News & Notes

> IMPORTANT SCHEDULING UPDATE:

The men's and women's basketball games originally scheduled to take place on Tuesday, January 31st have been rescheduled! It will now take place this coming Wednesday, February 8th. The women's game tips off at 6pm, with the men's game following at 8pm. The location for both games will be Rochester Central Lutheran School. There is NO game currently scheduled for Tuesday, February 7th. 

Weekend at Emmaus Classic Brings "Ups" and "Downs" | January 30th

This past weekend the Crossroads Knights traveled to Dubuque, IA to participate in the Emmaus Bible College Classic. On Friday evening, the Knights squared off against the host school Emmaus Eagles. The women's teams got things going with a hard fought battle between two scrappy teams. By halftime the Lady Eagles had secured a 20 point lead, and expanded the margin in the second half, winning by a final score of 62-22. The Lady Knights were led in scoring by junior guard, Taryn Wohlfiel with 11, followed by freshman Sierra Koskinen who chipped in 9 points. Victoria Nelson pulled down a team high 9 rebounds.

In the men's game, the Knights got off to a comanding lead early, and never looked back, winning 89-56. Behind a great all around game from freshman guard Mario Paul, who finished 1 assist shy of his first career triple-double, the Knights were able to move the ball effectively and capitalize against the Eagle's zone defense. Paul finished with a game high 30 points; Patrick Porras contributed with 24 points, shooting 11-14 from the field. 

On Saturday, the Knights faced the Moody Bible Institute Archers (Chicago, IL). The Lady Knights suffered a tough loss, in more than one way. Not only did the Lady Knights end up losing the game, but they also lost their floor general Taryn Wohlfiel to a knee injury midway through the first-half. Carly Kipp led the Lady Knights in scoring with 6 points; Victoria Nelson pulled down a team high 8 rebounds. 

The Crossroads men's team also faced Moody on Saturday and fell behind by double-digits early on. The resilient Knights chipped away at the lead, trailing by only 6 points at half-time. Rascheel Charleswell helped to continue the charge and give the Knights the lead in the second half, shooting a blistering 83% (5/6) from beyond the arc! It was however, a desperation 3-point basket by opposition with no time left on the clock, that sent the game into overtime, in which Moody would ultimately prevail 88-77. Charleswell led the Knights with 29 points, Josh Jones and Patrick Porras added 17 and 14 points respectively.   

Wright Returns As Knights Earn First Win Of The Season | December 6th, 2011

St Paul, MN- ACCA All-American Dominique Wright returned from a hamstring injury to help the Crossroads College men’s basketball team capture their first win of the season tonight at Association Free Lutheran Bible School (AFLBS).The Knights defeated the Conquerors 67-64 and move to 1-1 in the NIAC. “It was really great to have Dominique back tonight,” said second year head coach James Bolin. “He brings so much leadership and experience to the team. He knows we are counting on him to be the facilitator and that’s exactly what we got from him tonight.” Wright dished out 8 assists and scored 12 points. “It’s going to be a challenge this year after loosing so many great players last year,” Wright said. “But it motivates me to get better. It felt good to get back out there tonight and get this monkey off our back.”

Tarvaris Jenkins, a freshman from Chicago, IL led the Knights in scoring with 24 points. Matt Porras, also a freshman, came up big scoring 14 points including four 3 pointers. Andrew Brue, yet another freshman, scored the go-ahead layup with 16 seconds to go. After a tough non-conference schedule, Crossroads finish the semester with a 1-6 record. “We are still optimistic because we know that the toughest part of our schedule is over. We also expect a few new players to come in and contribute next semester.” said head coach James Bolin.

The Knights will host Emmaus Bible College on Friday, January 6th to open up the new semester.

 Crossroads Basketball Season Home Openers!! TONIGHT! | November 8th

Women's Game 6:30pm

Men's Game 8:30pm

Both games will be played at Rochester's Regional SportCenter.

Come out and support your Crossroads College Knights as the Women's team squares off against visiting Faith Baptist Bible College and the Men's team takes on Waldorf College (JV). Let's Go Knights!

Alumni Games Tonight! | November 1st

Come out in support of past and present Crossroads Knights basketball players as they battle it out in the spirit of fun and fellowship! 

The Women's teams will square off at 7:30pm.

The Men's game will immediately follow at 9:00pm.

The location for tonight's festivities is Schaeffer Academy.

"Knights in Shining Armor"