Men's Basketball 2/7/2022 12:00:00 PM Matt Cervantes

Jaguar Basketball Sweeps John Wood over Weekend

Reifsteck Buzzer Beater Ices Blazer in Final Seconds

QUINCY, ILLINOIS – The Men's and Women's Basketball teams traveled to Quincy this past Saturday to take on MWAC foe John Wood.

The women's team came into Saturday's contest holding a 6-10 overall record and 0-3 in MWAC play.

Women's Game
Jaguars 59
John Wood 46

The win gave the Jaguars their first conference win of the season and moved their overall record to 7-10. Leading the way for the Jaguars was Sophomore Alexus Mobley. She tallied 22 points on the day which accounted for almost half the team's total score.

Asaya Bulgin was also a huge help for Jaguars as she chipped in with 16 points along with 7 rebounds. Dy'Jhanik Armfield tallied 10 points and 2 steals.

The win allowed the Jaguars to move up in the conference standings and will now shift their focus to Monday night's game when they host Spoon River College in another MWAC match up.

Men's Game
Jaguars 81
John Wood 79

The Jaguars (14-3 Overall, 4-1 MWAC) just hosted the Blazers (15-9 Overall, 4-2 MWAC) only two weeks ago in which the Blazers got the best of Danville. Winning the contest 62-51 giving the Jaguars their 3^rd loss of the season; however, Saturday's game was much different and ended in thrilling fashion.

Sophomore Drew Reifsteck came up clutch for the Jaguars as he was able to pull off a buzzer beater shot to send the Jaguars home with a win. Reifsteck only tallied 4 points on the night, but his last two were the ones that counted the most for the Jaguars.

Other Jaguars helping in the mix was Stephen Atkinson who tallied 18 points and 6 rebounds. Kendall Taylor also came up and put 18 points in for the Jaguars. Ahmoni Weston chipped in with a modest 12 points, and Dameriz Merriweather tallied 11 points but also had 8 rebounds in the game.

The Jaguars will now look forward to traveling to MWAC Rival Parkland this Wednesday. The two played each other earlier in the season with the Jaguars pulling out the victory 66-60. They will look to stay on top of the conference standings and continue to build upon the teams #18 national ranking.

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Players Mentioned

#0 Dameriz Merriweather: G; 5' 10"; Freshman

#22 Stephen Atkinson: F; 6' 5"; Freshman

#32 Kendall Taylor: F; 6' 5"; Freshman

#3 Drew Reifsteck: G; 5' 10"; Freshman

#11 Ahmoni Weston: G; 5' 11"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#0 Dameriz Merriweather
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: G

#22 Stephen Atkinson
: 6' 5"; Freshman
: F

#32 Kendall Taylor
: 6' 5"; Freshman
: F

#3 Drew Reifsteck
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: G

#11 Ahmoni Weston
: 5' 11"; Freshman
: G