Rockford, IL: The Golden Eagles picked up two wins last week over now #20 Black Hawk and Delta College. With those two victories Rock Valley improves to 10-2 on the year and is currently ranked 13^th in the latest NJCAA women's basketball DII poll.

On Thursday the Golden Eagles would handle Black Hawk by a score of 77-63. Rock Valley would open up the game on an 18-6 run in the first quarter over the Braves to get things started. "We jumped out early defending at a high level which lead to great opportunities in transition for us." Stated Watkins
 
The Braves would battle throughout the game and eventually take a lead in the 3^rd quarter by capping off an 11-2 run. The Golden Eagles would then go on a 10-3 run theirself to close out the 3^rd quarter regaining the lead and never looking back as RVC would pull away in the 4^th quarter to walk away with win number nine on the season.

Leaders from the game were Maya Mitchell with 12 points 3 steals and 4 rebounds, Emily Rich with 11 points 4 steals. Missing double figures were Kiara Brandon, and Nevaeh Hughes with 9 points apiece and McKenna Williams 8 points, 5 rebounds.

Rock Valley would finish the weekend defeating Delta College. The Golden Eagles dominate the Pioneers the entire game eventually leading to a 90-59 victory.

"It's really exciting when we can put together complete team efforts and walk away with two quality wins on the week. Those wins helping us build momentum heading into a big week of basketball for us." Stated Watkins
 
UP NEXT
RVC will be on the road against the #2 team in NJCAA DII Morton on Thursday December 8^th followed up with #11 Parkland College on Saturday December 10^th.
 
 
 

Week 5 - December 5 2022

2022 NJCAA DII Women's Basketball Rankings | Week 5 - 12-5-22
	Place		Team	Record	Points	First Place Votes	Perv. Ranking
	1		Kirkwood	7-0	140	9	1
	2		Morton	9-0	133		2
	3		CCBC Essex	9-0	126		3
	4		Johnson County	12-0	119		4
	5		Iowa Western	8-0	112		5
	6		Mesa	6-1	105		7
	7		Lake Land	6-1	98		6
	8		Schoolcraft	5-0	91		9
	9		Labette	10-3	84		10
	10		Union	5-1	77		11
	11		Parkland	9-0	70		12
	12		Pima	5-2	63		18
	13		Rock Valley	10-2	56		17
	14		Illinois Central	5-3	49		14
	15		Bryant & Stratton (WI)	7-3	42		13
	16		Oakland	5-1	35		19
	17		North Central Missouri	5-3	28		15
	18		Kansas City Kansas	9-2	21		16
	19		Lincoln Land	6-2	14		8
	20		Black Hawk-Moline	5-6	1		NR

 
Receiving Votes: Richard Bland, Harcum, Southern Arkansas University Tech, Allen County, Niagara County