ESTHERVILLE — The Iowa Lakes men’s basketball team advanced to the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference Championship Game with a 85-81 win over Kirkwood. The win moved the Lakers to 26-6 overall.

“Really proud of our guys tonight,” said ILCC men’s head coach Jason McKinney. “We got off to a really good start and then had to fight through some adversity with all the foul trouble. We had to go deep in to our bench and they stepped up.”