Kirkwood Womens Basketball

Eagles win opener; Muhl blasts format

The Kirkwood women's basketball team played its final home game at Johnson Hall Wednesday night and now will pack its bags for the rest of the Region XI tournament after coasting by Ellsworth, 65-36.

Coach Kim Muhl is not happy.

The Eagles won the ICCAC title by a landslide this season, but all it got them was a home game in the opening round of the league tournament.

Kirkwood will play the rest of the tournament in Keokuk. Making it even worse, the Eagles will have to play Southeastern Community College on its home floor in Keokuk.

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DMACC snaps Eagles' streak at 18

BOONE - DMACC built an 11-point halftime lead and went on to hand No.2 Kirkwood its first conference loss of the season Saturday in an Iowa Community College Athletic Conference women's basketball game.

The loss snapped Kirkwood's winning streak at 18 games in its regular-season finale.

Kirkwood (26-4, 15-1) was led by Kianna Jacobs' 14 points. Alexis Fitzpatrick scored 11. Jacobs also grabbed eight rebounds and had four assists.

The Eagles played without starter Bianca Dufelmeier, who was injured in practice on Thursday.

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No.2 Kirkwood drubs Southwestern, 85-20

Southwestern was no match for the No.2 ranked Kirkwood Eagles on Wednesday night at Johnson Hall. Kirkwood (26-3, 15-0) pummeled the Spartans, 85-20.

An aggressive full-court pressure defense forced 14 turnovers and only allowed one field goal in 19 attempts in the entire first half as the Eagles built a 42-7 halftime lead.

Substituting generously in each half, the Eagles held Southwestern (0-29, 0-15) to just 5 of 39 shooting for the game while forcing 23 turnovers.

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Kirkwood women grab 17th title in row

KEOKUK - The Kirkwood women's basketball team captured its 17th straight ICCAC title Saturday afternoon with a 59-45 victory over Southeastern Community College in Keokuk.

The second-ranked Eagles (25-3, 14-0) have reached the 25-win plateau for the 19th straight year.

Kianna Jacobs led Kirkwood with 14 points and seven rebounds. Whitney Rohrbach scored 11 points and Alexis Fitzpatrick collected seven assists.

Jacey Hartweg led Southeastern (15-12, 6-7) with 12 points.

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