January 13, 2025
#1 Kirkwood Stays Unbeaten
Creston, IA-
Kirkwood 102
Southwestern 34
Kirkwood surpassed the century mark on Saturday afternoon, as all 13 players who suited up for the Eagles scored in their 102-34 victory over Southwestern.
The Eagles jumped on top of the Spartans 11-0 in the first 1:50 of the game by knocking down their first four field goals of the game.
Kirkwood (17-0 / 7-0) would increase their lead to 30-9 after a quarter of play.
The Eagles held Southwestern without a field goal in the second quarter and managed to take a 51-12 lead into the locker room at halftime.
A 16-4 run over the first 5:04 of the third quarter saw Kirkwood take a 67-16 lead.
The Eagles would lead 75-25 after three-quarters of play.
No player saw more than 22 minutes of action, so they made the most of it in the scoring column.
Sophomore Jenna Twedt led five Eagles in double figures with 18 points (6-9 from three).
A trio of players, freshman Eva Steffensen and sophomores Kaliyah Sain and Sam Veto each finished with 14 points.
Steffensen & Veto both finished with career-highs in scoring.
Sophomore Lizzy Puot was the fifth Kirkwood player to finish in double figures with 11 points.
Freshmen Kennedy Blakely added six points off the bench, while freshman Olivia Wren and sophomore Ellah Kissell both finished with five points each.
Wren also grabbed five rebounds and dished out a game-high five assists.
The Eagles shared the ball extremely well, as they finished with a season-high 26 assists.
Sophomore Ella Pritchard and freshman Chudear Mach both provided four points, while sophomore Kora Alesch's three points.
Rounding out the scoring was sophomore Shyla Moore and freshman Briana Martin, who both finished with two points a piece.
The Eagles outscored the Spartans 50-4 in bench points.
Kirkwood will travel to Iowa Falls on Wednesday to take on Ellsworth (14-1 / 7-0) with first place in the ICCAC on the line.
