Kirkwood Womens Basketball

Kirkwood women roll by Marshalltown

The Kirkwood women's basketball team was credited with 26 assists on its 27 field goals during Saturday's 80-45 romp past Marshalltown at Johnson Hall.

That tells you one of two things: Either the official statistician was extremely generous handing out assists or the seventh-ranked Eagles passed the ball extremely well.

It was the latter.

"We were unselfish," said Kirkwood Coach Kim Muhl. "That's the big thing with this group. When they start passing the ball, they're much better."

Tyra Polite collected seven assists and Taylor Silva had five to lead the way, but 10 different Eagles had at least one assist as Kirkwood zipped the ball around the floor.

"We're starting to get better," said Muhl after his club raised its record to 8-4 with a strong overall performance.

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No.7 Eagles surge by John Wood

QUINCY, Ill. - The seventh-ranked Kirkwood Eagles finished the first half with a 16-0 run Saturday and trimmed John Wood Community College, 71-68, in a women's basketball game in Quincy, Ill.

The Eagles trailed 27-17 when they caught fired in the first half and grabbed a 33-27 advantage at intermission.

Kirsten Larson popped in five 3-pointers and scored 17 points for Kirkwood (7-4). Casey Miles collected 15 points for the Eagles. Cassidy Clark grabbed seven rebounds.

Shea O'Brien scored 17 points for John Wood (5-3).

KIRKWOOD (71): Sneed 1 3-8 5, Miles 4 6-12 15, Downs 4 0-0 8, Isaac 1 0-0 2, Silva 1 2-4 5, Polite 4 1-2 9, Larson 6 0-0 17, Martensen 2 0-0 4, Bockholt 1 0-0 2, Clark 1 2-2 4, Wood 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 14-28 71.

JOHN WOOD (68): Scott 2 4-4 8, O'Brien 6 3-6 17, Frazier-White 0 4-4 4, Whitaker 3 0-0 6, Reller 1 3-4 5, Melton 1 2-2 4, M. White 0 2-2 2, K. White 1 0-2 2, Taylor 6 1-1 15, Peters 2 1-2 5. Totals 22 20-27 68.

Halftime - Kirkwood 33, John Wood 27. 3-point goals - Kirkwood 7 (Larson 5, Miles 1, Silva 1), John Wood 4 (O'Brien 2, Taylor 2).

No. 7 Eagles roll by William Penn JV

Ariel Sneed led a balanced attack with 12 points Wednesday night as the seventh-ranked Kirkwood Eagles drubbed the William Penn junior varsity, 83-31, at Johnson Hall.

Aliyah Issac scored 11 points for the Eagles (6-4) and Peyton Bockholt had 10. Madison Wood finished with eight points, six rebounds and three blocks. Kaycee Kallenberger had eight rebounds.

WILLIAM PENN JV (31): Barnes 1 0-0 2, Morrow 0 0-0 0, Clark 3 1-1 8, Ortiz 2 1-1 5, Beeson 0 0-0 0, Martinez 1 0-0 2, Ray 2 0-0 4, Petrzelka 4 1-2 10. Totals 13 3-4 31.

KIRKWOOD (83): Sneed 4 4-4 12, Miles 1 2-2 5, Downs 1 4-5 6 Isaac 4 3-4 11, Silva 0 2-2 2 Oberman 2 0-0 4, Sudduth 0 0-0 0, Polite 3 0-0 6, Larson 2 0-0 6, Hutchins 0 0-0 0, Martensen 2 0-0 4, Bockholt 3 4-6 10, Kallenberger 2 1-2 5, Clark 2 0-0 4, Wood 3 2-2 8. Totals 29 22-29 83.

Halftime - Kirkwood 43, William Penn 16. 3-point goals - William Penn 2 (Petrzelka 1, Clark 1), Kirkwood 3 (Larson 2, Miles 1).

KCC women knock off Australians

Kirkwood Coach Kim Muhl says the Eagles are still looking for their identity as a basketball team this season, but that was better than Kirsten Larson's predicament Tuesday night.

She was looking for part of a front tooth.

Larson popped in three 3-pointers and scored 13 points but was inured in the second half during Kirkwood's 79-59 victory over the South Australia Institute of Sports at Johnson Hall.

Larson banged heads with Sophie Houral of Australia, bit through her upper lip and lost part of a tooth in the collision. Her mouth was a bloody mess and she spent the rest of the game with an ice bag on her face.

"Don't kiss anyone tonight," teased Muhl after the game.

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