W-Basketball: Rock Valley improves to 18-6, ride six game winning streak into Saturday's showdown
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Misty Opat-led team is always playing their best basketball during the conference season and tournament time. The Rock Valley College women, who have won 3 of the last 4 national championships and came in national runner-up in the other year, are currently red hot. RVC took down Milwaukee Tech by a score of 68-50 on Wednesday night in Rockford to extend their winning streak to six games.
Rock Valley jumped out to a 43-18 halftime lead en route to the convincing victory to avenge an 82-67 loss at Milwaukee earlier in the season, their only loss of the conference season. RVC currently holds sole possession of 1st place in the N4C conference as they improve to 18-6 (7-1 N4C). Milwaukee falls to 13-10 (5-3 N4C).
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Misty Opat,
Creighton Fed,
Jaycee Cleaver - RVC Athletics)
RVC star sophomore and lead scorer
Brianna Davis was held to just four points but the Golden Eagles freshman picked up their game. Freshman
Creighton Fed (Dundee Crown, IL) played one of her best games of the season scoring 19 points (8-11 FG) off the bench in just over 20 minutes of action. Freshman
Jaycee Cleaver (Dakota, IL) scored 11 points in a game-high 34 minutes of action. First year player Teirra McGowan (Chicago, IL) dominated the glass hauling in a game-high 17 rebounds.
"Bre has been carrying us all season," head coach
Misty Opat said. "Even though she struggled tonight, we had many players who stepped up big. Our young team is really growing and its fun to watch. Bre is one of the best players in the country and will bounce back strong. I am proud of our ladies."
The Golden Eagles are back in action on Saturday at #1 Madison College (22-1, 6-1 N4C). In their last meeting on January 13th, 2016, the Golden Eagles defeated the WolfPack 66-55 behind
Brianna Davis' 18 points. Tip-off Saturday is set for 1:00 PM in Madison, Wisconsin.
