ROCKFORD, Ill. - The Rockford University men's basketball team took an impressive 68-61 win over the visiting Edgewood College Eagles in a Wednesday night NACC matchup. The Regents had a solid day producing a 24-58 (41%) day from the field and 5-19 (26%) performance from three-point range. The Regents were able to hold the Eagles to just 38% shooting and 9% shooting from three-point range on 23 attempts. Rockford was able to win the turnover battle 9-7 and turn those 9 turnovers into just 7 points, while Edgewood turned its turnovers into 8 points. with this win the Regents improve to 6-2 overall and 2-1 in conference play, which is good for 4th place in the NACC.
- Rockford got out to an 8-5 lead after a layup from Noody Lacey to extend the Regent lead.
- Edgewood went on a quick 6-1 swing to take the lead, 10-9 with 14 minutes left in the half.
- This game became back and forth midway through the first half, until the Regents were able to break through with back to back three-pointers from Noody Lacey and Matthew Elliott, capped off by a Tyrese England layup to give Rockford the 20-11 lead.
- The Regents found their way to a 31-17 lead after a layup from Micah Swanson to give his team a 14-point lead.
- Rockford was able to keep things going and take a 34-23 lead into the half.
- The Regents and Eagles traded points to start the second half with the game finding its way to a 42-30 Rockford advantage.
- The Eagles were able to cut the lead to 8 points after 4 straight points, but Rockford responded with a quick 5-0 run capped off by a layup from Kevin Diemer.
- The game remained in favor of the Regents, until Edgewood threatened and cut the Rockford lead down to 63-57 with just under 3 minutes to play.
- The Regents were able to take care of business and knock down important free-throws to put the game on ice and walk away with the 68-61 win for their second straight conference win.
- The Regents got a solid 20 points from their bench.
- Noody Lacey led the way for the Regents with 14 pts, also grabbing 2 rebounds.
- Kevin Diemer had his second double-double of the season with 11 points and 13 rebounds, now 4 rebounds away from 8th all time in program history, also picked up 2 assists.
- Micah Swanson had 13 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.
