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NIACC rally stuns Kirkwood men

MASON CITY - NIACC scored the last nine points of the game and stunned Kirkwood, 85-80, Wednesday night in junior college men's basketball.

Kirkwood (13-11, 5-4) held an 80-76 lead with just under three minutes to play before NIACC went on its winning run.

Kasey Semler led Kirkwood with 25 points that included four 3-pointers in the first 3:26 of the second half that helped the Eagles erase a 43-37 halftime deficit.

David Humphries came off the bench to score 26 points for NIACC (15-8, 3-5). He scored seven points in the final two minutes.

Taylor Olson added 14 points for Kirkwood.

KIRKWOOD (80): Kevin Hunter 0-2 2-3 2, Gage Hefferman 2-5 1-1 6, Taylor Olson 5-11 0-2 14, Devan Douglas 3-8 3-5 10, Kasey Semler 9-16 0-0 25, Shaun Manego 1-1 0-0 3, Derek Witt 1-3 0-0 2, JC Fuller 5-12 0-1 10, Jalen Currie 3-5 2-5 8, Mike Lang 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-63 8-17 80.

NIACC (85): Matthew Don 3-4 4-6 10, Mohamed Mohamed 6-9 1-1 15, Mike Wagner 2-5 0-1 6, Sam Skogen 2-8 2-2 6, Chris Davis 5-12 2-4 15, Alec Saunders 0-0 0-0 0, David Humphries 8-14 8-10 26, Josiah Lee 1-4 2-2 4, John Hafoka 0-1 0-0 0, Braxton Williams 1-1 1-1 3, Matt Mckenzie 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-58 20-27 85.

Halftime - NIACC 43, Kirkwood 37. 3-point goals — Kirkwood (14-33): Semler 7-14, Olson 4-10, Manego 1-1, Hefferman 1-2, Douglas 1-4, Fuller 0-2; NIACC (9-27): Davis 3-8, Mohamed 2-4, Wagner 2-5, Humphries 2-5, Skogen 0-5. Total fouls — Kirkwood 17, NIACC 17.

 

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