Rock Valley College Athletics

Game Preview: #1 Rock Valley College travels to Chicago on Wednesday to play Wright College

1/27/2016 11:07:00 AM

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Upcoming Date
Jan. 27 vs. Wilbur Wright College, 7:00 PM; Chicago, IL

Probable Starters

(LT Davis, Dalton Menke, Kooper Glick, Jontrell Robinson, Elijah Williams - RVC Athletics)

Rock Valley College (20-2, 4-2 in N4C)
PG- LT Davis, 5-11, So., Rockford, IL; 17.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg
SG- Dalton Menke, 6-3, Fr., Winnebago, IL; 8.5 ppg, 3.1 rpg
SF- Kooper Glick, 6-3, Fr., Columbus, IN; 12.2 ppg, 5.0 rpg
PF- Jontrell Robinson, 6-5, So., Rockford, IL; 1.2 ppg, 1.7 rpg
C- Elijah Williams, 6-7, So., Chicago, IL; 16.2 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 64.9% FG
Sub- Dalton Payton, 6-6, So., Byron, IL; 9.3 ppg, 4.6 rpg
Sub- Mo Jackson, 5-10, So., Belvidere, IL; 8.0 ppg, 2.3 apg

Wilbur Wright College (1-17, 0-6 in N4C)
PG- Antonio Allison, 5-10, Fr., Chicago, IL; 13.4 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 4.4 apg
SG- Demetrice Adams, 6-1, Fr., Chicago, IL; 6.0 ppg, 3.8 rpg
SF- Terrance King, 6-4, So., Chicago, IL; 15.4 ppg, 4.1 rpg
PF- Jelani Ward, 6-6, Fr., Chicago, IL; 6.1 ppg, 4.6 rpg
C- Darryl Nellum, 6-7, So., Chicago, IL; 9.0 ppg, 9.8 rpg
6th – Ricky Watson, 6-0, Fr., Grosse Pointe Woods, MI; 13.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg

Wilbur Wright College Notes
Wilbur Wright Colleg is an NJCAA DII member of the North Central Community College Conference (N4C) located in Chicago, IL… Head coach of the Rams is Michael Harris… Rock Valley swept Wright 2-0 in their contests during the 2014-15 season, and are a perfect 6-0 overall during the Craig Doty era… In those 6 games, the Golden Eagles have won by an average margin of victory of 26.2 points per game… In their last meeting, Rock Valley dismantled Wright 81-50 on February 21st, 2015 in Chicago, IL… Former Jefferson HS standout, Jared Mayes, led a balanced Rock Valley scoring attack with game-high 16 points... Former Hononegah big man, Marcus Holman, snapped for 15 points and a team-high in rebounds (7).

Rock Valley College Notes
Rock Valley is an NJCAA Division III member of the North Central Community College Conference (N4C)… RVC is the #1 ranked team in the country at the NJCAA DIII level… The Golden Eagles have been ranked #1 for the last 20 national polls dating back to 10-27-2014... Rock Valley is currently 20-2, including a 13-1 mark against NJCAA DI and NJCAA DII schools… In their last contest out, Rock Valley traveled to Glen Ellyn, IL to take on College of DuPage and came away with a commanding 89-50 win over the previously 15-4 Chapparals to end their two-game losing streak… This win marked the 100th career win for head coach Craig Doty (4th season – 100-27 at Rock Valley College)… LT Davis was impressive in the game scoring 23 points on 9-13 shooting (3-6 3 PT)… Davis also added 6 rebounds and 4 steals… Chicago native Elijah Williams added 18 points and 6 rebounds, while freshman Kooper Glick ripped down a game-high 10 rebounds to go along with his 9 points.

NJCAA DIII Region 4/District 2 Standings
1. Rock Valley College, IL: 20-2 (.909)
2. Milwaukee Area Technical College, WI: 17-4 (.810)
3. Joliet Junior College, IL: 16-5 (.762)
4. College of DuPage, IL: 15-5 (.750)
5. Harper College, IL: 10-12 (.455)
6. Mid Michigan College, MI: 8-9 (.471)
7. Lorain County Community College, OH: 9-12 (.429)
8. Madison College, WI: 7-13 (.350)

Tough Scheduling
The Golden Eagles play one of the most difficult schedules in the country again this season…RVC has scheduled 13 of their 16 non-conference games against NJCAA D1 and D2 opponents including 2015 NJCAA D1 national tournament teams and top 10 ranked Vincennes University (W: 78-66, Oct. 30) and Indian Hills (W: 88-86, Nov. 7), as well as the 2015 NJCAA D2 National Runner-up John Wood Community College (W: 76-51, Nov. 13), all on the road.  Rock Valley will play no JV teams or prep schools.  For the complete schedule along with game times click here.
 
Tradition
The Golden Eagles men's basketball program started as NJCAA members in 1966 under Charles Behrends.  With a rich tradition, RVC has taken the men's basketball program to new heights over the past three seasons.  Despite reaching the NJCAA National Tournament only one time from 1966-2012 (in 2001 under Carl Armato), the Golden Eagles have won the NJCAA Region IV tournament each of the past three seasons to make three straight trips to the national tournament in New York.  The Golden Eagles have placed 7th, won the National Championship and was National Runner-up respectively, over the past three seasons.  To view the year-by-year success of the Golden Eagles program click here.
 
 

(Head Coach Craig Doty - RVC Athletics)

Craig Doty is in his 4th season as the Golden Eagles' head coach. Doty has produced three of the best seasons in the 49 year history of the RVC program.  Rock Valley won the Region 4 Championship in all three seasons, earning a 7th place finish at the 2013 national tournament in Doty's inaugural season followed by a 30-5 season and winning the NJCAA DIII national championship in 2014. Last season, the Golden Eagles went 31-4 overall and made a return appearance in the National Championship game finishing 2nd in the country.  The 31 victories are the most in program history in a season.  In 2014, Doty was named the Spalding NJCAA national coach of the year, the Gary S. Cole coach of the national tournament, the NJCAA coaches association coach of the year, and the NJCAA national all-star game coach.  In all three seasons at RVC Doty earned Region 4 coach of the year, District 2 coach of the year as well as the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association coach of the year awards.  Doty graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in English from Morningside College (IA) and served previous stints as an assistant at the University of Sioux Falls (NCAA Division II), Riverland Community College (NJCAA), Central Wyoming College (NJCAA) and Morningside College (NAIA).  Doty served as interim head coach at Central Wyoming College in the spring of 2011 and also spent a season as the head boysbasketball coach at Akron-Westfield high school (IA).