No. 2 Kirkwood rolls past SWCC women

CNA photo by BEN FROTSCHER Looking in: SouthwesternÕs Christina Motley (right) tries to drive to the hoop on KirkwoodÕs Rachele Monroe. The Spartans lost 96-38 to the league-leading Eagles Wednesday night.

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The second-ranked Kirkwood women’s basketball team rolled to a 96-38 victory Wednesday night in ICCAC league action. The conference-leading Eagles (22-6 overall, 16-0 ICCAC) dominated the Spartans in the post, scoring 59 points between their five post players — 5-foot-10 Breann Hill, 5-foot-11 MyKenya Johnson, 6-foot Jayne Strand, 6-foot-2 El Sara Greer and 6-foot-3 Ashley Gorsh. But in the first meeting, Kirkwood made 11 3-pointers in a 126-43 win at Cedar Rapids. This time, around Southwestern coach Buck Scheel wanted to slow the Eagles down and limit their outside shots. “Our game plan was to take away their 3-point shooting,” said Scheel. “That killed us last time we played them. They only had four 3-pointers tonight and last time they had 11.” In Wednesday’s contest, the Spartans never led, but were down just a few points in the early minutes. A 10-0 Kirkwood run helped open up a 21-8 lead midway through the first quarter, followed by a 12-2 run at the end of the first half to take a 44-20 lead. In the second half, the Eagles used a 26-4 run to blow the game wide open. “We didn’t show up in the second half,” said Scheel. “Playing that kind of team, you probably know you’re not going to come back from 24 points at halftime, but I was very disappointed with our effort.” Kirkwood had five players score in double-figures for the win while Southwestern was led by 11 points from Kim Wolfer. Up next for Southwestern (5-22 overall, 2-13 ICCAC) is a road trip to Iowa Central on Saturday. Game time is 2 p.m. KIRKWOOD (96) — Breann Hill 18, MyKenya Johnson 16, Rachele Monroe 12, Allie Lindemann 10, El Sara Greer 10, McKensey Long 9, Ashley Gorsh 9, Jayne Strand 6, Alicia Wright 4, Kenisha McDade 2. 3-point goals — 5 (Lindemann 2, Monroe 2, Long 1). Team fouls — 10. SOUTHWESTERN (38) — Kim Wolfer 4-17 3-4 11, Tiffany Troutwine 3-8 0-0 7, Anna Waymaster 2-6 2-2 6, CeCe Wright 3-5 0-0 6, Cortni Livengood 2-3 0-0 4, Christina Motley 1-5 0-0 2, Nicole Meyer 0-5 2-2 2. Totals — 15-49 7-8 38. FG shooting — 15-49 (30 percent). 3-point goals — 1-5 (Troutwine 1-4, Motley 0-1). Rebounds — 18. Assists — 14 (Troutwine 6). Steals — 2. Blocked shots — 5 (Waymaster 5). Turnovers — 23. Team fouls — 12. Fouled out — Waymaster. KCC — 44 96 SWCC — 20 38 —————— Ben Frotscher can be reached at 782-2141, ext. 246 or bfrotscher@crestonnews.com