0-0 2, Springer 6 1-2 13, Thedford 1 0-0 3, Anderson 0 0-0 0, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Denholm 1 0-0 1, Bonewitz 1 0-0 2, Putnam 0 1-2 1. Totals: 21 6-8 55

KIRKWOOD (71): Singleton 2 0-0 4, Tagarell 3 1-2 7, Lassen 1 1-2 4, Rhodes 2 0-0 5, Ashton 6 2-2 18, Lawton 3 0-0 6, Richards 4 3-3 11, Bartlett 0 0-0 0, Weeks 1 0-0 2, Olson 1 3-4 5, Cowser 1 0-0 3, Ukah 2 0-0 4, Hyberg 1 0-0 2. Totals 27 10-13 71.

Halftime - Kirkwood 42, Grand View JV 18. 3-point goals: Grand View JV 7 (Vaughn 3, Evers 2, Williams, Thedford). Kirkwood 7 (Lassen, Rhodes, Ashton 4, Cowser).

Tagarelli grabs 23 rebounds as KCC rolls

Kirkwood sophomore Joe Tagarelli was mildly disappointed when he left Saturday's game against NIACC and was told he finished the afternoon with 23 rebounds.

That's a career for some guys, but "Tags" wanted more.

"I was trying to go for the school record," he said. "So I was a little disappointed I didn't put my name in the record book. But that's all right. We got the win. It was a good team win."

Tagarelli finished with an impressive double-double with 18 points and 23 boards as the 11th-ranked Eagles bopped NIACC, 88-70, in an ICCAC Conference game at Johnson Hall.

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No.7 Kirkwood men top Iowa Central

FORT DODGE - The seventh-ranked Kirkwood men's basketball team won a key road game Saturday with an 86-79 victory over Iowa Central in Fort Dodge.

The victory lifted the Eagles to 17-5 overall and 4-2 in the ICCAC, one game behind DMACC for first place in the conference.

Joe Tagarelli led Kirkwood in scoring, supported by Jordan Ashton, Hunter Rhodes, Ajay Lawton and Matt Lassen.

Iowa Central fell into a three-way tie for third place in the ICCAC with a 3-3 league record.