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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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Kirkwood women climb to No.2 in poll

The Kirkwood Community College women's basketball team climbed one notch to No.2 in the NJCAA Division II national rankings this week.

The Eagles (24-3) are riding a 16-game winning streak.

Johnson County Community College is ranked No.1 in this week's poll. Louisburg College fell from No.1 to No.9.

Kirkwood visits Southeastern Community College of Keokuk Saturday afternoon.

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Semler, Heffernan spark Kirkwood men

FORT DODGE -- Kasey Semler popped in four 3-pointers and scored 16 points Saturday as Kirkwood Community College topped Iowa Central, 69-63, in an ICCAC men's basketball game in Fort Dodge.

Gage Heffernan hit two triples and netted 15 points for the Eagles (16-11, 7-4).

Jesse Jones paced Iowa Central (15-12, 5-6) with 15 points.

KIRKWOOD (69): Hunter 2 2-5 6, Manego 2 0-0 5, Witt 0 1-2 1, Fuller 1 5-6 7, Heffernan 5 3-4 15, Douglas 3 1-4 7, Olson 1 0-0 3, Semler 6 0-0 16, Currie 4 0-1 9, Lang 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 12-22 69.

IOWA CENTRAL (63): Kudhot 0 0-0 0, Adekoya 5 2-5 14, Jones 5 4-7 15, Elliot 5 0-1 12, Gray 1 5-8 7, Sieren 0 0-0 0, Andersen 4 3-4 11, Wanliss 2 0-0 4. Totals 22 14-28 63.

Halftime - Kirkwood 35, Iowa Central 27. 3-point goals - Kirkwood 9 (Semler 4, Heffernan 2, Manego 1, Olson 1, Currie 1), Iowa Central 5 (Adekoya 2, Elliot 2, Jones 1). Fouled out - Currie.

Kirkwood women clinch tie for ICCAC title

FORT DODGE -- Kianna Jacobs had another big game Saturday as the Kirkwood Community College women's basketball team trimmed Iowa Central, 72-69, to clinch a tie for the ICCAC title.

Jacobs collected 25 points, eight assists and seven rebounds as the third-ranked Eagles raised their records to 24-3 overall and 13-0 in the conference.

Friday Chuol scored 16 points, Bianca Dufelmeier netted 11 and Alexis Fitzpatrick had 10 as Kirkwood won for the 16th straight time.

Jacobs hit two free throws with 17 seconds left to give Kirkwood a three-point lead. Iowa Central missed two shots in the final seconds, including a 3-pointer that would have tied the game.

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