Kirkwood Community College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Sneed hurt as Kirkwood women tip NIACC

MASON CITY - The fourth-ranked Kirkwood women's basketball team may have paid a steep price for its 73-71 victory over NIACC Saturday in the conference opener for both schools.

All-American Ariel Sneed suffered a knee injury with five seconds left in the game and could be lost for an extended period of time, according to a team spokesman.

Kirsten Larson popped in five 3-pointers and scored 19 points as Kirkwood (13-4, 1-0) won for the ninth straight time. Taylor Silva contributed 13 points with three 3-pointers and five assists. Peyton Bockholt scored 10 points.

Sneed, who has signed with Southern Mississippi, finished with 10 points and seven rebounds. She hurt her left knee in a scramble for the ball in the final seconds.

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No. 4 KCC women take 8th in row

MARSHALLTOWN - The fourth-ranked Kirkwood women's basketball team opened a 23-point lead in the second half Wednesday night and settled for a 65-51 victory over Marshalltown on the road.

Taylor Silva scored 16 points as the Eagles (12-4) won their eighth game in a row. Tyra Polite had 11 points for Kirkwood and Anna Martensen finished with 10.

Kirsten Larson collected six rebounds, five assists and five points. Polite also had six rebounds.

Jasmin Howe led Marshalltown with 16 points.

KIRKWOOD (65): Sneed 2 0-0 4, Miles 0 0-0 0, Downs 0 1-2 1, Isaac 2 0-0 4, Silva 7 0-0 16, Sudduth 0 0-0 0, Polite 4 1-2 11, Larson 2 0-0 5, Hutchins 0 0-2 0, Martensen 4 2-2 10, Bockholt 1 0-0 2, Clark 3 2-2 8, Wood 2 0-0 4. Totals 27 6-8 65.

MARSHALLTOWN (51): Calles 0 2-2 2, Howe 5 4-5 16, Sproul 3 0-0 6, McGinty 2 0-0 5, Martin 2 2-2 7, Hiraldo 3 0-1 6, Lewis 0 0-0 0, Davenport 0 0-0 0, Williams-Perry 4 1-1 9. Totals 19 9-11 51.

Halftime - Kirkwood 30, Marshalltown 16. 3-point goals - Kirkwood 5 (Silva 2, Polite 2, Larson 1), Marshalltown 4 (Howe 2, McGinty 1, Martin 1).

No. 9 Eagles surge past Marshalltown

The Kirkwood men's basketball team went from awful to awesome during the course of a single game Wednesday night.

The result was a satisfying 74-64 victory for the ninth-ranked Eagles over Marshalltown at Johnson Hall.

Kirkwood (12-3) shot 28.6 percent from the field and scored only 22 points in the first half, but the Eagles sizzled in the second half with 62.5 percent marksmanship and 52 points.

"We played kind of tentative and scared in the first half," said Jordan Ashton, who led Kirkwood with 21 points. "We weren't attacking them, they were attacking us more. And the second half we definitely took it to them."

Marshalltown (16-4) led 44-33 early in the second half when the Eagles caught fire for a 15-3 spurt, turning their 11-point deficit into a 48-47 advantage. Ashton nailed two 3-pointers and scored eight straight points during the surge to help get his team untracked.

Ashton shot 5-for-7 from the field in the second half, including a 3-for-4 showing from 3-point range after struggling to find openings in the first 20 minutes.

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KCC baseball gets 3 DI transfers

The Kirkwood Community College baseball team will be bolstered this season by the addition of three transfers from NCAA Division I schools.

Brock Neuhaus of Pleasant Valley has transferred to Kirkwood from Kansas State, Jack Fitzgerald of Mason City Newman has moved here from Creighton, and Michael Haring of Iowa City High has joined the Eagles from the University of Iowa.

All three players are true freshmen who spent one semester at their colleges. All three of them will be eligible for Kirkwood this year.

Neuhaus and Haring are pitchers. Fitzgerald is a middle infielder.

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Singleton shines for No.10 Eagles

Ron Singleton rang in the new year with a healthy new dose of confidence Friday night.

Singleton shot a perfect 8-for-8 from the field and scored a career-high 23 points as the 10th-ranked Kirkwood Eagles strolled by the University of Dubuque junior varsity, 86-40, at Johnson Hall.

Singleton is a strong 6-foot-6, 230-pound forward from Chicago, but he's had problems finishing around the rim and is averaging only five points for the season in 14 games. He showed what he's capable of accomplishing Friday night, however.

Kirkwood Coach Bryan Petersen has kept Singleton in the starting lineup for the most part, knowing he had the potential to do big things.

"My biggest thing with Ron is, we need him," said Petersen. "We need him to produce, we need him to play at a high level for us to achieve our goals.

"He had a tough first semester, and he knows it," said Petersen. "But we stayed with him because we need him and he puts in the time. He did a nice job out there today. I really liked his rebounding more than anything."

