Trez Ruffin and his Iowa Western teammates lost in day one of the Holiday Inn / Hampton Inn Classic. The two day classic includes: Barton (KS), Cloud County (KS), and Des Moines Area (IA).

November 22, 2019

Reivers Fall to Bears

Des Moines Area Community College

7-1

Iowa Western

4-5

Final	1	2	T
Des Moines Area Community College 7-1	40	41	81
Iowa Western 4-5	27	42	69

Game Leaders

Des Moines Area Community College

Pts: Ryan Schmitt - 21

Reb: Ryan Schmitt - 12

Ast: 2 Players (#3, #11) - 5

Iowa Western

Pts: Josiah Strong - 21

Reb: Caleb Huffman - 7

Ast: Jalen Dalcourt - 7

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Des Moines Area Community College	Iowa Western
Field Goals	(30-60)	(26-68)
Field Goal %	50.0%	38.2%
Rebounds	44	28
Assists	18	19
Turnovers	15	9

Full stats

Council Bluffs, IA -- The Iowa Western men's basketball team fell Friday to Des Moines Area Community College 81-69 at Reiver Arena as part of the Reiver Classic.

DMACC built a 13-point halftime lead and held off the Reivers in the second half. DMACC shot 52% from the field and 40% from three-point range in the winning effort.

Iowa Western's Josiah Strong tied for the game high with 21 points. Kaleb Thonton was the only other Reiver in double figures with 11.

The Reivers will be back in action tonight at 7pm at Reiver Arena, playing host to Barton.

"DMACC did a really nice job of exploiting our interior," IWCC coach Michael Johnette said. "They took advantage of that. At halftime, we made a few adjustment and were able to stem that attack a bit from them. We got the game down to five with about seven minutes to go. But they responded like the 7-1 team they are."