- McGee goes 11-of-13 from the field and 7-of-8 from the free throw line
- Freshmen Kwat Abdelkarim and Jaron Crews scored 16 and 15 points respectively
- Bears open up a 49-27 lead at halftime and cruise to the victory
Freshman Cael McGee of Stoughton, Wis., came off the bench to score 30 points to lead the DMACC men's basketball team to a 103-70 win over Iowa Central Community College (ICCC) January 11 inside the DMACC gymnasium.
McGee was 11-of-13 from the field, including 1-2 from three-point range, and made seven of eight free throw attempts as the Bears, ranked 13th in this week's Division II poll from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), improved to 14-4 overall and 4-2 in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC).
Freshmen Kwat Abdelkarim of Lincoln, Neb., and Jaron Crews of Ankeny and Covid-19 sophomore (CoSO) Saiveon Williams of Chicago, Ill., joined McGee in double figures with 16, 15 and 10 points respectively.
DMACC trailed 8-0 early and didn't get on the board until sophomore Greg Brown of Omaha, Neb., drained a three-point basket just more than three minutes into the game. The Bears trailed 17-5 five minutes into the contest before a 24-3 run gave them a 29-20 lead six and a half minutes before intermission. McGee ignited the run with jump shot and capped it with another jumper.
Leading 29-20, DMACC put together a 20-5 run to close the half with a 49-27 lead. ICCC got as close as 57-46 with 13 minutes, 37 seconds left in the second half but got no closer as the Bears put the game out of reach in the final 10 minutes of the half.
DMACC got the win behind 54 percent shooting, making 38 of 70 field goal attempts. The Bears were 10-of-26 from three-point range and 17-of-21 from the free throw line.
Williams came away with eight rebounds to lead DMACC to a 45-29 advantage on the boards. Abdelkarim and freshman Elijah Thomas of Surprise, Ariz., had six rebounds apiece and Brown and freshman Angelo Winkel of Algona had five apiece. CoSO Jimarius Sneed of Chicago, Ill., topped the Bears in assists with four and McGee, Abdelkarim, Brown and freshman Victor Desmond of Onalaska, Wis., had three apiece. Brown led the Bears in steals with four and Crews finished with three.
The DMACC men's basketball team will face Central (Neb.) Community College Jan. 14. Game time is 2 p.m. inside the DMACC gymnasium.
