M-Basketball: #7 Milwaukee Tech (19-4) visits #1 Rock Valley College (22-2) in conference showdown

M-Basketball: #7 Milwaukee Tech (19-4) visits #1 Rock Valley College (22-2) in conference showdown

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Upcoming Date
Feb 3 vs. Milwaukee Area Technical College, 7:30 PM; Rockford, IL

Probable Starters
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(LT Davis, Dalton Menke, Dalton Payton, Jontrell Robinson, Elijah Williams - RVC Athletics)

Rock Valley College (22-2, 6-2 in N4C)
PG- LT Davis, 5-11, So., Rockford, IL; 17.8 ppg, 5.1 rpg
SG- Dalton Menke, 6-3, Fr., Winnebago, IL; 8.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg
SF- Dalton Payton, 6-6, So., Byron, IL; 9.6 ppg, 4.8 rpg
PF- Jontrell Robinson, 6-5, So., Rockford, IL; 1.2 ppg, 1.8 rpg
C- Elijah Williams, 6-7, So., Chicago, IL; 16.1 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 66.5% FG
Sub- Kooper Glick, 6-3, Fr., Columbus, IN; 12.6 ppg, 5.0 rpg
Sub- Mo Jackson, 5-10, So., Belvidere, IL; 8.0 ppg, 2.5 apg

Milwaukee Area Technical College (19-4, 6-2 in N4C)
PG- Maher Hakim, 5-9, So., Madison, WI; 4.3 ppg, 2.7 apg
SG- Nathan Melchior, 5-11, So., Green Bay, WI; 8.8 ppg, 2.6 rpg
SF- Thomas Hood Jr., 6-3, So., Chicago, IL; 14.0 ppg, 6.6 rpg
PF- Austin Dunbar, 6-5, So., Dalton, IL; 12.0 ppg, 7.9 rpg
C- Evan Burlingame, 6-7, So., Hartland, WI; 10.0 ppg, 6.2 rpg
6th – Aaron Bailey, 6-6, So., Milwaukee, WI; 9.4 ppg, 3.8 apg

Milwaukee Area Technical College Notes
Milwaukee Area Technical College is an NJCAA DIII member of the North Central Community College Conference (N4C) located in Milwaukee, WI… Head coach of the Stormers is Randy Casey… Back on January 9th, 2016, Rock Valley defeated Milwaukee Tech 75-65 in Milwaukee, WI… Rock Valley College was led by LT Davis who scored a game-high 22 points (6-11 3PT) to go along with 7 rebounds… Dalton Payton scored 13 points and grabbed 7 rebounds… RVC big men Elijah Williams and Alec Pena each scored 12 points… Milwaukee Tech was led by Austin Dunbar's 19 points and 13 rebounds.

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 22-2, including a 14-1 mark against NJCAA DI and NJCAA DII schools… In their last contest out, Rock Valley beat Harper College 106-72 in Rockford, IL… LT Davis went 7-9 from the field including 5-7 from 3-point range in the first half to get the Golden Eagles rolling… The 2014 national champion and MVP of the national tournament finished the contest with 28 points (10-15 FG, 8-13 3PT) in 26 minutes of action… Kooper Glick came off the bench to score 19 points in 26 minutes while Dalton Payton had the best floor game for the Golden Eagles producing 13 points, 7 rebounds and a game-high 5 assists in under 22 minutes… Elijah Williams chipped in with 11 points and a game-high 8 rebounds in under 19 minutes while Dalton Menke scored 10 points to go along with 7 rebounds.… Since suffering their only 2 losses of the season, the Golden Eagles have gone on 3-game winning streak, defeating each opponent by at least 34 points… Rock Valley College currently ranks 3rd in the NJCAA DIII in FT percentage (74.0) and 4th in the NJCAA DIII in 3 PT made per game (10.8).
 
NJCAA DIII National Rankings
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The Golden Eagles have been ranked #1 in the country for an unprecedented 20 straight NJCAA National Polls dating back to October 27th, 2014.  Here is the national poll released yesterday, Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016.

Poll for 2-2-2016



NJCAA DIII Region 4/District 2 Standings
1. Rock Valley College, IL: 22-2 (.917)
2. Milwaukee Area Technical College, WI: 19-4 (.826)
3. Joliet Junior College, IL: 16-7 (.696)
4. College of DuPage, IL: 15-7 (.682)
5. Mid Michigan College, MI: 10-10 (.500)
6. Lorain County Community College, OH: 11-12 (.478)
7 Harper College, IL: 10-14 (.417)
8. Madison College, WI: 9-13 (.409)
 
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.
 
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(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 boys basketball coach at Akron-Westfield high school (IA). 
 


 
 
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