Men’s Basketball starts season with (0-2) trip to Iowa
East Peoria, Ill. – The ICC Men’s Basketball team (0-2) kicked off the season at the Southeastern Iowa Classic in Burlington, Iowa. On Friday, they played the Kirkwood Eagles, and on Saturday, they played the Carl Sandburg Chargers.
vs. Kirkwood | L, 71-86
The Cougars actually got off to a better start than Kirkwood did, shooting roughly .200 better than the Eagles. In fact, that was not all. ICC was out-shooting Kirkwood in three-pointers and free throws as well.
The second half was a much different story, with Kirkwood rebounding after ICC had outdone them in the first half. What started as a solid first half turned into the Eagles getting four players in double figures, one of whom had 28 points. Kirkwood would take the opener, 86-71. Katon Brown was ICC’s leading scorer with 14 points.
vs. Carl Sandburg | L, 61-80
When it came to Saturday, the Cougars were not able to come out with the same energy that they had against Kirkwood. They shot 10-39 from the field, 4-17 from three, and went 0-5 from the free throw line in the first 20 minutes. Granted, Carl Sandburg was shooting the ball quite well, going an even .500 come halftime.
The Cougars would turn things around somewhat in the second half. After five first half threes from the Chargers, it was the Cougars dropping five treys, and Carl Sandburg did not make one. Both sides did well at the charity stripe in the final half of play, with ICC going 8-12 and Carl Sandburg going a perfect 7-7.
It would end up being a 19-point loss for the Cougars.
ICC Statistical Leaders vs. Kirkwood: FGs (Katon Brown – 5 for 7), 3’s (Katon Brown & Chaz Sardin – 3 each), FTs (Patrick McKenzie – 4 for 4), Rebounds (Armoni Hall & Damond Crosby – 5 each), Assists (Patrick McKenzie & Chaz Sardin – 3 each), Steals (Damond Crosby, Nicholas McKenzie, and DJ Davis – 1 each)
ICC Statistical Leaders vs. Carl Sandburg: FGs (Ian Milsteadt – 8 for 18), 3’s (Ian Milsteadt – 4 for 11), FTs (Katon Brown – 4 for 6), Rebounds (Armoni Hall – 4) *no further stats available*
Next Up: Tuesday, November 6th | vs. Kennedy King | 7:00 pm