No. 9 NIACC women stop RCTC, 83-61
MASON CITY - The fourth quarter belonged to the No. 9 NIACC women's basketball team.
NIACC, which led by four points after three quarters, outscored RCTC 28-10 in the final 10 minutes to take a 83-61 decision in a nonconference contest Wednesday night in the NIACC gym.
Freshman Morgan Cuffe scored a career-high 17 points with a career-best 10 rebounds, three steals and two assists to lead the Lady Trojans (5-2 overall).
Sophomore point guard Sammie Sproul scored 18 points, sophomore Trudy Peterson scored 14 points with a career-high six assists and freshman Courtney Larson scored 11 points for the Lady Trojans, who snapped a two-game losing streak.
Sproul also had seven steals 3 assists and three rebounds.
RCTC (0-3) was led by Nathalie Ratliff, Reed Klunder and Justine Gonzalez, who all scored 11 points.
NIACC returns to action Friday and Saturday at the Dale Howard Classic in Iowa Falls. The Lady Trojans play State Fair CC at 2 p.m. on Friday and Kennedy King College at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
Notes: Peterson has 267 career points, 61 career 3-point goals and 58 career assists ... Anna Eckert has 253 career points and 176 career rebounds ... Diamond Miller has 197 career rebounds ... Sproul, who played her freshman season at Marshalltown CC, has 397 career points, 175 career rebounds, 174 career assists, 105 career steals and 57 career 3-point goals.
NIACC 83, RCTC 61
RCTC - Natalie Ratliff 11, Reed Klunder 11, Justine Gonzalez 11, Lakin Koski 8, Jenna Svoboda 8, Jessie Foster 3, Johanna Bungum 3, Brittany Ellis 4, Dasharay Jones 2. Totals - 19-57 18 22 61.
NIACC - Courtney Larson 11, Sammie Sproul 18, Anna Eckert 9, Trudy Peterson 14, Diamond Miller 2, Riley Galvin 3, Tiana Cook 9, Morgan Cuffe 17. Totals - 32-78 8-21 83.
3-point goals - RCTC (5-19): Ratliff 1, Klunder 3, Gonzalez 1. NIACC (11-26): Larson 2, Sproul 2, Eckert 2, Peterson 4, Galvin 1. Total fouls - RCTC 23, NIACC 21. Fouled out - Gonzalez.
Score by quarters:
RCTC 11 15 25 10 - 61
NIACC 26 10 19 28 - 83
NIACC women's 2015-16 season (5-2 overall)
NIACC 76, NDSCS 51
NIACC 98, Williston State College 77
NIACC 84, Illinois Central 76 (OT)
NIACC 87, Lake Land College 73
Illinois Central 86, NIACC 75
Parkland College 84, NIACC 71
NIACC 83, RCTC 61
NIACC women's basketball team 2015-16 season
When NIACC Then NIACC is
At home 3-0
On the road 1-0
Neutral site 1-2
Leads at halftime 5-0
Trails at halftime 0-1
Tied at half 0-1
Plays in overtime 1-0
Scores less than 60 points 0-0
Scores between 60-69 points 0-0
Scores between 70-79 points 1-2
Scores between 80-89 points 3-0
Scores between 90-99 points 1-0
Scores 100 or more points 0-0
Allows less than 60 points 1-0
Allows between 60-69 points 1-0
Allows between 70-79 points 3-0
Allows between 80-89 points 0-2
Allows between 90-99 points 0-0
Allows more than 100 points 0-0
Game is decided by 1-3 points 0-0
Game is decided by 4-6 points 0-0
Game is decided by 7-10 points 1-0
Game is decided by 11-14 points 1-2
Game is decided by 15 or more points 3-0
