MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[OxyBob]

Count your blessings, O-Bob. It's not every SCIAC fan who gets a visitation at this time of year from three wise men from the east.

I think you have it backwards. As I understand the story, if you're the Three Wise Men then you made the journey to worship ME.

OxyBob

[TeeDub]

...then you made the journey to worship ME.

OxyBob

Beware of false prophets!

2 Pet 2:1 (NIV)

[OxyBob]

Next week SCIAC fans have several chances to see three D3hoops Top 25 teams -- Amherst, Buena Vista, and UMass-Dartmouth.

Dec. 29
Luther (3-5) @ Cal Lutheran (6-1)   6:00 p.m.
Pacific Lutheran (5-2) vs. No. 10 Buena Vista (8-1) @ CLU   8:00 p.m.

Dec. 30
Chapman (8-2) @ Redlands (3-5)   2:00 p.m.
Luther vs. Pacific Lutheran @ CLU   6:00 p.m.
Pt. Loma Nazarene (NAIA-1) (6-4) @ Claremont (7-2)   7:00 p.m.
No. 10 Buena Vista @ Cal Lutheran   8:00 p.m.

Dec. 31
No. 24 UMass-Dartmouth (7-1) @ Pomona (2-6)   2:00 p.m.
No. 8 Amherst (7-0) @ Caltech (0-8)   2:00 p.m.
Redlands @ La Sierra (1-10)   2:00 p.m.
Oxy (4-4) vs. Babson (6-3) @ Caltech   4:00 p.m.

Jan 2.
Babson @ Caltech   2:00 p.m.
No. 8 Amherst vs. Pomona @ Caltech   4:00 p.m.
Cal Lutheran vs. UC Santa Cruz (3-7) @ La Verne   5:00 p.m.
No. 24 UMass-Dartmouth @ Oxy   7:00 p.m.
Tufts (4-4) @ La Verne (3-6)  7:00 p.m.

Jan. 3
Tufts vs. Cal Lutheran @ La Verne   1:00 p.m.
UC Santa Cruz @ La Verne   3:00 p.m.
Chapman vs. Swarthmore (1-5) @ Whittier   6:00 p.m.
Redlands @ Biola (NAIA-1) (7-3)  7:00 p.m.
La Sierra @ Whittier (3-5)  8:00 p.m.

Jan. 4
Swarthmore @ Whittier   8:00 p.m.

Jan. 5
Polytechnic (0-9) @ Caltech   7:30 p.m.
La Sierra @ Claremont   7:30 p.m.

Jan. 6
Polytechnic @ Whittier   3:00 p.m.

Jan. 7
Pomona @ La Sierra   7:30 p.m.
Oxy @ Chapman   7:30 p.m.

OxyBob

[Mr. Ypsi]

Count your blessings, O-Bob. It's not every SCIAC fan who gets a visitation at this time of year from three wise men from the east.

I think you have it backwards. As I understand the story, if you're the Three Wise Men then you made the journey to worship ME.

OxyBob

It would appear that you have progressed (at least in your own mind) from "Grumpy Old Men" to "The Greatest Story Ever Told".

Per your attack on d-mac on another thread, you seem even grumpier than usual - Santa only bring a lump of coal?

Perhaps you should consider hiring new writers; the traditional stuff is getting a bit stale.

[Howlinwolf]

Peace in the world (and on this board) in '09!

Let's play two...

[OxyBob]

Let's play two...

Eyewitness report from Thousand Oaks:

Cal Lutheran 57, Luther 51

CLU: Andy Meier 16 pts, 10 rebs, Aaron Van Klaveren 12 pts, 13 rebs, Greg Grimm 13 pts, 6 rebs, 4 assists, 3 steals
LC: Zac Ruckebeil 11 pts, 9 rebs, Dane Larson 11

Halftime: CLU 31-29
Rebounds: CLU 40-32
Records: Cal Lutheran 7-1, Luther 3-6

Cal Lutheran toughed it out against a stubborn Luther team. Typical CLU game with a lot of bumping, holding and pushing. Luther played an aggressive man-to-man and kept the game close, but Luther couldn't keep Andy Meier and Aaron Van Klaveren off the boards, and the Norse hurt themselves with poor FT shooting in the first half. The game got off to a very slow start, and was tied 17-17 at 6:30. The offenses picked up a bit and CLU led 31-29 at the break. In the second half the Kingsmen led 41-35 at 13:25, but the Norse rattled off 10 in a row and led 45-41. Luther led 51-50 with 3:14 left, but CLU scored the last 7 points of the game and held on for a hard earned win.

