ICCAC Division I Region XI Tournament
The Marshalltown Community College men's basketball team will host the opening round of the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) Division I Region XI Tournament as the No. 4 seed Tigers take on the No. 5 seed Northeast Community College Hawks at 7:00 PM on Monday night at the Student Activity Center.
MCC (16-13, 2-6) earned the fourth seed in the tournament after beating the Hawks twice in the regular season. The Tigers defeated Northeast on the road 101-100 in a double overtime thriller on Jan. 18. In the teams' only meeting in Marshalltown, The Tigers finished off the Hawks in regulation, 100-82 on Feb. 8.
In the two regular season meetings, Mike Rodriguez (Boston, MA/Redemption Christian Academy) averaged 24.5 points and 8.5 assists per game. Troidell Carter (Lilburn, GA/Meadowcreek), who averaged 20 points over the two games, enters the tournament averaging 26 points and 11.4 rebounds over his last five games. Both players went for career-highs of 33 points each in the regular season finale at Indian Hills, a 104-93 loss.
The Hawks (14-16, 0-8) are led by Khapri Alston and Buay Tuach, who averaged 15.9 and 12.8 points per game, respectively, during the regular season.
Indian Hills Community College earned the No. 1 seed in the tournament after posting a 7-1 record in conference play and holds the tiebreaker over No. 2 seed Southeastern Community College who also finished the regular season 7-1. Iowa Western Community College enters as the No. 3 seed. The winner of MCC and Northeast will advance to play at Indian Hills at 7:00 PM on Wednesday night.
