by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC
Scheduling games in Iowa this season has run into nothing but bad luck for Kansas City Kansas Community College’s women’s basketball team.
On Saturday, Dec. 10, a massive power outage on the campus of Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs forced cancellation of KCKCC’s game with Iowa Western.
Less than a week later, KCKCC’s game with Southwestern Iowa in Creston Friday, Dec. 16, had to be postponed because the heating unit in the Southwestern gymnasium went out, lowering temperatures to 57 degrees.
“That might have been a good thing because of the snow and sleet in southern Iowa and northern Missouri,” KCKCC coach Joe McKinstry said.
McKinstry said every attempt will be made to reschedule both games.
Ranked No. 11 in the latest NJCAA Division II poll, the Lady Blue Devils (9-4) are not scheduled to return to action until Jan. 11 against Southwestern.
The Blue Devil men, however, will return to play Saturday, Jan. 7, against On Point Academy in a game scheduled to tip off at 4 p.m.