For CLU, Meier had another strong game with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Van Klaveren was a beast on the boards, and high-jumping Aaron Fisher had 5 key rebounds. For Luther, Zac Ruckebeil played a great game with 11 points, 9 rebounds and a nice block on Meier.

Buena Vista 108, Pacific Lutheran 100 OT

BVU: Matt Cleveland 29 pts, 12 rebs, Andre Wagner 21, Jeff Janssen 15
PLU: Kyle MacTaggart 24, Josh Dressler 21, Curtis Trondsen 20, James Conti 10

Halftime: PLU 42-40
Regulation: 84-84
Rebounds: BVU 55-38
Records: Buena Vista 9-1, Pacific Lutheran 5-3

Pacific Lutheran had a 7-point lead with 47 seconds to go in regulation, but a costly turnover and 2 missed FTs on 1-and-1s cost PLU a victory. Watching the teams warm up it looked like it would be a mismatch as Buena Vista towered over the much smaller Lutes, but PLU played a very aggressive man-to-man, overplaying and double teaming the ball à la Puget Sound, and refused to give in to Buena Vista, which outrebounded PLU 55-38.

In the first half, BVU had a 33-28 lead at 5:00, but PLU went on a 12-2 run to lead 40-35. Buena Vista tied it a 40, but Curtis Trondsen's jumper gave the Lutes a 42-40 halftime lead. In the second half, PLU was up 47-42, but BVU went on a 15-2 run and led 57-49 at 13:50, stretched the lead to 64-53 at 11:10, and looked to be in control. Back came Pacific Lutheran with a 17-3 run of its own, and the Lutes led 70-67 with just under 7 minutes to go. After BVU took a 77-76 lead, PLU made 8 straight and led 84-77 with 47 seconds to go. Matt Cleveland made a 3-ball to cut the lead to 84-80. After BVU took a TO, PLU tried to inbound the ball, but Kyle MacTaggart threw it straight out of bounds so no time ran off the clock. Cleveland got fouled and made 2 FTs to cut the lead to 84-82 with 35 seconds left. PLU's James Conti was fouled with 26 seconds left, but he missed on the 1-and-1, and Andre Wagner scored on a layup to tie the game at 84. After a timeout, PLU's Gabe Smith was fouled on the baseline by Jon Millea with 3.8 seconds left, but, like Conti, Smith missed on the 1-and-1. After a TO by BVU, Wagner took a half court runner which banked off the backboard and hit the rim but missed, and the game went to OT. Buena Vista exerted its muscle in OT, outscored PLU 14-3, and led 98-87 with 1:30 to go. The Lutes did not go quietly, however, and cut the lead to 102-98 before Wagner sealed the win with 4 straight FTs. Great college basketball game.

For Buena Vista, Matt Cleveland was awesome with 29 points, including 11-for-16 FGs and 3-for-3 on 3s, and 4-for-4 FTs, and he also had 12 rebounds. Andre Wagner was only 6-for-20 shooting and 1-for-6 on 3s, but he had 8 assists and 5 rebounds and was a very clutch 8-for-8 from the line. Freshman guard Jeff Janssen took advantage of PLU's overplaying defense, got open repeatedly, and scored 15 points on 5-for-6 on 3-balls. For PLU, Kyle MacTaggart had 24 on 8-for-13 (6-for-9 3s). Buena Vista shot 16-for-17 FTs, and Pacific Lutheran was 10-for-12, though the 2 misses at the end of regulation were killers.

Tuesday night Buena Vista will face Cal Lutheran at 8:00 p.m. Luther and Pacific Lutheran play in the early game at 6:00 p.m.

Per your attack on d-mac on another thread, you seem even grumpier than usual - Santa only bring a lump of coal?

Oh, I think Dave McHugh can survive my comments. If I trod on his tender sensibilities I suppose I could apologize...

though I will not apologize to [DM] until he apologizes to me.

Anyway, it's nice to see that you got what you wanted for Christmas -- some brand new green IWU short shorts -- though apparently they're already twisted up your crack.



OxyBob

[janesvilleflash]

Now that is just too funny.

[Ralph Turner]

A game of streaks between BV and CLU

It was BV 6-5 and then it went to 15-5.  CLU tied it at 17, and then BV moved it back to 25-17 with 5:30 left.

BVU 25-24 with 2:50 left.  (Bwayna Vista!?!?!  A bunch of Californians....tsk tsk tsk!  )

BV 32 - 29 at the half.

