NCMC women's basketball continued their hot start to the season Saturday when they handily defeated Marshalltown CC 96-55 at the Ketcham Community Center.  With the win, the Lady Pirates are now 2-0 ahead of a home contest Tuesday against Fort Scott CC.  Tipoff for that game is 5:30pm.

Leading the scoring for a balanced NCMC attack was sophomore Nora Ford.  She totaled 21 points on 7-14 shooting, including 5 made threes.  All players in the starting lineup for NCMC pushed into double figures plus Jordan Hibner added 9 points off the bench.

Defensively, NCMC held Marshalltown to 33.9% shooting in the game and out rebounded the visitors 45-30.  The stifling Lady Pirates defense also forced 32 turnovers.