The Joliet Junior College men's basketball team earned an 88-82 victory in their season opener against Olivet Nazarene University JV. Mitchell Kwasigroch had a team-high 21 points followed by Jarret Gmazel with 17 points. Richie Elias scored 16, as Quincey Butler earned 10 points in the contest.

"Our defensive intensity wasn't very good in the first half and we were way too slow to close out on shooters," Head Coach Joe Kuhn said. "The second half was much better; we closed out and contested shots with some urgency." 

"This was a very good win for us and, I think, a character builder. Teams need to learn how to win games which we did tonight. It is a process and in the long run we now know we can come from behind. Although we have some returning guys, we are playing a number of new guys who are learning." 
 
JJC (1-0 overall) hosts the College of Lake County on Saturday, November 4, 2017. Game time is 3:00 pm.