INA, Ill. – The Rend Lake College Warriors controlled the court Monday night in their home opener against St. Louis Community College, ending the night with a 99-69 victory over the Archers.
Head Coach Randy House gave his team high marks as the Warriors had a decisive edge in rebounding and kept turnovers at a minimum.
House said he is pleased where this year’s team is at two weeks into the season and emphasized that the 2013-14 Warriors are striving to find it’s own identity after last year’s team won the NJCAA Division II national championship.
“Last year was last year, and we’ve got a new team on the floor now,” House said. “We’re a good basketball team and we’re really excited about where we are and where we’re headed.”
Sophomore Montez Williams (East St. Louis) shoots and scores two of his 13 points earned Monday night during the Rend Lake College Warriors game against the St. Louis Community College Archers. Also pictured for the Warriors is freshman Ruben Gosa (Vine Grove, Ky.). Pictured for the Archers is, FROM LEFT, Randy Reed II, Jaylen Fulton and Sean Robinson. Click on the image for a larger view.
(ReAnne Palmer / RLC Public Information)
Rend Lake went into halftime with a 55-32 lead as Montez Williams (East St. Louis), a returning starter from last year’s 30-3 team, scored 13 points, followed by freshman Ruben Gosa (Vine Grove, Ky.) with 11.
The Warriors kept at a near 30-point
lead in the second half as top scorers Jeril Taylor (Louisville, Ky.), Paul Knapp (Flora) and Cortez Macklin (Louisville, Ky.) dominated the goal. Together, the trio scored more than half the points in the half at nine, seven and seven respectively, helping Taylor score a game-high of 18.
Rend Lake is now 3-1 and will host Illinois Central College at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17 before going on the road to Lindenwood-Belleville University on Nov. 18 and to Parkland College on Nov. 20.
Warrior Alumni Weekend is Nov. 16 and 17 at RLC. Former men’s basketball players are invited to a dinner celebration on Saturday at the Rend Lake Resort. The national championship banner will be unveiled prior to the start of Sunday afternoon’s game against Illinois Central College. The game, part of a 12-game broadcast package, will be aired on WQRL (106.3 or online at wqrlradio.com).
Warrior alumni are asked to RSVP for the weekend activities by going online to www.rlc.edu/warriors.
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