Rhema Eagles Earn 'Good Win' Over Patriots
The Rhema Eagles (1-7) earned their first season win on December 13, overcoming one of the top schools in the ACCA conference, Arlington Baptist College. The Eagles held the Patriots' best shooter, Raphael Garcia, to eight points. They outscored Arlington 31 to 20 in points off the bench. This brought them an impressive 59-58 victory at Rhema's Ninowski Recreation Center.
As he expects Arlington to be the number one seed in March's ACCA tournament, Rhema Eagles coach Perry Shockley called this a "good win." And it was! The Eagles put up a good fight and never gave up, even as they trailed 30-23 at halftime. They pulled through and outscored the Patriots 36-28 in the second half to capture the win.
The Rhema Eagles are still searching for their first win of the season. On Tuesday, December 3, the Eagles faced the much stronger and more athletic Philander Smith Panthers at the Ninowski Recreation Center. The results weren't pleasant for Rhema. The Eagles (0-7) took a lopsided 90-45 home-court loss against the NAIA Division I Panthers.
Things didn’t go the way the Rhema Eagles wanted at their annual Rhema Classic tournament November 15-16 at the Ninowski Recreation Center. In the first contest, the Eagles fell 87-77 to the visiting Victory University Eagles. The next night, the Rhema squad fought hard but suffered a 103-94 loss at the hands of the Southwestern Adventist University Knights.