Kirkwood Womens Basketball

No. 2 KCC women smothered, 45-30

SEDALIA, Mo. - The Kirkwood women's basketball team suffered through one of the worst offensive performances in school history Friday.

The Eagles were smothered by Butler Community College, 45-30, in the opening round of the State Fair Classic.

Kirkwood is ranked No. 2 in NJCAA Division II, while Butler is ranked No. 16 in NJCAA Division I.

The Eagles made only 8 of 54 shots from the field for 14.8 percent. They were 3 of 25 on 3-pointers for 12 percent.

Read more...

Muhl begins 30th year with 7 titles

Kim Muhl originally wanted to be the men's basketball coach at Kirkwood Community College back in 1988, but the Eagles hired Ted Oglesby for the job instead.

Shortly later, Kirkwood wondered if Muhl was interested in being their women's basketball coach -- he was the girls basketball coach at Norway High School at the time - so they arranged a meeting for him to meet with Kirkwood president Norm Nielsen at 7:30 one morning.

"He offered me the job before I walked out the door," said Muhl, who remembered he was dressed casually in coaching togs for that pivotal meeting with the former school president.

That was 30 years, 863 victories and seven national titles ago.

Muhl would have laughed at anyone who would have predicted that level of success for the Hall of Fame coach. "I would have said they'd been drinking," he remarked, smiling at the absurdity of the notion.

Muhl, 63, begins his 30th year at Kirkwood this weekend with two games at the State Fair Classic in Sedalia, Mo., facing Butler Community College on Friday and Dodge City Community College on Saturday.

His first national title came in 1997 and the seventh came 20 years later in 2017, when the Eagles sailed through the season with a perfect 37-0 record. Kirkwood was the national runner-up last and finished 34-4, which means they've won 71 of their last 75 games.

Read more...

Hutchins joins KCC basketball staff

Cyerra Hutchins is returning to Kirkwood Community College as a new  member of the women's basketball staff.

Hutchins played for Kirkwood Coach Kim Muhl and the Eagles from 2014  through 2016. She played for Loras College for two seasons and was a senior for the Duhawks this past year.

Hutchins attended high school at Cedar Rapids Prairie.

Hutchins replaces Natalie White on the Kirkwood staff. During White's  two years at Kirkwood, the Eagles won the NJCAA Division II national  title in 2017 and finished second in 2018.

White is now working at The Mobile Pack in Iowa City. The company  provides for the health and well-being of dogs, with daytime services  and overnight boarding.

5 Eagles find new teams

Five members of the Kirkwood women's basketball team will continue  their careers at four-year schools next season.

Awal Ajak is headed to Missouri-Kansas City, an NCAA Division I  program. Three Eagles have signed with NCAA Division II schools with  Tayana Wilson going to Limestone, Olivia Usher to Missouri Western and  Christmas Puok to Texas-Permian Basin.

Niaja Taylor will be playing at William Penn, an NAIA school in Oskaloosa.

Kirkwood finished second at the NJCAA Division II national tournament this season with a 34-4 record.