NIACC men play at Southwestern tonight
What's next: The NIACC men's basketball team (12-4, 1-0) plays at No. 11 Southwestern (15-3, 1-0) in an ICCAC contest Wednesday.
Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.
Last time out: NIACC opened the ICCAC season with a 74-60 victory over Iowa Central last Saturday. Sophomore Boy Van Vliet led the Trojans with 28 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Freshman Luke Mascall-Wright scored 16 points with 11 rebounds against the Tritons. Southwestern topped No. 13 DMACC 77-76 on Saturday.
Trojan tidbits: NIACC averages 86.8 points per game, which ranks 32nd in NJCAA Division II ... NIACC has 118 3-point goals this season, which ranks 40th in NJCAA Division II … Boy Van Vliet averages 16.6 points per game … Luke Mascall-Wright averages 14.4 points per game … Mascall-Wright averages 6.1 rebounds per game … James Wanjara averages 5.4 rebounds per game … Van Vliet and Court Christianson both have 28 3-point goals … Van Vliet has 70 assists and 30 steals … Trei Mitchell has 64 assists and 38 steals ... NIACC coach Mark Mohl has a career record of 126-103.
Winning streak: The NIACC men have won five straight games. That's the most since the Trojans won six straight in the 2013-14 season.
Climbing the charts: Van Vliet has 145 career assists, which ranks 32nd on the school's all-time list … Josiah Lee (2011-13) ranks 31st on the all-time list with 147 assists … Mitchell ranks 43rd on the all-time assist list with 114.
NIACC/Southwestern history lesson: NIACC leads the all-time series against Southwestern 50-35 … The first meeting between the two schools was in the 1971-72 season with NIACC winning 114-97 … Mohl is 7-7 against Southwestern … Southwestern won the two contests last season (86-73 and 81-73).
Around the league tonight: DMACC at Kirkwood; Ellsworth at Iowa Lakes.
NIACC men's 2015-16 season (12-4 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
NIACC men's basketball team 2015-16 season
When NIACC Then NIACC is
At home 6-1
On the road 5-2
Neutral site 1-1
Leads at halftime 11-1
Trails at halftime 1-3
Tied at half 0-0
Plays in overtime 0-0
Scores less than 60 points 0-0
Scores between 60-69 points 0-3
Scores between 70-79 points 3-1
Scores between 80-89 points 1-0
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 5-0
Allows between 70-79 points 2-2
Allows between 80-89 points 1-2
Allows between 90-99 points 0-0
Allows more than 100 points 0-0
Game is decided by 1-3 points 1-0
Game is decided by 4-6 points 0-0
Game is decided by 7-10 points 1-2
Game is decided by 11-14 points 2-1
Game is decided by 15 or more points 8-1