NIACC men face Iowa Central in league opener Saturday

January 8, 2016

MASON CITY - The NIACC men's basketball team opens ICCAC play Saturday at home against Iowa Central.

Game time is set for 3 p.m. in the NIACC gym.

NIACC (11-4 overall) topped DCTC 79-77 Wednesday. Sophomore guard Trei Mitchell scored the game-winner for the Trojans with five seconds remaining. Sophomore Boy Van Vliet led the Trojans with 16 points and Mitchell scored 13 points.

Iowa Central (6-4) topped the Waldorf College Junior Varsity 78-57 on Wednesday.

Van Vliet averages 15.8 points per game (5th in ICCAC) to lead the Trojans. Also, freshman Luke Mascall-Wright averages 14.3 points per game (7th in ICCAC).

In other ICCAC games Saturday, Kirkwood plays at Iowa Lakes, Southwestern plays at DMACC and Ellsworth plays at Marshalltown in a nonconference game.

NIACC/Iowa Central history lesson: NIACC topped Iowa Central 92-88 in triple overtime and 75-63 in the two meetings last season ... Iowa Central leads the all-time series 61-48 ... NIACC coach Mark Mohl is 6-10 against Iowa Central ... NIACC won 8 straight in the series, which dates back to the 1966-67 season, from the 1972-73 season to the 1975-76 season ... Iowa Central won 9 straight in the series from the 1999-2000 season to the 2003-04 season.

ICCAC LEADERS

SCORING

Jerrod Moorer (Iowa Central) 23.8

Myzeah Batie-Gaddy (Ellsworth) 20.3

Chris Jones (Iowa Lakes) 19.1

Jafar Kinsey (DMACC) 16.5

Boy Van Vliet (NIACC) 15.8

Terrance Smith (Southwestern) 15.6

Luke Mascall-Wright (NIACC) 14.3

KeShawn Wilson (Southwestern) 13.3

Hunter Rhodes (Kirkwood) 12.9

Cam Epps (DMACC) 12.5

REBOUNDS

Johnny Benson Jr. (DMACC) 8.8

Blake Wilder (Iowa Lakes) 6.6

Cristen Wilson (Kirkwood) 6.6

Tate Larsen (DMACC) 6.6

Terrance Smith (Southwestern) 6.3

Baylee Steele (DMACC) 6.1

Mitchell Keller (Iowa Lakes) 5.8

Luke Mascall-Wright (NIACC) 5.8

Myzeah Batie-Gaddy (Ellsworth) 5.8

James Wanjara (NIACC) 5.7

3-POINT GOALS

Jerrod Moorer (Iowa Central) 42

KeShawn Wilson (Southwestern) 36

Jafar Kinsey (DMACC) 31

Court Christianson (NIACC) 27

Landon Harmon (Iowa Lakes) 27

Terrance Smith (Southwestern) 26

TJ Bower (Southwestern) 25

Hunter Rhodes (Kirkwood) 25

Boy Van Vliet (NIACC) 24

Josh Bartlett (Kirkwood) 23

ASSISTS

Hunter Rhodes (Kirkwood) 67

Boy Van Vliet (NIACC) 63

Trei Mitchell (NIACC) 59

Jafar Kinsey (Ellsworth) 58

Ahmad Newsome (Southwestern) 56

Cam Epps (DMACC) 49

Tywon Bressler Jr. (Iowa Lakes) 47

Nibra White Jr. (DMACC) 46

Calvin Chambers (Southwestern) 43

Johnny Benson Jr. (DMACC) 40

STEALS

Trei Mitchell (NIACC) 36

Boy Van Vliet (NIACC) 29

Jordan Johnson (Southwestern) 26

Chris Jones (Iowa Lakes) 26

Nick Richards (Kirkwood) 25

Nibra White Jr. (DMACC) 25

Jafar Kinsey (DMACC) 21

Demetrius Woodley (Iowa Lakes) 21

Tywon Bressler Jr. (Iowa Lakes) 19

Luke Mascall-Wright (NIACC) 19

Deon Wright (Iowa Central) 19

NIACC men's basketball team 2015-16 season

When NIACC Then NIACC is

At home 5-1

On the road 5-2

Neutral site 1-1

Leads at halftime 10-1

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 2-1

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 4-0

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 1-1

Game is decided by 15 or more points 8-1