IOWA LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO HOST ELLSWORTH COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Iowa Lakes Community College is hosting Ellsworth Community College in a women’s and men’s basketball doubleheader Wednesday, January 13th at the Iowa Lakes gymnasium in Estherville.  The women’s game begins at 5:30 p.m. followed by the men at 7:30 p.m.

The Laker women are currently 5 – 8 on the season and 0-2 in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference.  They are led in scoring by Shannon Heard, who averages 15 points per game, and BreeAnn Hageman, who averages 10 points per game.  Ellsworth is 6 – 9 on the year and 1-1 in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference.

The Laker men, who were the preseason ranked #1 team in the country, are currently 10 – 3 on the season and 1 – 0 in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference after a recent 60 – 48 win at Iowa Central.The Lakers are lead by preseason All Americans Robert Burns and Armon Boston.  The Lakers are averaging 86 points per game. 

Ellsworth is 2 – 0 in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference.  They are lead in scoring by L.C. Doss who is the leading scorer in the conference at 20 points per game.  This is the first home game for the Laker men since November 30th (a span of 44 days).

“We are very excited about finally being at home after being on the road the entire month of December.  Ellsworth is very talented team.  Our guys are looking forward to the challenge.  This has been a very entertaining match-up the last couple of years,” said Lakers Head Coach Troy Larson.

Admission is $5 for adults.  K-12 students are admitted free of charge. To learn more about Iowa Lakes, please visit www.iowalakes.edu.