MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[OxyBob]

Didn't sleep well last night, eh? Must be all the pressure of that big away game tonight....at La Sierra?

Thanks for reminding me. Here's today's schedule:

Oxy @ La Sierra 3:00 p.m.
Claremont @ Pt. Loma Nazarene 7:00 p.m.
Northland @ La Verne 7:30 p.m.
Whittier @ UC Davis 7:30 p.m.
Hamline @ Cal Lutheran 8:00 p.m.

And here's tomorrow's schedule:

Pomona @ San Diego St. 1:00 p.m.
Redlands @ The Master's 2:00 p.m.
Ripon vs. Oxy @ Concordia-Irvine 2:00 p.m.

Don't worry, dahlby, Oxy will return La Sierra to you all safe and sound so Chapman can play them 3 times in 3 weeks. By the way, how was Chapman ever able to schedule the Jan. 6 game with Caltech? That was a real coup for the CU program.

OxyBob

[dahlby]

OXYBOB,

As this is the SCIAC board I try not to write about Chapman, but, being though you asked...read Chapman's schedule closer, you will see the possibility of playing La Sierra FOUR times this year. As a missionary school (as you suggested yesterday) it gives our team the opportunity mingle with other missionaries. Also, you missed out on West Coast Baptist....another missionary school. So Bob, don't fret, we do offer our players diversity, race, national origin, gender preference, and of course, religion.

Best regards, enjoy the drive to La Sierra.......

[oldchap]

Oh, did I offend you?

OxyBob

Never. I find your tirades sometimes mildly entertaining, although generally old and tired. I'm not a religious person, but I bet members of a certain Church would have taken exception to your post, and certainly anyone associated with La Sierra.

Speaking of which....Since it's a week of upsets, make sure your Tigers don't lose to La Sierra, you'd never hear the end of it. It happened to La Verne, it could very well happen to any SCIAC team.

[OxyBob]

Speaking of which....Since it's a week of upsets, make sure your Tigers don't lose to La Sierra, you'd never hear the end of it. It happened to La Verne, it could very well happen to any SCIAC team.

Oxy lost to La Sierra in 2003, still made the Elite 8, and lived to tell about it. As for La Verne, they're 1-7, adding to Chapman's mighty SOS, which will no doubt be one of the worst in all of D-III again. Now you run along and go worry about Caltech and UDallas.

I'm not a religious person

Not surprising, with Chapman's God-awful schedule.

OxyBob

[fhsutiger]

Eyewitness Report from my computer:

The Stags defeated Point Loma University 64-62 in San Diego tonight. The Stags jumped out to a 11-1 lead, and was ahead throughout the game until the last the 3 minutes of the game. The first half, the Stags played great on the defensive end limiting Point Loma to a lot of one and outs. Mike Bagby led the team with 10 points in the first half off of great shooting from the 3 pt line. The stags had a lot of help off the bench with great play from Shane Davis, Ben Bergsma, Kevin Sullivan, and we finally got to see Greyson Blue for the first time this season. It was great seeing Greyson's big body out there playing good defense and rebounding.The stags led 34-26 at halftime.

The Stags lead 50-39 with 10:39 left when Point Loma went on a little run. An apparent foul on a Oberg 3pt shot was not called in front of the Stag bench which caused coached Scalmanini to get a Technical foul. Point loma would go on a 7-0 run to cut the score to 52--48 with 7 minutes remaining. Point Loma would eventually take the lead at 54-52 when Jr. Chris Blees made a layup to tie the game, and 30 seconds later Joey Anderson got a fast break layup to take the lead at 65-54. The Stags would never fall behind again with free-throws to win the game 64-62. Chris Blees ended up with 15 points, Mike Bagby with 13pts, and Patrick Lacey I believe ended the game with 12 points. The Stags return to action on January 2nd @ Cal Tech vs. Westminster (Pa.) at 3pm. The Stags play Rivier at 3pm on January 3. The stags are now 6-3 on the season.

[OxyBob]

Didn't sleep well last night, eh? Must be all the pressure of that big away game tonight....at La Sierra?

Thanks for reminding me. Here's today's schedule:

Oxy @ La Sierra 3:00 p.m.
Claremont @ Pt. Loma Nazarene 7:00 p.m.
Northland @ La Verne 7:30 p.m.
Whittier @ UC Davis 7:30 p.m.
Hamline @ Cal Lutheran 8:00 p.m.

And here's tomorrow's schedule:

Pomona @ San Diego St. 1:00 p.m.
Redlands @ The Master's 2:00 p.m.
Ripon vs. Oxy @ Concordia-Irvine 2:00 p.m.

Results:

Oxy 82, La Sierra 57
OC: Eric Leider 19, Huston Conti 17, Sean Anderson 13, Jake Copithorne 11, Deshin McCoy 10

Claremont 64, Point Loma 62 (see above post)

La Verne 76, Northland 72
ULV: Austin Napolitano 23, Trevor Woodland 15, John Leggett 11

UC Davis 89, Whittier 53
WC: Drew Menez 17, David Hayashi 15

Hamline 66, Cal Lutheran 58
CLU: Greg Grimm 17, Aaron Van Klaveren 13

San Diego St. 89, Pomona 54
PP: Adam Chiamowitz 16, Donald Okpalugo 10

The Master's 75, Redlands 56
UR: Brian Kuklok 9, Jordan Sanvictores 9

Oxy 72, Ripon 67
OC: Eric Leider 24, Sean Anderson 18, Jack Hanley 10, Huston Conti 10

Upcoming games:

Saturday, Jan. 2

Rivier @ Caltech 1:00 p.m.
Westminster vs. Claremont @ Caltech 3:00 p.m.
Redlands @ Biola  7:30 p.m.
Wheaton @ Pomona 7:30 p.m.
Bethany Lutheran @ Cal Lutheran 7:30 p.m.
La Sierra @ Whittier 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, Jan 3

Westminster @ Caltech 1:00 p.m.
Rivier vs. Claremont @ Caltech 3:00 p.m.
Bethany Lutheran @ La Verne 4:00 p.m.
Northland @ Whittier 8:00 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 4

Emerson @ Oxy 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 5

Pomona vs. Emerson @ Oxy 5:00 p.m.
West Coast Baptist @ La Verne 7:00 p.m.
La Sierra @ Redlands 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 6

Chapman @ Caltech 7:30 p.m.

Conference play starts Jan. 9.

OxyBob    

[OxyBob]

Eyewitness report from Pasadena:

Rivier 66 Caltech 49

Caltech took on Rivier College from Nashua, New Hampshire, out of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference.

In the first half, Caltech had no answer for Rivier's 6'8" wide body center Dan Portias, who scored the Raiders' first 13 points. After Nick Bean hit consecutive 3-balls to give Rivier a 19-13 lead, Caltech responded with 11 straight and led 24-19, but the Raiders closed out the half on an 11-2 run and led 30-26 at the half.

In the second half, Rivier turned up the pressure and the pace, outscored CIT 18-2, and led 48-28 at 11:30. Mason Freeman hit a jumper and the Beavers finally got their first basket of the half at 11:00. Rivier emptied its bench up 56-30 at 8:30. Caltech fought hard to the end, cutting the lead to 15 with 50 seconds to go.

For Caltech, freshman Mike Edwards led all scorers with 28 points, and Edwards also pulled down 9 rebounds and had 2 assists and 3 steals. Collin Murphy stood in nicely for injured point guard Ethan Boroson with 8 rebounds, 3 assists, and some excellent defensive play. For Rivier, Dan Portias was 11-for-13 FGs and 5-for-5 FTs for 27 points plus 10 rebounds, and Nick Bean scored 10.

Caltech is 0-9, and Rivier is 3-5.

In the second game of the afternoon, Claremont had no trouble with Westminster, beating the Titans 62-40. For CMS, Chris Blees and Conner Faught each scored 14, and Patrick Lacey had 10. The Stags are now 7-3 and face Rivier tomorrow at 3:00 p.m., while Westminster (2-9) will play Caltech at 1:00 p.m.

OxyBob

[TeeDub]

Amazing 4 OT game for PP despite losing 102-100 to Wheaton.

[hopefan]

Can a west coaster give the score of the Santa Cruz - Cal Maritime game from yesterday  -  both school sites have not been updating scores in the last week.....

[Gray Fox]

Can a west coaster give the score of the Santa Cruz - Cal Maritime game from yesterday  -  both school sites have not been updating scores in the last week.....

No, but keep looking at this page.
http://www.d3hoops.com/schedule/mens/2010-01-02

[TeeDub]

Spoken as a true homer...I think Redlands may shake some things up in the SCIAC this year.  I just wanted to have that on record for later.   

[OxyBob]

Emerson College (3-4), located in Boston and a member of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference, will be in Rush Gymnasium to face Oxy (7-3) tonight at 5:00 p.m.

The match-up between the Lions and the Tigers bears watching.

OxyBob

[David Collinge]

The match-up between the Lions and the Tigers bears watching.

Oh my!

[dahlby]

OXY BOB..
Although I thought you could do better with the play on words, the Emerson game should be good. They do play a tough schedule.

I was planning on going up for the game, but I think we are going to SOAR over to Riverside to scout the La Sierra Eagles practice. We need to be prepared!

Cheers!

[OxyBob]

Although I thought you could do better with the play on words, the Emerson game should be good. They do play a tough schedule.

Sung to the tune of "If I Only Had The Nerve" from the Wizard of Oz:

Yes, we Chapman fans get pissy
When you call us all a sissy
Without the vim and verve
But we wouldn't be a wreck, if we didn't play Caltech
If we only had the nerve
I'm afraid we wear mascara, cuz we're playing La Sierra
A fate we well deserve
We wouldn't sing the blues, and not play Santa Cruz
If we only had the nerve
We wouldn't have a fit...
Someone might give a whit...
Our schedule would not be sh!t...
If we only had the nerve

OxyBob