For the second season in a row, Trine went into DeVos Fieldhouse and beat No. 1 Hope. Plus, Ripon edged the UW-Oshkosh men and No. 9 John Carroll handled Marietta. Read about it in our recap.
RIPON, Wis. - Ripon's men's basketball team defeated Lake Forest 75-68 Tuesday night to clinch a spot in the Midwest Conference Tournament for the eighth time in Head Coach Ryan Kane's nine non-COVID-shortened seasons with the Red Hawks. The win also marks Ripon's eighth consecutive 15-win season (not counting the COVID-19 shortened 2020-21 season).
RIPON, Wis. - Ripon College men's basketball coach Ryan Kane entered Tuesday's game against #15 UW-La Crosse with four career wins against top 25 teams to his credit. He narrowly missed a fifth against the Eagles, falling 75-74 in overtime in a game that featured 13 ties and nine lead changes. UW-La Crosse turned the ball over just five times, while forcing 16 Ripon turnovers, which the Eagles turned into 20 points.
RIPON, Wis. - Ripon's men's basketball team showed why they were voted first in this year's Midwest Conference preseason poll with a dominating 70-51 victory against Luther College Wednesday night in the Red Hawks' 2021-22 season opener. Also receiving votes in this year's D3hoops.com preseason Top 25 poll, Ripon led for the final 35 minutes thanks to shooting 48 percent (27-56) from the field, including 42 percent (8-19) from 3-point range.
Eight players are on the ballot for the fan vote for the 2020 Reese’s® Division III College All-Star Game, and you can only vote on D3hoops.com! Voting closes at noon ET on Thursday.
Fans will have the opportunity to send Ripon Senior Guard Trent Jones to the 2020 Reese's® Division-III College All-Star Game through an online vote at https://d3hoops.com/notables/2020/03/nabc-all-star-voting for the final spot on each of the team's roster. The game will be played on March 20 at 2:15 p.m. ET in Fort Wayne, Ind., prior to the NCAA Division-III men's basketball national semifinals.
DE PERE, Wis. - For the second time in four years, Ripon's men's basketball team is headed to the NCAA Division-III Tournament. The Red Hawks defeated 18th-ranked and top seeded St. Norbert 84-71 Saturday afternoon in the Midwest Conference Tournament Championship Game to earn the MWC's automatic bid to next weekend's NCAA Tourney, which will be Ripon's 14th appearance all-time in the big dance. The win also extended Ripon's current winning streak to 11 games, which is tied for the fifth-longest streak in program history, while also giving them 20 victories on the season, which is tied for sixth in program history, and is the eighth time they have won at least 20 games in a season.
DE PERE, Wis. - Ripon's men's basketball team is one game away from returning to the NCAA Tournament after a three-year hiatus, after defeating Lake Forest 82-51 in Friday's Midwest Conference Tournament semifinals. That moves the Red Hawks into Saturday's MWC Tournament Championship Game against host school and top seed St. Norbert.
DE PERE, Wis. - Ripon's men's basketball team is one game away from returning to the NCAA Tournament after a three-year hiatus, after defeating Lake Forest 82-51 in Friday's Midwest Conference Tournament semifinals. That moves the Red Hawks into Saturday's MWC Tournament Championship Game against host school and top seed St. Norbert.
DE PERE, Wis. - Ripon's men's basketball team is one game away from returning to the NCAA Tournament after a three-year hiatus, after defeating Lake Forest 82-51 in Friday's Midwest Conference Tournament semifinals. That moves the Red Hawks into Saturday's MWC Tournament Championship Game against host school and top seed St. Norbert.
Ripon College senior Trent Jones has been named Midwest Conference Player of the Year, as released Thursday by the conference office. That marks the sixth time this decade, and 10th time in school history, that a Ripon College men's basketball player has received that honor. Jones is the lone Ripon player to make this year's All-Conference team, earning First Team recognition.
RIPON, Wis. - Ripon's men's basketball team defeated Knox College 89-83 Saturday afternoon in the final game of the regular season to extend their conference-best win streak to nine games. The Red Hawks, who haven't lost in over a month, shot 61 percent (33-54) from the field, including 72 percent (18-25) in the second half, while also shooting 47 percent (8-17) from 3-point range.
RIPON, Wis. - With just over 11 minutes remaining in Saturday's 91-64 victory against Illinois College, Ripon senior guard Trent Jones became the 32nd player in program history to reach the 1,000-point plateau.
MARQUETTE, Mich. - The Ripon College men's basketball team defeated NCAA Division-II Northern Michigan University 80-75 Saturday afternoon in what counted as an exhibition game for the Red Hawks. Ripon shot 55 percent (27-49) from the field, including 58 percent (11-19) from 3- point range, while holding Northern Michigan to 43 percent (31-72) shooting and 33 percent (10-30) from long-range.
WHITEWATER, Wis. - Ripon defeated UW-Whitewater 71-70 Tuesday night in a game the Red Hawks controlled for most of the contest, only trailing for less than one minute of play. One key to the victory came at the free throw line where Ripon converted 80 percent (8-10) of their foul shots and UW-Whitewater made 63 percent (5-8) of their shots from the charity stripe.
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa - Ripon shot 58 percent (35-61) from the field Tuesday night, including 42 percent (10-24) from 3-point range, en route to an 84-65 victory at Cornell College. The Red Hawks received contributions from several different players, with 36 points coming from the bench, and five players scoring in double digits.
