D.J. DeValk

Grzesk named M-W-C Coach of the Year

February 25, 2016 By Bill Scott

Gary Grzesk

St. Norbert College men’s basketball coach Gary Grzesk has been named the Midwest Conference Coach of the Year for the fourth consecutive season, becoming the first coach in league history to accomplish the feat. It is Grzesk’s fifth overall MWC Coach of the Year award.

St. Norbert College enters the MWC Tournament 21-2 overall and ranked No. 8 in the D3hoops.com Top 25. They finished the regular season unbeaten in MWC play at 18-0 for the third straight year. St. Norbert has won 62 consecutive games against Midwest Conference opponents.

Green Knights sophomore guard D.J. DeValk and junior guard Terrence Garner also received All-Midwest Conference honors.

DeValk was a first-team All-MWC selection while Garner was named to the second-team.

DeValk, from Little Chute, is averaging 15.3 points a game and has made a team-high 50 three-point field goals. He is shooting 85.7-percent from the free-throw line. DeValk’s assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.08 is currently 13th-best in NCAA Division III.

Garner, from Oak Creek, is averaging 10.9 points a game as well as a team-high 6.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. Garner is shooting 53.7-percent from the floor this season.

St. Norbert College extends win streak

February 10, 2016 By Bill Scott

11th ranked St. Norbert College extended their Midwest Conference win streak to 60 games, clinching their sixth outright conference title in the last seven years, rolling past Lake Forest College 69-44.

The Green Knights (19-2, 16-0 MWC) became the first Midwest Conference team to win four straight titles in 65 years. Beloit won six-straight titles from 1946 to 1951.

Ben Bobinsky had 17 points and D.J. DeValk added 16 to lead the Green Knights.

defensively, St. Norbert kept Lake Forest (10-9, 8-7) from allowing anybody to score in double figures. Eric Porter led Lake Forest with nine points. [Read more…]

St. Norbert College runs conference win streak to 48

December 9, 2015 By Bill Scott

The St. Norbert College Green Knights ran their Midwest Conference win streak to 48 games with a 64-61 win over Lake Forest on Tuesday night in De Pere.

Terrence Garner’s layup with 1:32 left gave the Green Knight’s the lead for good.

D.J. DeValk led St. Norbert (5-1, 4-0 Midwest Conference) with 13 points.

St. Norbert women

The Green Knight women won the second half of the double-header on Tuesday night, downing Lake Forest 58-39.

Briana Byrne led the Green Knights (5-2) with 19 points. St. Norbert improved to 4-0 in the Midwest Conference.

St. Norbert extends conference win streak to 46 games (Video)

December 3, 2015 By Bill Scott

Gary Grzesk

The St. Norbert College Green Knights extended their regular season conference win streak to 46 games, knocking off Ripon College 59-57 on Wednesday night in De Pere.

St. Norbert trailed Ripon 49-43 with 8:13 left before going on a 12-0 run to take a 55-49 lead with 3:00 left.

Ripon chipped into that lead and had a last shot to win, but Koy Brecklin’s three pointer at the buzzer was off the mark, sending The Red hawks to their second loss (2-2, 1-1 MWC) of the season. [Read more…]