Rock Valley College Athletics

Game Preview: Women's Basketball Continues Road Schedule at Black Hawk College

11/7/2016 7:13:00 PM

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Projected Starters

#2 Rock Valley College (0-2)
PG- Chrisseesha Clark, 5'5, So., Rockford, IL; 8 ppg, 2 apg
SG- Jaycee Cleaver, 5'8, So., Davis, IL; 12 ppg, 5 rpg
G- Emily Cox, 5'9, Fr., Erie, IL; 2.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg
PF- Jade Barber, 6'2, So., DeKalb, IL; 6.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg
C- Tierra McGowan, 6'4, So., Chicago, IL; 8.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg
 
Black Hawk College (0-2)
G- Kiara Nai, 5'5, Fr., Cairns, Australia
G- Jazmen Anthony, 5'7, Fr., Houston, TX
F- Shalome Taylor, 5'8, Fr., Davenport, IA
F- Savanna Brag, 5'8., Fr, Davenport, IA
C- TeNesha Hawkins, 5'11., Fr, Davenport, IA
 
Game Notes
Rock Valley is an NJCAA Division III member of the North Central Community College Conference (N4C)… RVC Women's Basketball has entered into the 2016-2017 season ranked #2 in the NJCAA DIII Preseason Poll… The Golden Eagles are coming off a tough road loss to NJCAA D1 Highland Community College... In the last meeting between the Golden Eagles and the Braves last season, RVC came away with a 55-51 win... Leading the Golden Eagles was Tierra McGowan with 14 points and 22 rebounds... Tuesday's game against Black Hawk College marks the third of five straight road games to open the 2016-17 season.

 

Misty Opat is in her 8th year as the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Rock Valley College. Opat has established her program as one of the best in the history of the NJCAA. Her program has won three NJCAA DIII National Championships (2012, 2013, 2015) in the past four seasons and finished in National Runner-Up in 2014. Entering this season, Opat has compiled an overall record of 174-54 (.763). She was named Spalding NJCAA DIII National Coach of the Year in 2015, has been named the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year four times, the Region IV Coach of the Year four times, the District 2 Coach of the Year four times, and the Coach of the NJCAA DIII National Tournament three times. Prior to RVC, Opat accumulated seven years of NCAA Division I coaching experience. From 1999-2002 she served as an assistant coach at the University of Illinois at Chicago where she also served as the Recruiting Coordinator. In 2000 her UIC recruiting class was ranked 19th in the country for NCAA Division I. Opat also held assistant coaching positions at Fresno State University (1998-99) and the University of Kansas (1995-1998) where in both cases she was also heavily involved in recruiting and scouting. Opat earned an Associate of Science degree from Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kansas, where she was a two-year team captain in basketball and was named to the all-conference and all-region teams in both seasons. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, where she earned NAIA All-American honors as a player. Opat then went on to obtain a Master of Science in Sports Administration from Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas.