SLIPPERY ROCK — Kevin Reynolds continues to work his magic with the Slippery Rock University men’s basketball program.

Now in his fifth season, Reynolds is one win away from leading The Rock to a fifth consecutive winning season. That hasn’t happened to this program in 49 years.

He’s guided the team to five successive years of 10 or more victories. That hadn’t happened in 19 years.

Reynolds needs three more wins to reach 90 in his five seasons. That hasn’t happened to a Rock basketball coach ever.

Other than his own abilities, to what does he owe his success?

A small junior college in North East, Md., known as Cecil Community College.

That school has provided a pipeline for impact basketball talent since Reynolds arrived on campus.

“It’s been a great relationship, that’s for sure,” Reynolds said. “I just hope it continues.”

Kyle Camper and Denell Stephens — both playing pro basketball overseas now — were standouts on Reynolds’ first SRU team. They came from Cecil College. Camper played for the Seahawks’ NJCAA national championship team of 2006.

Maron Brown and Jabril Bailey — a pair of two-year starters and double-figure scorers at The Rock — were standout players at Cecil. So were current Rock starters Tabari Perry and Darious Clark.

The Cecil connection started with Jareem Dowling, a former player and coach at Cecil who served as Reynolds’ assistant at SRU from 2008-11.

“Most of those players came here without ever seeing the campus or any of the facilities,” Reynolds said. “That showed the faith they had in Jareem.

“Once they got here and had positive experiences, that word got passed along and we’ve been able to get more.”

Dowling is now an assistant coach at Southern Mississippi. Bill Lewit, the head coach at Cecil who won 354 games in 14 years there — averaging 25 wins a season — is now an assistant coach at Northwestern State.

Camper owns SRU’s single season assist record of 305, averaging 10.5 assists per game during Reynolds’ first year in 2008-09. Brown is SRU’s single-season rebound record holder with 326 in 2010-11. He was a double-digit scorer during all three of his seasons at The Rock, topping out at 17.7 points per game his senior year.

Stephens is among SRU’s all-time leaders in single-season points, rebounds, steals and blocked shots. He averaged 20.0 points per game — sixth best average in school history — in 2008-09.

Bailey averaged 15.0 points per game in 2010-11 and became an all-conference player.

“Billy (Lewit) is a good friend of mine and told me about Tabari and Darious,” Reynolds said. “He said they would fit well into our program and he hasn’t steered me wrong yet.”

Perry is a 6-foot-8 junior forward averaging 11.1 points ands 6.9 rebounds per game. He scored 24 points in a game this season at Bloomsburg.

“It’s a fast-paced style of ball at Slippery Rock and I like that,” Perry said. “At Cecil, we averaged almost 100 points a game.

“I know Jabril Bailey and he told me about this program and the school. I had heard nothing but good things.”

Clark is a 6-3 senior guard averaging 14.7 points per game and leading the team with 34 treys.

While with Cecil, Clark helped the team post a 61-7 record over two seasons with two trips to the national tournament.

“I was thinking of going straight to a Division II school out of high school, but Cecil was a better opportunity for me,” Clark said. “I had some chances to go Division I after a while.

“Coming to Slippery Rock, I knew I could play right away and be part of another winning program. And our coaches (at Cecil) rave about this place.”

A third player from Cecil — 6-5 senior reserve forward Jermaine Edwards — is also on The Rock roster. He is averaging 5.7 ppg. and was a teammate of Clark’s on a Cecil team that finished sixth in the nation in NJCAA.

“What’s nice about the players we get from Cecil is that they are also quality people socially and academically,” Reynolds said. “No doubt, all of those guys have been a big part of our success.

“It’s nice to know we have other coaches in other areas who can help us.”