No. 7 NIACC women stop Iowa Central, 76-67
MASON CITY - Freshman Mikayla Homola scored 19 points to lead the No. 7 NIACC women's basketball team to a 76-67 victory over Iowa Central in an ICCAC contest Saturday afternoon in the NIACC gym.
Sophomore UU Longs scored 17 points and sophomore Taylor Laabs scored 13 points as the Lady Trojans improved to 15-4 overall and 2-1 in the ICCAC.
NIACC, which led 39-32 at the half, led 56-52 after three quarters and outscored Iowa Central 20-15 in the final 10 minutes to push its winning streak to six games over the Tritons.
NIACC forced Iowa Central (9-10, 1-2) into 36 turnovers.
NIACC, which is 9-0 at home this season, pushed its home-court winning streak to 13 games. The last loss for the Lady Trojans at home was a 71-65 loss to Kirkwood on Feb. 1, 2017.
Longs also contributed six rebounds and six steals for the Lady Trojans.
Khalilah Holloway led the Lady Trojans with eight rebounds. The sophomore is averaging 10 rebounds per game in the three ICCAC contests.
NIACC returns to action at home Wednesday against Ellsworth in an ICCAC contest. Game time is set for 5:30 p.m. in the NIACC gym. Ellsworth stopped Southwestern 57-45 on Saturday.
NIACC's 2017-18 season (15-4 overall)
NIACC 99, Illinois Central 82
NIACC 90, Bay College 61
NIACC 134, Milwaukee Area Tech 45
NIACC 121, Harper College 28
NIACC 98, Iowa Western 89
NIACC 128, Riverland CC 36
NIACC 102, Rock Valley College 76
NIACC 112, Lake Region State College 57
NIACC 105, Grand View JV 73
Northeast CC 67, NIACC 54
NIACC 111, Central CC-Columbus 51
NIACC 78, NDSCS 77 (OT)
NIACC 106, Dakota College-Bottineau 47
NIACC 122, Kalamazoo Valley CC 58
Illinois Central 66, NIACC 62
Owens CC 73, NIACC 63
NIACC 83, Southeastern CC 52
Kirkwood 68, NIACC 59
NIACC 76, Iowa Central 67
NIACC women's basketball team 2017-18
When NIACC Then NIACC is
In November 9-0
In December 4-3
In January 2-1
Plays at home 9-0
Plays on road 1-2
Plays on neutral court 5-2
Leads at halftime 14-0
Trails at halftime 1-4
Tied at halftime 0-0
Plays in overtime 1-0
Scores less than 60 points 0-2
Scores between 60-69 points 0-2
Scores between 70-79 points 2-0
Scores between 80-89 points 1-0
Scores between 90-99 points 3-0
Scores 100 or more points 9-0
Allows less than 60 points 8-0
Allows between 60-69 points 2-3
Allows between 70-79 points 3-1
Allows between 80-89 points 2-0
Allows between 90-99 points 0-0
Allows 100 or more points 0-0
Game decided by 1-3 points 1-0
Game decided by 4-6 points 0-1
Game decided by 7-10 points 2-2
Game decided by 11-14 points 0-1
Game decided by 15+ points 12-0
NIACC WOMEN'S SEASON SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
TEAM
Points - 134 vs. Milwaukee Area Tech (11-10-17)
3-point goals - 26 vs. Dakota College-Bottineau (12-9-17)
Rebounds - 65 vs. Riverland CC (11-21-17)
Assists - 33 vs. Milwaukee Area Tech (11-10-17)
Steals - 29 vs. Harper College (11-11-17)
INDIVIDUAL
Points - 31, Taylor Laabs vs. Iowa Western (11-18-17)
3-point goals - 7, Shayley Vesel vs. Dakota College-Bottineau (12-9-17)
Rebounds - 16, Khalilah Holloway, twice.
Assists - 8, Taylor Laabs vs. Dakota College-Bottineau (12-9-17)
Steals - 9, Kelsie Willert vs. Kalamazoo Valley CC (12-28-17)