RIPON, Wis. - Playing in front of several all-time greats on Ripon's annual Alumni Basketball Day, Red Hawks Senior Cal Schultz made his own mark on the Ripon College men's basketball program Saturday afternoon. With a 3-pointer in the second half of an 84-73 victory against Lawrence University, Schultz became the 31st player in program history to score 1,000 career points.
RIPON, Wis. - Ripon's men's basketball team made six of their first eight shots Saturday afternoon, while shooting 61 percent (17-28) in the first half, en route to an 84-73 victory against Lawrence University. The Red Hawks never trailed in the game, giving them their 14th consecutive win against Lawrence. The victory also moves Ripon into sole possession of fourth place in the MWC standings with four games remaining in the regular season.
RIPON, Wis. - All five Ripon starters scored in double-figures Tuesday night, en route to a 94-69 victory against conference-foe Cornell College. No one was bigger than freshman Ryan Steffes, who recorded a career-high 30 points on 9-of-13 shooting from 3-point range, which is tied for second in program history for single game 3-pointers. As a team, Ripon made 13 shots from behind the arc, which is tied for fifth in program history.
RIPON, Wis. - In what was one of the greatest comebacks in Ripon College men's basketball history, the Red Hawks defeated Grinnell in a barnburner Saturday afternoon by a score of 111-109. Trailing by 13 points with under four minutes remaining, Ripon scored the game's final 15 points to steal the victory. In a game that featured nine ties and 10 lead changes, Ripon also scored 34 fast-break points, while outscoring Grinnell in the paint by a 66-36 margin.
Ripon's men's basketball team got off to a great start to the conference season with a pair of wins over the weekend, thanks in large part to the play of Senior guard Cal Schultz. Monday, Schultz was rewarded for his outstanding play, as he earned the Midwest Conference Performer of the Week Award, as released by the conference office.
RIPON, Wis. - Ripon's men's basketball team shot 51 percent (32-63) from the field Saturday afternoon, including 44 percent (10-23) from 3-point range, en route to an 82-58 win against Illinois College, marking Head Coach Ryan Kane's 100th career victory. In his seventh season at the helm of the Red Hawks, Kane now holds a 100-52 career record (.658 winning pct.), making him the third-winningest coach in program history. The Red Hawks are also now 51-15 at home during Kane's tenure (.773), including 4-0 this season.
RIPON, Wis. - Ripon's men's basketball team had their work cut out for them Friday night against a Knox College team that simply would not go away. In a game that featured seven ties and 11 lead changes, the Red Hawks came out on top, narrowly winning 84-80 to earn their 18th consecutive win against the Prairie Fire. Both teams finished the game shooting 52 percent from the field and 46 percent from 3-point range.
RIPON, Wis. - Ripon's men's basketball team defeated Wisconsin Lutheran 85-69 Saturday afternoon, as the Red Hawks erased a two-point halftime deficit with 55 second half points. The Red Hawks shot well in the first half, making 50 percent (11-22) of their shots, but turned it up several notches after halftime, converting 64 percent (18-28) of their shots in the second half, including 63 percent (10-16) from 3-point range. They finished the contest making 12 shots from 3-point range, which is tied for eighth in program history for a single game.
RIPON, Wis. - Ripon's men's basketball team picked up its first victory of the season Saturday afternoon, defeating UW-La Crosse by a score of 61-57. That is Ripon's third win against a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (WIAC) opponent in the last five years, including their second in a row. That is also the Red Hawks' first win against UW-La Crosse since the 2004-05 season, which is a span of five games.
The Sons of Westwood, composed primarily of UCLA alumni, proved too much to handle down the stretch and the fourth seed advanced past No. 13 seeded We are D3 in The Basketball Tournament.
MONMOUTH, Ill. - In a game that featured four ties and nine lead changes, including six in the second half, Monmouth defeated Ripon to win the 2018 Midwest Conference Tournament and advance to next week's NCAA Division-III Tournament. Both teams shot a similar percentage from the field, but the difference came at the free throw line where Monmouth converted 88 percent (28-32) of their foul shots and Ripon made 65 percent (11-17) from the charity stripe.
MONMOUTH, Ill. - Ripon's men's basketball team will defend their MWC Tournament Championship on Saturday. The Red Hawks defeated St. Norbert College 82-60 Friday night in the MWC semifinals to advance to the Championship game for the second consecutive season. The win gives Ripon a clean sweep against St. Norbert this season, defeating the Green Knights three times on the year, and giving them four wins against SNC in their last five meetings.
RIPON, Wis. - Ripon erased a three-point halftime lead Saturday afternoon to defeat Knox College in convincing fashion by a score of 79-65. Ripon forced 15 Knox turnovers, which they turned into 26 points, all of which came in the second half. The win assures the Red Hawks of back-to-back seasons of at least 17 victories for the first time since accomplishing that feat 10 straight times from 1991-2000.
RIPON, Wis. - After shooting 35 percent (14-40) in the first half Tuesday night, Ripon's men's basketball team came out white hot in the second half, shooting 60 percent (18-30) after halftime to coast to an 88-62 victory against Lawrence University. Ripon also dominated the boards all night, out-rebounding the Vikings 50-25, with 20 of their rebounds coming on the offensive end, helping them outscore Lawrence in second chance points by a 23-7 margin.
Saturday: Second Trine around
December 17, 2022For the second season in a row, Trine went into DeVos Fieldhouse and beat No. 1 Hope. Plus, Ripon edged the UW-Oshkosh men and No. 9 John Carroll handled Marietta. Read about it in our recap.
