Kirkwood Men Dump No. 7 Iowa Central
MetroSportsReport.com
FORT DODGE - The Kirkwood men's basketball team blasted seventh-ranked Iowa Central, 84-62, Saturday for its second big victory over a top-10 team in four days.
The Eagles whipped No. 2 Lincoln College, 71-55, Wednesday night.
Freshman Bailey Kale tossed in five 3-pointers and scored 19 points for Kirkwood in the 22-point victory Saturday in the ICCAC conference opener for both teams in Fort Dodge.
Chris King scored 13 points for the Eagles, who raised their overall record to 11-4. Doug Wilson had a big game for Kirkwood with 12 points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots. Carlo Marble added 10 points.
Kirkwood jumped to a 24-point lead at halftime and cruised to the victory from there.
Dallas Bailey poured in 31 points for Iowa Central (13-4, 0-1). Royshawn Webb, a Cedar Rapids Jefferson grad, scored 17.
The Tritons played without Tray Croft, their leading scorer at 23.6 points who was sidelined with an injury.
KIRKWOOD (84): Stansbury 1 3-6 6, Kale 7 0-0 19, Small 2 0-0 6, Ray 1 0-0 2, Meeker 3 0-0 7, Ross 1 2-2 5, King 5 1-4 13, Marble 4 1-2 10, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Storey 0 0-0 0, Wilson 5 2-4 12, Arrington 2 0-0 4. Totals 31 9-18 84.
IOWA CENTRAL (62): Hawkins 0 0-0 0, Kramer 0 0-0 0, Webb 7 3-5 17, Etheredge 0 0-0 0, Bailey 10 6-10 31, Shannon 0 0-0 0, Jenkins 3 0-0 7, Kephart 0 0-0 0, Jegede 0 0-0 0, Akamarmoi 2 3-4 7. Totals 22 12-20 62.
