INA, Ill. (March 13, 2013) – Rend Lake College student-athletes Cortez Macklin and Bronson Verhines have been selected to the NJCAA DII All-Region XXIV Team for basketball.
Macklin, a freshman guard from Louisville, Ky., averaged a team-high 13.7 points per game and shot 67.5 percent from the free-throw line and 44.4 percent from the field. Macklin also led the team in three-pointers made per game, and averaged 3.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game.
Cortez Macklin
Bronson Verhines
Verhines, a sophomore forward from Woodlawn, Ill., led the Warriors in rebounds and blocks per game with 8.1 and 1.9, respectively. Verhines averaged 9.5 points per game, and shot 52.8 percent from the field and 60.3 percent from the free-throw line. His brother, Dawson Verhines, also plays for the Warriors
Joining them on the All-Region team are Region XXIV Player of the Year Chris Whitehead of Danville Area Community College, Derek Shouse of DACC, Brad Hamilton of John Wood Community College, Dominique Walls of Parkland College, Aaron Simpson of Lincoln College, Ronnie White of DACC, Sam Feehan of Illinois Central College, A’Darius Porter of John Wood, Marcus Graham of Lincoln Land Community College, and James Lane of John Wood.
After winning the Region XXIV championship on Sunday, the Warriors are getting ready to play at the national championship tournament, March 19, in Danville, Ill. RLC plays at 8:30 p.m., against Cecil College of Maryland.
For all things athletic at The Lake, visit RLC online at www.rlc.edu/warriors.
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