Kirkwood Mens Basketball

Kirkwood drops spirited battle to Indian Hills

The Kirkwood Eagles got into a horserace with a bunch of thoroughbreds from Indian Hills Community College Tuesday night at Johnson Hall.

The thoroughbreds won by a nose, 95-88.

"Man, a lot of horses in that stable," Kirkwood Coach Doug Wagemester whistled after the 40 minutes of mayhem had ended.

Indian Hills has five players who have signed scholarships to play at NCAA Division I schools next season and a few more who will join them this spring. Kirkwood doesn't have anybody like that yet, but it was a good battle nonetheless.

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2 future Cyclones face Kirkwood Tuesday

Two future members of the Iowa State men's basketball program will play in Cedar Rapids Tuesday night when 10th-ranked Indian Hills faces Kirkwood at Johnson Hall.

Richard Amardi, 6-foot-9, from Canada and Dustin Hogue, 6-5, from New York signed with the Cyclones last month.

Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Indian Hills (8-1) is averaging 103 points per game and has topped 100 points on five occasions, with high games of 118 and 117.

The Warriors beat Kirkwood, 94-89, in Ottumwa on Nov. 3.

Indian Hills has five players who have signed with NCAA Division I schools for next season. Jameel McKay, 6-8, has signed with Marquette. Trinson White, 6-5, has signed with Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Jelan Kendrick, 6-6, has signed with UNLV.

McKay leads Indian Hills at 14.8 points and 11.7 rebounds per game.

Kirkwood trims SCC with balanced attack

WEST BURLINGTON - Gage Heffernan led a balanced attack with 13 points Saturday night as Kirkwood defeated Southeastern Community College, 73-66, in a men's basketball game in West Burlington.

J.C. Fuller, Taylor Olson and Kevin Hunter scored 11 points apiece for the Eagles (6-4) and Devan Douglas added 10. Kasey Semler, who bruised his right hand against Marshalltown Wednesday, played Saturday and made two 3-pointers for six points.

Jordan Stevens led Southeastern (9-2) with 19 points.

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Kirkwood falls without Wagemester, 71-57

Kirkwood assistant coach Quincy Young had a lengthy telephone conversation with Doug Wagemester after the Eagles played Marshalltown Wednesday night, giving the absent head coach a full report on what happened at Johnson Hall.

It wasn't good.

Kirkwood fell behind by 20 points in the second half and lost to the undefeated Tigers, 71-57, in a non-conference junior college basketball game.

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