W-Basketball: Big second quarter lifts Golden Eagles women to road win over Triton College
The Rock Valley College women found themselves down 21-14 after the end of the first quarter at Triton on Saturday. However, the Golden Eagles would outscore the Trojans 21-6 in the second quarter to take control of the game. RVC would go on to defeat their NJCAA D2 and N4C conference opponent by a score of 67-59.
The Golden Eagles improve to 20-7 (9-2 N4C) while Triton falls to 19-9 (7-4 N4C). RVC is in sole possession of first place in the conference.
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Misty Opat,
Brianna Davis,
Tierra McGowan - RVC Athletics)
Rock Valley was led by
Brianna Davis who scored 21 points.
Creighton Fed scored 15 off the bench while
Tierra McGowan and
Jaycee Cleaver each contributed 13 points. McGowan, one of the best freshman post players in the country, finished with 21 rebounds which marks the third time this season she has had 20 or more rebounds in a game.
"We held our second consecutive opponent to under 30% shooting from the field," head coach
Misty Opat stated. "Even though we have been inconsistent offensively and with our ball control, we have hung out hat each night this season on our defense and our rebounding. Triton has a very good basketball team and they have some big conference wins this season. This was a nice road victory for us."
The Golden Eagles outrebounded Triton 63-53. RVC shot 33.3% from the field while Triton shot 29.5%.
Rock Valley hosts College of DuPage on Wednesday. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 PM in "The Nest" on the campus of Rock Valley College.
