M-Basketball: #1 Rock Valley dominates on Sophomore night, defeats Wright College by 55 in conference finale
Box Score The Rock Valley College men's basketball team entered sophomore night on Saturday with one goal, to play for 40 minutes regardless of the score... mission accomplished.
Starting an unorthodox lineup to honor the sophomores in the program, the Golden Eagles blew the game open in the first half taking a 48-24 lead into intermission. RVC played even better in the second half outscoring the Rams 47-16 en route to a 95-40 victory over their NJCAA D2 opponent.
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Craig Doty,
Elijah Williams,
LT Davis,
Kooper Glick,
Mo Jackson - RVC Athletics)
The #1 ranked team in the country for 22 consecutive national polls dating back to 2014, Rock Valley finishes the regular season with a 27-3 (11-3 N4C) record heading into the post-season. Wright College falls to 2-27 (1-13 N4C) on the year.
Sophomore
Elijah Williams (Chicago, IL) led the way for Rock Valley with a game-high 23 points shooting a perfect 9 for 9 from the field and 5 for 5 from the free throw line. Williams added a game-high 7 rebounds in under 20 minutes of action. Sophomore
LT Davis (Rockford, IL) scored 21 points (9-16 FG) in only 22 minutes while freshman
Kooper Glick (Columbus, IN) scored 18 points (6-11 FG, 3-4 3PT) and grabbed 5 rebounds. Sophomore
Mo Jackson (Belvidere, IL) had the best all-around floor game for Rock Valley College posting 17 points (7-10 FG), 4 rebounds, 5 assists and committing 0 turnovers in 20 minutes of action.
"It was a great day to honor our sophomores and our 11 inductees into the Rock Valley College athletics Hall of Fame," head coach
Craig Doty stated as a crowd of over 500 was in attendance for the game and the day of celebration. "All of our sophomores have made a tremendous impact on the program, whether they start or if they are non-rotational players who help us in practice and enhance the culture of the program. Their experience at Rock Valley includes winning a lot of games, passing a lot of classes, and multiple years of hard work which has prepared them for the future. While we will miss our players who are moving on they will forever be a part of the RVC family."
Rock Valley was on fire from the field shooting 37-65 (.569) from the field while holding Wright College to a chilly 14-48 (.292) from the floor. RVC out-rebounded the Rams 41-24 in the contest.
The Golden Eagles start post-season play this week as the #1 seed with a first round bye. RVC will play in Milwaukee on Friday. Full Region IV tournament brackets will be released on Monday. Stay tuned to rvcsports.com for game times, opponents, and more information.
