NIACC men host No. 9 Kirkwood on Saturday
What's next: The NIACC men's basketball team (13-8, 1-4) hosts No. 9 Kirkwood at 3 p.m. Saturday in the NIACC gym.
Last time out: NIACC dropped a 78-70 decision to Iowa Lakes on Wednesday. Boy Van Vliet led the Trojans with 23 points.
Climbing the charts: Van Vliet ranks 39th on the school's all-time scoring list with 586 career points. He also ranks 20th on the school's all-time 3-point list with 72.
NIACC/Kirkwood history lesson: Kirkwood leads the all-time series 54-38 … The two schools split their 2 meetings last season (NIACC won 75-67 and Kirwkood won 88-70) … The first meeting between the 2 schools in men's basketball was in the 1969-70 season with NIACC winning 74-48 … Kirkwood coach Bryan Peterson has a career record of 64-20.
NIACC men's basketball 2015-16 season (13-9 overall)
NIACC 105, Dakota Wesleyan JV 48
NIACC 97, Pure Prep Academy 48
Southeastern 81, NIACC 67
NIACC 90, Wartburg College JV 80
RCTC 89, NIACC 72
NIACC 95, Waldorf College JV 63
Quakerdale Prep Academy 74, NIACC 66
NIACC 90, Riverland CC 68
NIACC 93, Graceland University JV 51
NIACC 117, Little Priest Tribal College 73
Briar Cliff JV 74, NIACC 66
NIACC 80, Luther College JV 53
NIACC 95, AFLBS 62
NIACC 75, Saint Mary's University-Winona JV 61
NIACC 79, DCTC 77
NIACC 74, Iowa Central 60
Southwestern 82, NIACC 69
Ellsworth 84, NIACC 81
NIACC 81, Luther College JV 67
DMACC 76, NIACC 56
Iowa Lakes 78, NIACC 70
NIACC men's basketball team 2015-16 season
When NIACC Then NIACC is
At home 7-3
On the road 5-4
Neutral site 1-1
Leads at halftime 12-1
Trails at halftime 1-7
Tied at half 0-0
Plays in overtime 0-0
Scores less than 60 points 0-1
Scores between 60-69 points 0-4
Scores between 70-79 points 3-2
Scores between 80-89 points 2-1
Scores between 90-99 points 6-0
Scores 100 or more points 2-0
Allows less than 60 points 4-0
Allows between 60-69 points 6-0
Allows between 70-79 points 2-4
Allows between 80-89 points 1-4
Allows between 90-99 points 0-0
Allows more than 100 points 0-0
Game is decided by 1-3 points 1-1
Game is decided by 4-6 points 0-0
Game is decided by 7-10 points 1-3
Game is decided by 11-14 points 3-2
Game is decided by 15 or more points 8-2