Commodores' Basketball Team Keeps Two Streaks Alive: (1) 10-Game Winning Streak and (2) 10 Different Scoring Leaders in 10 Games to Date
The beat goes on for the Lorain County Community College men's basketball team which has opened the 2017-18 basketball season with a perfect 10-0 record and is the second-highest-scoring NJCAA DIII team in the country, averaging 103.1 ppg. Along the way, the team has been the beneficiary of not 3, not 5, not 7, but TEN different scoring leaders in its ten games to date.
A winning streak is one thing; a ten-game winning streak with a different scoring leader each and every game is quite another thing. "Remarkable," "amazing," crazy," "unbelievable," are some of the terms used to describe this rare -- if not unique -- statistical feat. Clearly, it points to the unselfish nature of the players and the coaching that nourishes that type of culture.
"I'd like to say we planned it, but we didn't," Head Coach Marty Eggleston stated. "We groom each of our guys the same way. Our goal is to have the same level of play regardless of who is in the game."
"I have been in this game for many years and I've never heard of a team with 10 different scoring leaders in any one season, not to mention in just 10 games," Assistant Coach John Keshock noted.
"I've been following basketball at various levels for decades and I've never seen anything like it," Play-by-Play announcer and LCCC Digital Media Broadcast Coordinator Ron Jantz said.
Here are the ten scoring leaders in the Commodores' ten games to date:
*at CC Allegheny County - Boyce -- win 95-84; Daniel Lott (Brooklyn/Brooklyn) 23 points
*vs Anne Arundel CC (@Westmoreland Tourn.) -- win 91-63; Zach Swain (Fairview/Fairview Park) 15 points
*vs Lehigh Carbon CC (@Westmoreland Tourn.) -- win 101-69; Jovon Jones (Cleveland/Faith Baptist) 14 points
*at Owens CC -- win 105-93; Jatee Dudley (Cleveland/Garfield Hts.) (and Daniel Lott) 15 points
*vs Pitt-Titusville CC -- win 109-84; Miles Meredith (Bedford/Bedford) (and Daniel Lott) 14 points
*vs Westmoreland CC -- win 104-79; Montez Day (Cleveland/JFK) 19 points
*at Lakeland CC -- win 101-90; Oscar Dorsey (Chicago/Proviso West) 22 points
*at Edison State CC -- win 97-94; Thomas Hronis (North Ridgeville/North Ridgeville) 17 points
*vs CC Allegheny County - Boyce; win 128-88; Mike Rell (Parma/Valley Forge) 22 points
*vs Southern State CC -- win 101-55; Kevin Kelly (Amherst/Elyria Catholic) (and Oscar Dorsey) 21 points
The Commodores' balanced attack has resulted in an average of 103.1 points per game, ranking No. 2 in the nation in Division III (there are 112 teams in DIII). The team is averaging 13.3 steals per game, ranking No. 4 in DIII.
LCCC has been strong on the boards, averaging 44.9 rebounds (#16 in DIII), 17 offensive rebounds (7th in DIII) and owns a +13.9 rebound margin per game which ranks 15th in DIII.
The Commodores next action is Monday (12/18) at Valley Forge Military Academy and Tuesday (12/19) at Philadelphia CC, ranked No. 13 in DIII.