Tigers' streak halted on the road at Northeast
January 21, 2015

Tigers' streak halted on the road at Northeast

Norfolk, NE—The Marshalltown Community College women’s basketball team was unable to build off of a convincing conference win from Saturday night as the Tigers dropped a 64-42 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) road contest to the Northeast Community College Hawks on Wednesday night.

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Norfolk, NE—The Marshalltown Community College women's basketball team was unable to build off of a convincing conference win from Saturday night as the Tigers dropped a 64-42 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) road contest to the Northeast Community College Hawks on Wednesday night. Jasmin Howe (Millicent, Australia/Millicent) was the lone Tiger in double-figures with 13.

With the loss, which snaps a three-game winning streak, the Tigers fall to 1-1 in the ICCAC, forcing a three-way tie between the three conference opponents. MCC is now 12-8 on the year.

Wednesday's game saw just five points total through the first three minutes, but it was the Hawks that emerged, putting together a 15-3 run to go up 18-5 over the Tigers. MCC answered with a 10-2 run of its own, capped by a three-point shot from Sammie Sproul (Waterloo, IA/Waterloo West). Despite holding Northeast without a field goal for nearly four minutes late in the first half, the Tigers trailed 30-19 at halftime.

Howe scored six straight points to open the second half for the Tigers with two three-point shots, but the Hawks' defense shut down MCC midway through the frame and capitalized with a 12-2 run. Northeast eventually built a 20-point lead, 53-33, with six minutes to play, and never looked back.

Jaden Davenport (Meskwaki, IA/Meskwaki) came off the bench to grab nine rebounds and score five points. JeAnn Hiraldo (Ames, IA/Ames) contributed eight points and five rebounds in the loss.

The Tiger offense was limited all-around on Wednesday. MCC managed to shoot just 27.1 percent from the floor, including a 21.1 percent clip from beyond the arc. The Tigers hit just six of 12 free throw as well.

MCC travels to Mineral Area College on Jan. 27 for a 5:00 PM matchup.