Two former Ellsworth Panthers have an opportunity in front of a national audience as Shawn Fulcher and Arlandus Keyes will take part in the 2025 NCAA DI Men's Basketball Championship tournament.
Ellsworth men's basketball found a way to leave Council Bluffs with its third win of the season over the Reivers, and more importantly extending the season another game
Ellsworth Community College trailed Iowa Western Community College by as many as 15 before coming back and ending their losing skid at two with the 85-78 victory.
Twelfth-ranked Ellsworth Community College suffered their first sweep at the hands of NIACC (15-7, 7-5) and slid from fourth place into fifth and the Trojans jumped up two spots to third with the 80-75 decision.
Bryan Bender was not going to call Saturday’s game against Iowa Central a must win for the 12th-ranked Ellsworth Community College, but it was pretty close.
Dittmer Gymnasium was host to a top 10 showdown on Wednesday night between ninth-ranked Ellsworth Community College and No. 2 Kirkwood Community College.
It took until late in the second half before ninth-ranked Ellsworth Community College was able to build a double-digit lead over the hosts and leave Sioux City with the 82-70 win.
Despite the Ellsworth Community College coming into Wednesday night’s game as the heavy favorite, ranked 10th in the new NJCAA polls, Northeast Community College gave them all they could handle.
It wasn’t until the second half of Saturday’s contest at Fort Dodge that 11th-ranked Ellsworth Community College was able to get separation from Iowa Central Community College (8-4, 2-1), who is receiving votes in the NJCAA polls.
In the final four and a half minutes of the contest versus NIACC, ninth-ranked Ellsworth Community College did not make a field goal and were 2-4 from the free throw line.
With a difference of as many as 12, Marshalltown Community College mounted a comeback and had the ninth-ranked Ellsworth Community College on the ropes.
Despite a shaky game at times, seventh-ranked Ellsworth Community College was able to overcome mistakes and sloppy play to record a 100-71 win over William Penn JV on Tuesday.