Kenijae Cherry

The Marshalltown Community College women’s basketball team had No. 19 Kansas City Kansas CC on the ropes but couldn’t close it out, falling 55-50 to the Blue Devils on Tuesday night at the Student Activity Center.

The Tigers (3-4) led 43-35 entering the fourth quarter before getting outscored 20-7 in the final period. Alana Webb scored a game-high 15 points off the bench for the Blue Devils (6-2).

MCC was forced into 22 turnovers, got outrebounded 52-37, and shot just 12.5 percent from 3-point range. The Tigers went just 5-for-13 (38.5 percent) from the free-throw line as well.

Kenijae Cherry led Marshalltown with a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds to go with six blocked shots. Jaeda Turner also scored 16 points but on 7-of-28 shooting, going 0-for-10 from 3-point range.

MCC opens Iowa Community College Athletic Conference play against NIACC at 1 p.m. Saturday in Mason City.