Kirkwood Mens Basketball

Kirkwood men trimmed by Parkland

WEST BURLINGTON - The Kirkwood Eagles fell back to the .500 mark Saturday with a 64-59 loss to Parkland College at the Southeastern Community College Classic in West Burlington.

J.C. Fuller led Kirkwood (8-8) with 15 points. Taylor Olson and Devan Douglas scored 13 points apiece for the Eagles.

Olson, a freshman from Cedar Rapids Jefferson, hit three 3-pointers for the second straight game. He also hit three triples and scored a career-high 20 points Friday night in an 80-70 victory over Malcolm X College.

Lance Magee led Parkland (10-4) with 18 points.

KIRKWOOD (59): Hunter 1 0-0 2, Butler 1 0-0 3, Manego 0 2-2 2, Witt 1 0-2 2, Fuller 5 5-5 15, Heffernan 3 0-0 6, Olson 4 2-3 13, Douglas 3 7-8 13, Currie 1 1-1 3, Lang 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 17-21 59.

PARKLAND (64): Miller 2 5-8 11, Swinford 1 0-0 2, Walls 4 0-0 8, Temples 0 2-2 2, Woods 3 4-5 11, Tidwell 0 0-0 0, Magee 6 4-6 18, Randolph 2 0-0 4, Smith 1 0-2 3, Seniour 2 0-0 5. Totals 21 15-23 64.

Halftime - Kirkwood 34, Parkland 32. 3-point goals - Kirkwood 4 (Olson 3, Butler 1), Parkland 7 (Miller 2, Magee 2, Woods 1, Smith 1, Seniour 1). Fouled out - Currie.

Olson nets 20 as Kirkwood tops Malcolm X

WEST BURLINGTON - Taylor Olson poured in a career-high 20 points Friday night as Kirkwood defeated Malcolm X College, 80-70, in the first round of the Southeastern Community College Classic.

Olson, a freshman from Cedar Rapids Jefferson, hit three 3-pointers in the first half and went 7-for-7 at the foul line in the second half.

J.C. Fuller scored 16 points for the Eagles (8-7). Devan Douglas scored 12 points, Jalen Currie had 11 points and Gage Heffernan chipped in with 10.

Maurice Alexander led Malcolm X with 21 points.

Kirkwood will face Parkland College on Saturday at 5 p.m. in the tournament.

KIRKWOOD (80): Hunter 1 1-2 3, Butler 0 0-0 0, Manego 0 6-6 6, Witt 0 0-2 0, Fuller 6 4-5 16, Heffernan 4 0-3 10, Olson 5 7-7 20, Douglas 5 1-5 12, Currie 4 3-7 11, Lang 1 0-0 2. Totals 26 22-37 80.

MALCOLM X (70): Moore 1 0-0 2, Saintilus 1 0-0 2, Ben-Aime 1 1-2 3, Alexander 8 3-3 21, Reynolds 1 1-1 3, Williams 7 0-2 16, Bonders 0 0-0 0, McKnight 5 2-3 15, Heath 4 0-0 8. Totals 28 7-11 70.

Halftime - Kirkwood 34, Malcolm X 24. 3-point goals - Kirkwood 6 (Olson 3, Heffernan 2, Douglas 1), Malcolm X 7 (McKnight 3, Alexander 2, Williams 2).

Iowa Lakes trips Kirkwood in OT

Doug Wagemester is accustomed to winning basketball games at Kirkwood Community College. It's become a habit.

He entered his 15th year with the Eagles this season with an impressive record of 390-94, which means a typical year produces a final mark of 28-7.

This year's club will have to improve in a hurry to keep the record going.

The Eagles suffered another tough loss Saturday when they fell to Iowa Lakes Community College, 67-64, in overtime in a conference game at Johnson Hall on the Cedar Rapids campus.

The setback left Kirkwood with a 7-7 overall mark and a 1-1 record in the ICCAC, which is not what the Eagles come to expect.

"We're consistently inconsistent. And we struggle at times scoring the ball," said Wagemester. "We turned the ball over 19 times in our own gym, we give up 18 offensive rebounds and we're shooting 56 percent at the foul line."

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Kirkwood suffers bloody loss to John Wood

Taylor Olson will do just about anything to help Kirkwood Community College win a basketball game.

He'll even swallow his own blood.

Olson was hit in the mouth during Wednesday night's game against John Wood Community College at Johnson Hall and suffered some internal bleeding, but the game was tied and there wasn't time for full medical treatment with a little more than 3 minutes left.

Kirkwood called a timeout with 3:09 remaining and Olson did what he had to do. He grabbed a cup of water and gulped it down -- blood and all.

"It was getting pretty bloody in there, but I didn't want to come out of the game so I had to tough it up," said Olson, a freshman from Cedar Rapids Jefferson. "I was going to hide that blood as long as I could, evenif I had to swallow it."

Needless to say, the bloody mess did not taste real good.

"No, not at all," he said.

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