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MVP Larson leads Kirkwood to title

PEORIA, Ill. - Kirsten Larson popped in six 3-pointers in the first half Tuesday as Kirkwood jumped to a big lead and drubbed Sauk Valley, 76-44, in the championship game of the Illinois Central Classic.

Larson played sparingly in the second half with Kirkwood cruising and finished with 18 points. She was named the Most Valuable Player of the eight-tournament that featured several ranked teams.

Peyton Bockholt contributed 12 points as the seventh-ranked Eagles raised their record to 11-4. Tyra Polite finished with eight points and six assists. Anna Martensen grabbed eight rebounds.

Kirkwood finished 14 of 29 on 3-pointers, including a sizzling 11-of-20 in the first half.

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Subs boost Kirkwood at tourney

PEORIA, Ill. - The Kirkwood Eagles got a big boost from their reserves Monday and topped 16th-ranked South Suburban College, 56-41, in the semifinals of the Illinois Central Classic.

Anna Martensen, Peyton Bockholt, Aliyah Isaac, A.J. Downs and Caitlin Sudduth came off the bench as a group in the second half and produced a 17-2 run as the seventh-ranked Eagles raced to a 52-31 lead. Martensen scored all nine of her points during the spurt as Kirkwood turned a six-point advantage into a 21-point spread.

Martensen, Kirsten Larson and Cassidy Clark shared scoring honors for the Eagles (10-4) with nine points. Ariel Sneed and Bockholt had eight points apiece.

Tyler Brown-Henderson led South Suburban with 14 points.

Kirkwood will face Sauk Valley in the championship game Tuesday at 4 p.m.

KIRKWOOD (56): Sneed 3 2-2 8, Downs 0 0-0 0, Isaac 0 2-2 2, Silva 1 0-0 2, Oberman 0 0-0 0, Sudduth 2 0-0 4, Polite 1 0-0 3, Larson 3 0-0 9, Hutchins 0 0-0 0, Martensen 3 3-4 9, Bockholt 3 2-4 8, Kallenberger 0 0-0 0, Clark 4 0-0 9, Wood 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 9-12 56.

SOUTH SUBURBAN (41): Brown-Henderson 6 1-3 14, Gebo 0 0-2 0, Lopez 3 0-0 7, Middleton 3 1-2 10, Heady 3 2-3 8, Joyner 0 2-2 2. Totals 15 6-12 41.

Halftime - Kirkwood 25, South Suburban 23. 3-point goals - Kirkwood 5 (Larson 3, Polite 1, Clark 1), South Suburban 5 (Middleton 3, Brown-Henderson 1, Lopez 1).

Polite sparks No. 7 KCC in tourney

PEORIA, Ill. - Tyra Polite scored 16 points, grabbed eight rebounds and handed out four assists Sunday as seventh-ranked Kirkwood bopped Lake Michigan, 62-39, in the opening round of the Illinois Central Classic.

Polite popped in four 3-pointers for the Eagles (9-4).

Cassidy Clark scored 10 points for Kirkwood. Anna Martensen and Peyton Bockholt had eight points apiece. Taylor Silva collected six assists.

Christy Gonzalez led Lake Michigan (7-4) with 11 points and 16 rebounds.

Kirkwood will face 16th-ranked South Suburban College (12-3) in the semifinals Monday. The final round will be played Tuesday.

KIRKWOOD (62): Sneed 2 0-0 4, Downs 0 0-0 0, Isaac 2 1-2 5, Silva 2 0-0 5, Sudduth 1 0-0 3, Polite 6 0-0 16, Larson`1 0-0 3, Hutchins 0 0-0 0, Martensen 4 0-0 8, Bockholt 4 0-0 8, Kallenberger 0 0-0 0, Clark 5 0-0 10, Wood 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 1-2 62.

LAKE MICHIGAN (39): Frederick 0 2-6 2, Trujillo 2 0-1 6, Stevens 1 0-1 2, Brandt 1 2-2 5, Decker 4 0-0 9, Huffman 1 1-5 4, Firovich 0 0-2 0, Gonzalez 4 3-6 11. Totals 13 8-23 39.

Halftime - Kirkwood 31, Lake Michigan 20. 3-point goals - Kirkwood 7 (Polite 4, Silva 1, Sudduth 1, Larson 1), Lake Michigan 5 (Trujillo 2, Brandt 1, Decker 1, Huffman 1).

KCC game with Little Priest canceled

The women's basketball game scheduled for Thursday night between Kirkwood and the Little Priest Tribal College at Johnson Hall has been canceled.

The team from Little Priest Tribal College was supposed to leave home at 10 a.m. Thursday for the trip to Cedar Rapids, but only one player reported for the bus trip and the game was called off.

The game is being called a "no contest" rather than a forfeit. Kirkwood will not receive a victory.

Little Priest Tribal College lost to Iowa Central Community College, 113-53, in Fort Dodge Wednesday night and returned to its campuses in Winnebago (Neb.) and Sioux City rather than coming straight to Cedar Rapids.

Little Priest Tribal College has been accredited by the NJCAA and would like to join the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference as a full-fledged member in the future once its probationary period is over.