The Iowa Central Community College men's basketball team went 2-1 this past weekend in the Highland Community College tournament in Freeport, IL.   The unique thing about this tournament is playing 2 games in one day.  After the 3 games, Iowa Central's record is now 11-2 overall. 

On Friday afternoon, Iowa Central faced off against #12 Moberly Community College of Missouri.  In a back and forth battle for the first 30 minutes, ultimately the depth and size of Moberly wore down Iowa Central in a 102-80 defeat.  "For the first 30 minutes, we battled and went toe to toe.  But the last 10 minutes, they just wore us out.  They are a good team, but I think we are a good team too," said Dennis Pilcher, head coach of Iowa Central.  "I thought we did a good job against their zone defense and an exceptional job against their press.   We took care of the ball which allowed us to stay in the game.  Their shooter got hot in the second half and really hurt us.  But overall, we got better in this game." 

Quick stats from the Moberly game:

Tray Croft  27 pts 7 rebs 7 assist

Dallas Bailey 21 pts 5 rebs

Kemryn Jenkins 14 pts

Royshawn Webb 6 pts 7 rebs

Thomas Akamarmoi 5 pts 5 rebs 5 assist

The Tritons took the court on Saturday morning at 9:00am and played Graceland JV.  Iowa Central got out to a fast start and never looked back in posting a 95-67 victory over the Yellowjackets.  "I was concerned about this game from a letdown aspect after playing Friday night.  It was a short turnaround for us to play.  But we came out and jumped on them early and did what we were supposed to do." Said Dennis Pilcher, head coach of Iowa Central.  Leading by as many as 41, every Triton got some valuable playing time in the victory. 

Quick stats from the Graceland game:

Dallas Bailey 15 pts 3 rebs 6 assist

Thomas Akamarmoi 14 pts

Bay Etheredge 12 pts 3 rebs 4 assist

Raphael Jegede 12 pts 10 rebs

Tray Croft 11 pts 3 rebs 4 assist

Collin Shannon 3 pts 2 rebs 7 assist

After a short break, Iowa Central once again took the court at 5:00pm and battled with Sauk Valley.  Once again, a quick start by the Tritons helped them jump out to a 49-25 halftime lead which grew up to 43 at one point in the second half.  "Playing our second game of the day, we did a great job of coming out and jumping on Sauk Valley.  They are a difficult team to play due to so many different zones and then guarding the flex offense.  But I thought we did a good job on the offensive end of moving the ball, taking good shots which allowed us to get back on defense and set up," said Dennis Pilcher, head coach of Iowa Central.  "This was a good win, considering Sauk had our number the last couple years.  It was also a good way to end the tournament."

Quick stats from the Sauk Valley game:

Tray Croft 36 pts 4 rebs 6 assist

Kemryn Jenkins 18 pts

Dallas Bailey 15 pts 7 rebs 6 assist

Thomas Akamarmoi 10 pts

Royshawn Webb 4 pts 5 rebs 2 assist