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Both Basketball Teams Advance in Regionals

By March 5, 2014November 20th, 2018No Comments
JC Fuller

JC Fuller

Both The Kirkwood Eagles men’s and women’s teams advanced to the next round of regionals after victories in the first round of the tournament on Tuesday night.

The Kirkwood women defeated Iowa Lakes easily by a score of 63-32. Mikayla Fallon led the Eagles with 14 points including four 3-pointers. Kirkwood (25-6) moves on to face number two seed and tournament host Iowa Central (25-5) on Friday night. Iowa Central is the 9th ranked team in the nation.

The Kirkwood men won a nail-biter by beating NIACC in overtime by a score of 75-71. JC Fuller finished with 21 points to lead the Eagles. Kirkwood (21-9) now goes on the road to face Iowa Lakes (22-8) in the semifinals on Thursday.

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