Estherville, IA – The NJCAA 11th ranked Iowa Lakes Lakers Men's Basketball team is set to take on the Ellsworth Panthers in an Iowa Community College Athletic Conference Matchup on Saturday, January 25th.

The Lakers who have won 6 in a row, most recently played NJCAA 3rd ranked DMACC in Estherville winning the contest 69-59 behind a strong defensive performance where they held DMACC to 36% shooting from the floor. Justin Brookens led the way in the game scoring 16 points and grabbing 8 rebounds. Kevin Cook added 14 points and 8 rebounds.

The Panthers enter the contest having lost their last 2. The Bear's last action came Saturday against ICCAC opponent Kirkwood. Kirkwood would win the game 88-66.

The Matchup will be the first for the two this season. Iowa Lakes has won the last 5 matchups vs Ellsworth.

Iowa Lakes is currently ranked 13th in the country in scoring getting 93.3 points per game, they are currently 10th in the country field goal percentage at 50.2% from the floor and are ranked 1st nationally in 3-point percentage at 42.3%.

The Lakers are paced by Justin Brookens. Brookens is getting 21.8 points, dishing out 4.6 assists, and grabbing 6.4 rebounds per game in ICCAC play. Lakers scoring in double figures include Keshawn Pegues. Pegues is getting 14 points per contest while grabbing 12.0 rebounds, and Malcolm Clayton is scoring 11.4 points, and grabbing 5.1 rebounds.

The game will be played in Laker Gymnasium and will tip at 3:00 pm.