ROCKFORD, Ill - The Rockford University men's basketball team took an impressive win 96-43 over the visiting Oak Hills Christian College Wolpack. The Regents improve their record to 2-0 to start the season. Even with the big win, the Regents started out slow, shooting 13-34(38.24%) in the first half and 4-16(25%) from three-point range. They found the groove in the second half, firing a 26-43(60.47%) effort from the field and 6-11 (54.55%) from three-point range. Defensively, the Regents forced 24 turnovers and converted those into 26 points. They also held the Wolfpack to a lackluster 15-62 (24.2%) day and 5-25 (20%) from beyond the arc.
- The Regents got out to a quick 10-2 lead with 6 points coming from Micah Swanson.
- The Wolfpack was able to claw their way back into the game and take advantage of some Regent miscues to slim it down to a 23-19 Regent lead.
- The Regents continued their slow start, but were able to take a 33-25 lead into the half.
- The Regents stormed out to a 15-0 run to start the second half to go up 48-25, with Micah Swanson putting up 6 of those points and Noody Lacey putting up 5.
- The Regents kept it going with an insane 22-0 run to go up 70-28 with 8 coming from Anfernee James, 5 coming from Jaden Bell, and 4 from Kevin Diemer and Matthew Elliott..
- The Regents led by as much as 56 and took an impressive 96-43 win.
- The Regents put up an astonishing 42 points from their bench.
- The Regents accounted for 58 points in the paint, over half the total points scored.
- The Regents had 12 different players score and 5 with double digit totals.
- Kevin Diemer led the Regents in points with 16 and picked up 5 boards, 3 assists, 2 blocks, and 2 steals.
- Anfernee James put up a stellar 14 points off the bench on 6-9 (66.6%) shooting, also picking up 5 rebound and 2 assists.
- Micah Swanson put up 13 points on a 5-11 (45.4%) clip also snagging 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 3 steals.
- Jaden Bell had 13 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
- Noody Lacey put up 10 points and shot a perfect 4-4 from the field, he also picked up 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 1 steal.
