Catawba Valley Community College men’s head basketball coach Bryan Garmroth (left) was honored for milestone wins by athletic director Nicholas Schroeder on Wednesday night before the Red Hawks opened their basketball season./CVCC PHOTO
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HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College opened its men’s basketball season Wednesday night by beating the Brevard College junior varsity 70-59.
Prior to the tipoff, the Red Hawks honored head coach Bryan Garmroth for having reached milestone coaching wins.
CVCC athletic director Nicholas Schroder presented Garmroth with a special plaque that recognized the coach’s 100th CVCC victory – last January 25, 106-82 over Vance-Granville Community College – and his 250th win as a junior college head coach when CVCC downed Guilford Tech 88-71 on Jan. 11 of last season.
The Red Hawks won the season-opener of Garmroth’s seventh season at CVCC behind sophomores Caleb Bryson and Steve Ruszala. Both players scored 11 points.
CVCC led 21-8 near the midpoint of the first half, but the Tornados (0-1) rallied to within 40-31 by halftime.
Leading 50-43 in the early stages of the second half, the Red Hawks used a 20-6 late in the half — including six points from Matthew Gray and five points from Bryson – to close out the victory.
CVCC’s next game is Saturday at 3 p.m., a home non-conference battle with Spartanburg Methodist.