NIACC men stop Iowa Central, 74-60

MASON CITY - Boy Van Vliet scored 28 points with a career-high nine rebounds and seven assists to lead NIACC to a 74-60 victory over Iowa Central in the ICCAC opener for both teams on Saturday in the NIACC gym.

NIACC (12-4 overall, 1-0 in ICCAC) also received 16 points from freshman Luke Mascall-Wright.

Iowa Central was led by Marcus Baldwin with 23 points.

It's the third straight win in the series for NIACC over Iowa Central. The three straight wins by the Trojans is the most in the series since they won four straight from 1998-2000.Iowa Central leads the all-time series 61-49.

It's also the second straight season that NIACC has won its league opener. The Trojans topped Kirkwood 75-67 in the conference opener in the 2014-15 season.

NIACC returns to action Wednesday at Southwestern.

NIACC 74, IOWA CENTRAL 60

Iowa Central - Deon Wright 8, Jerrod Moorer 12, Moquavis Frazier 13, Marcus Baldwin 23, Junior Moaku 4. Totals - 23-57 7-12 60.

NIACC - Trei Mitchell 5, Boy Van Vliet 28, James Wanjara 3, Angus Fischer 4, Court Christianson 5, Javeon McClain 3, Matt Baker 3, Luke Mascall-Wright 16, George Ivens 4, Nasir Shabazz 3. Totals - 30-63 4-6 74.

3-point goals - Iowa Central (7-29): Moorer 3, Baldwin 4. NIACC (10-25): Mitchell 1, Van Vliet 4, Christianson 1, McClain 1, Baker 1, Shabazz 1. Total fouls - Iowa Central 10, NIACC 14. Score at half: NIACC 38, Iowa Central 20.

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