The Madison College basketball teams are excited. Tonight, the WolfPack plays host to Rock Valley College. Currently, the Golden Eagles sport two teams ranked inside the NJCAA Division III Top 10, with the defending national champion men being ranked first and last year's women's national runner-up ranked fourth.

Conversely, and despite both sporting an impressive record, the Madison College teams are unranked. However, the 11-3 WolfPack men and the 10-3 women believe they belong in that Top 10 conversation, and they're out to prove it.

"We feel like we're overlooked in the conference, so we definitely want to make our statement," said freshman men's forward Jack Jelacic. "I feel like we have a lot of new energy this year, and if we ride that out anything is possible."

"I think we're ready," said sophomore women's guard Kelly Calhoun. "In all these games leading up to it, we've been waiting for this one. This is a big game for us."

Entering the game, the Madison College women are riding a seven-game win streak, while the men have won three straight. That success each team attributes to their depth, something which should help them against tough Rock Valley teams.

"It always gives you some options, if someone gets into foul trouble, or somebody's not playing well," said WolfPack men's head coach Scot Vesterdahl. "I'm pretty sure they [Rock Valley] go 10 or 11 deep. I think it should be a really good matchup if we come to play and play like we're capable of."

"You can't focus on just one person," said Madison College women's head coach Jessica Pelzel. "We've had multiple people drop 20. We can go ahead and give it to whoever, and feel comfortable with that."

Still, neither team expects things to be easy, giving loads of credit to their opponent.

"We've been practicing really hard," said Calhoun. "Our practices, we've tried to be really intense and up-tempo to get ready for Rock, because we know it's going to be a tough game."

"I get the sense that they're very excited to play this game," said Vesterdahl. "They're the defending national champion. They've done it. They've proven it, and it gives us an opportunity to go compete and see where we're at."

The women's game will tipoff at 5:30 p.m. in H. Douglas Redsten Gymnasium, while the men get going at 7:30 p.m.