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Kirkwood women hosting unbeaten teams in Classic

The Kirkwood women's basketball team will host two opponents that have a combined record of 20-0 in the Kirkwood Classic this weekend at Johnson Hall.

The Eagles (5-2) will face Northeast Community College of Norfolk, Neb., at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and will meet Moberly Area Community College of Moberly, Mo., at 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Northeast and Moberly are both 10-0 this season. Moberly is ranked No. 17 in the NJCAA Division I poll.

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The long journey from Kenya to Kirkwood

With a slender 6-foot-2 frame and a regal bearing, Kirkwood sophomore Friday Chuol may not look the part of fierce guardian of the basket – at least at first glance.

She’s plenty tough, says women's basketball coach Kim Muhl. “She’s a survivor.”

Compared to most of her teammates and opponents, Chuol’s basketball resume is short – but her life experience is long and arduous.

The daughter of Sudanese refugees, she was born and lived her early life in Nairobi, Kenya. Better off than some, she says, her family did not live in a refugee camp, but she saw privation and illness that made a deep impression on her.

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Wagemester ejected, but Eagles roll anyway

Kirkwood Coach Doug Wagemester began Thanksgiving vacation a little earlier than planned Tuesday night when he was ejected from his team's game against Black Hawk College.

The Eagles enjoyed a basketball feast without him.

J.C. Fuller led a balanced attack with 17 points as Kirkwood dunked Black Hawk, 88-63, at Johnson Hall.

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Kirkwood women top South Australia

Kirkwood sophomore Bianca Dufelmeier felt right at home Tuesday night when the Eagles played a touring club team from South Australia at Johnson Hall.

Dufelmeier was born and raised in Australia and has dual citizenship in Australia and the United States. She moved to Iowa in 2010 when she was 17 and attended Ames High School so she could further her basketball career and play in college.

She played for Kirkwood last season and was delighted to see the South Australian team on the schedule this year.

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