M-Basketball: RVC goes 2-0 in the John Wood Classic this weekend
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Box Score 2 Three consecutive weekends on the road, opponents that include three NJCAA D1 programs (two in the top 10 in the country), two NJCAA D2 programs including the defending National Runner-up, and a first year program from Sioux City, Iowa... and the Golden Eagles won every game. This past weekend Rock Valley College rolled the hosts, John Wood Community College (Quincy, IL) by a score of 76-51. JWCC lost to Richard Bland College in the NJCAA D2 National Championship game last season. The following day, the Golden Eagles played NJCAA D2 Macomb Community College (MI) and built a 22 point lead with 3 minutes left in the game en route to an 84-71 victory for Rock Valley.
Rock Valley College, who is ranked #1 in the country at the NJCAA D3 level, is a perfect 8-0 on the season.
Against John Wood on Friday night, RVC was led by LT Davis with 18 points on 7-11 from the field (4-6 3PT). Dalton Menke scored 15 points on 5-7 from behind the arc while Elijah Williams posted a double-double which included 14 points as well as a game-high in rebounds (11) and assists (4).
"After playing a back-and-forth game on Tuesday against Black Hawk College in which we felt we were lucky to earn the win, our guys had two really good practices in preparation for John Wood," head coach Craig Doty said. "We took control of the game early and played well for 40 minutes vs. a tradition-rich program on the road."
The Golden Eagles led at halftime 38-25 and the second half was nearly identical in scoring for each team as RVC scored 38 points and John Wood scored 26 in the second frame which led to the 76-51 final in favor of Rock Valley. RVC won the battle of the boards for the 7th consecutive game (31-29) and had 17 assists while shooting 52.7% from the field (29-55) and a sizzling 53.6% from 3PT (15-28).
On Saturday afternoon, the Golden Eagles played Macomb Community College from Michigan. Macomb lost the previous night to Iowa Lakes Community College (IA) and would fall again on Saturday to Rock Valley by a score of 84-71.
RVC was led by Kooper Glick's game-high 27 points on 10-13 from the field. Glick added 9 rebounds and 2 steals in 35 minutes of action. LT Davis played a big role again for the Golden Eagles producing a double-double which included 20 points and a game-high 14 rebounds from the point guard position. Elijah Williams scored 14 points while Dalton Menke reached double-figures again putting in 10 points.
The Golden Eagles are back in action on Thursday in Chicago against NJCAA D1 opponent Truman College. Tip-off is set for 7:00.
