Recent Jaguar Men's Basketball News

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3/20/2010 - The 2010 NJCAA National Basketball Tournament will be held at Danville Area Community College March 16-20. For mor information please go to http://www.dacc.edu/njcaa

10/8/2009 - The Alumni game will be Saturday, October 24th at 7:30 p.m.  Any former players who plan on attending should e-mail Head Coach Mike Carpenter mcarpent@dacc.edu or call the basketball office at (217)443-8807.

9/17/2009 - Click here for the 2009 Danville JUCO Jamboree Schedule.  This year's Jamboree will be on Sunday, October 4th beginning at 10:00 a.m. CST and will feature 20 teams from Illinois and Michigan.

8/28/2009 - The 20th annual Danville JUCO Jamboree will be held on Sunday, October 4th at Danville High School and Danville Area Community College.  Over 15 teams from the Midwest have already committed to attend including, Kankakee, Lake Land, Kennedy King, Illinois Central, Lincoln, Danville, and several others.

4/29/2009 - JAGS sign Two - DACC Head Coach Mike Carpenter announced the signing of two recruits.  Josh Wright, a 6'5 Power Forward from North Chicago High School and Kyle Bradley, a 5'11 guard from Indian Creek High School in Trafalgar, Indiana signed National Letters of Intent recently. Wright averaged 13 points and 12 rebounds for the 24-6 Regional and Sectional Championship NCHS team, while Bradley averaged 24.5 points and 4.6 assists a contest, and was named to the Indiana Top 60 team.

3/10/2009 - The NJCAA Division II National Basketball Tournament will once again be played at Danville Area Community College this year.  The Tournament is March 18-21, 2009 and you can find more information, including the tournament bracket by clicking below.

www.dacc.edu/njcaa

3/4/2009 - The Danville Area Community College Men's Basketball team began it's defense of their Region 24 Championship, hosting Spoon River College in the opening round of the Region 24 tournament on Wednesday night and defeated the Mudcats 117-67.

The Jaguars led by the score of 21-19 with just over 8 minutes remaining in the first half, but went on a big run to close the half, leading 55-32 at halftime.

DACC jumped on the Mudcats again to begin the second half, going on a 10-0 run in the first 3 minutes to lead 65-32. DACC shot a sizzling 70% (28-40) from the field in the second half.

All 12 Danville players scored, and 6 of them were in double figures. Leading the way was Tim Toler with 19 points and 8 rebounds, JT Hatfield with a season high 12 points, Billy Hayes with 11 points and 10 assists, Justin Hightower and Austin Smith with 11 each and Q Townsend chipped in with 10.

The Jaguars had another good night sharing the basketball with 39 assists and just 9 turnovers.  DACC also scored 82 points in the paint and the Jaguar bench scored 71 of the teams 117 points.

DACC now advances to the Quarter Finals vs. Illinois Central College on Saturday, March 7th at 5:00 p.m.  The game will be played at Rend Lake College in Ina, Illinois.  The Jaguars previously faced ICC twice this season, losing 65-53 in January and winning 83-82 last week.


11/25/2008 - The Danville Area Community College Jaguars defeated Lincoln Trail College 74-64.

The Jaguars started out slow to begin the game falling behind 9-3, but went on a quick 17-0 run and never looked back.
The DACC defense held the Statesmen to just 22 points at halftime.

Danville had 3 players in double figures, including 18 from Kyle Smith, 14 from Teddrick Hardy and 11 points, 8 rebounds from Freshman Derwin Gage.

The DACC bench came up big, outscoring Lincoln Trail 23-11 and the Jaguars out rebounded LTC 38-32.

Danville is off until December 3rd when the play Wabash College JV at HOME starting at 6:00 pm.


11/1/2008 -  In a game that saw the lead change hands 5 times in the final 6 minutes,The 15th ranked Danville Area Community College Jaguars faltered in the final minutes at NJCAA Division I Lincoln Trail College, losing by a final score of 83-70.

DACC led 66-65 with just over 5 minutes remaining, but a quick spurt by Lincoln Trail proved too much to overcome.  The Jaguars tried to foul to stop the clock for the final 1:30, but the Statesman made 8 consecutive free throws to seal the victory.

DACC shot a dismal 19-31 from the Free throw line.

DACC was led by Sophomore guard Billy Hayes with 19 points and 5 assists. Freshman big man Tim Toler had 16 points and 10 rebounds in his debut.

DACC will play their home opener on Saturday, November 8th at 3:00 p.m. vs. Region 24 opponent Rend Lake College.

9/8/2008 - Tickets for the 3rd annual Men's Basketball 50/50 Raffle went on sale today.  Last year's winner received $1,250.  Tickets are $25 each or 5 tickets for $100. The winning ticket will be drawn prior to the Alumni Game on October 25th.

9/9/2008 - The 19th annual Danville JUCO Jamboree will be held Sunday, October 5th at Danville High School and Danville Area Community College beginning at 10:00 a.m. CST.  More than 15 Junior College teams have already committed to this event including: Danville, Kankakee, Kishwaukee, Glen Oaks, Delphi, Lincoln, Illinois Central, Triton, Olive Harvey, Shawnee, Lincoln Land, and Parkland.  For more information please e-mail Head Coach Mike Carpenter at mcarpent@dacc.edu or call him at (217)443-8807.

7/15/2008 - Congratulations to DACC Sophomore Point Guard Ronnie Williams who has signed a National Letter of Intent to play with Iowa Wesleyan College, an NAIA school located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.  Williams was a redshirt Sophomore on the 2007-08 Jaguar Basketball team and helped lead them to a 24-12 record and Final Four appearance in 2008.  He is the 5th Sophomore from the 2008 team to sign a scholarship, joining Mark Dunn, Eastern Washington (NCAA I), Marcus Thomas, Loyola University (NCAA I), Sergey Struck, University of Indianapolis (NCAA II), and Anthony Ingram, Brescia College (NAIA I).

5/21/2008 - Congratulations to DACC Sophomore Mark Dunn who signed a National Letter of Intent with NCAA DI Eastern Washington University.  The 6'8, 270 pound Dunn averaged 5.5 points and 3.9 rebounds this season for the Jaguars.

4/28/2008 - The Jaguars announced the signings of two recruits who will play for the DACC next season.  Derwin Gage, a 6'3 guard from Proviso East High School in Maywood Illinois and Tim Toler, a 6'7 Power Forward from Avon, Indiana.  Gage led Proviso East this season with 14 points and 7 rebounds per game.  Toler averaged more than 20 points and 8 rebounds.

"These two young men will provide us more athleticism and scoring punch next season.  Both put up big numbers in high school and will be expected to come in a provide instant help for next years team" Said DACC Head Coach Mike Carpenter.

3/25/2008 - The 2007-08 Jaguars finished the season with a 4th place finish in the NJCAA National Tournament and a final record of 24-12.  This was the best record and first appearance in the National Tournament for Danville since the 2001.