[gordonmann]

Buena Vista has a lot of size but has generated most of its offense on mid- and long range jumpers.  I'm surprised they aren't attacking CLU's freshman center more.  Interesting to hear Chuck Muncie as the color commentator.

[Ralph Turner]

Chuck Muncie had to fend off the "why aren't you in the Hall of Fame" question.

CLU leads 41-38 with 16:18 left.

[gordonmann]

Yeah.  I don't know what the criteria is but he has apparently had an interesting past with a nice turn around. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Muncie

[Gregory Sager]

BVU 25-24 with 2:50 left.  (Bwayna Vista!?!?!  A bunch of Californians....tsk tsk tsk!  )

Rumor has it that Bob Hope was willing to put the school in his will if they'd agree to change the pronunciation to "Bwana Vista".

[gordonmann]

Ha ha.  Nice.

The public address announcer pronounced the school correctly but it went unnoticed by the broadcasters who continued to use Bob Hope's pronunciation.

Final: Buena Vista 68 CLU 65

The Kingsmen had two chances to tie the game after BVU missed free throws to ice the game.  CLU played a scrappy game against a much larger squad, acquitting themselves well.  BVU gets a nice regional win on the road to close ithe non-conference portion of the regular season.  When you see the Beavers' height you expect them to pound it down low, but then they take a lot of perimeter shots.  Whatever works, I guess.

[OxyBob]

Eyewitness report from Thousand Oaks:

Buena Vista 68, Cal Lutheran 65

CLU: Andy Meier 18 pts, 10 rebs, Aaron Van Klaveren 14 pts, 11 rebs, Aaron Fisher 14
BVU: Andre Wagner 17, Matt Cleveland 12

Halftime: BVU 32-29
Rebounds: CLU 41-37
Records: Cal Lutheran 7-2, Buena Vista 10-1

Buena Vista got off to a good start and led 15-5 at 12:00. Cal Lutheran ran off 12 straight, then BVU had a 10-0 run and led 25-17. After Cal Lutheran closed to 29-27, Andre Wagner made a really long 3-ball, and the Beavers led 32-29 at the break. CLU opened the second half with a 9-2 run and led 38-34 which was the Kingsmen's biggest lead of the game. CLU led 58-57 with 4:50 left, but after a missed CLU jumper by Aaron Fisher, Wagner got the rebound and went the length of the floor for a beautiful backhanded layup, and then followed that with another layup to give BVU a 61-58 lead at 3:00. Buena Vista didn't get another FG the rest of the way. Fisher hit a 3-ball with 19 seconds left to get CLU within 68-65. Wagner was fouled but he missed both FTs, and CLU took a TO with 10.7 seconds to go. Andy Meier and Gregg Grimm both got off decent 3-point tries, but they didn't fall and BVU got the win.

For CLU, Andy Meier played another outstanding game with 18 pts and 10 rebounds despite being double- and triple-teamed the entire night. Aaron Van Klaveren had 14 pts, including a couple of 3-pointers, and also had 11 rebounds before fouling out. Aaron Fisher had an excellent game off the bench with 14 points. For BVU, Andre Wagner was the difference with 17 points and 4 assists, though he made it dicey for BVU at the end with the 2 missed FTs. Buena Vista was 16-for-17 FTs the night before against Pacific Lutheran, but was only 12-for-20 tonight. Cal Lutheran wasn't much better with 14-for-23 from the line.

Cal Lutheran plays UC Santa Cruz this Friday and Tufts on Saturday in the La Verne Classic in the Super Tents.

As for B-yoo-na Vista, what do you expect from a bunch of rubes who pronounce Madrid as Mad-rid, Oelwein as Ol-wine, and Nevada as Ne-vhey-da? Oh, yeah, and don't forget Duh-moyn.

OxyBob

[OxyBob]

Last night's scores:

Chapman 87, Redlands 51

CU: Griffin Ramme 13, Jared Kaiser
UR: Patrick Coffey 12, Travis Miller 10

Halftime: CU 41-22
Rebounds: CU 41-15
Records: Chapman 9-2, Redlands 3-6

Ouch! Chapman hammered Redlands. The Panthers shot 60% from the field and led by as many as 41.

Redlands is at La Sierra (1-10) today at 2:00 p.m. Chapman plays in the Purple and Gold Poet Classic at Whittier this weekend. The Panthers face Swarthmore (1-5) on Saturday at 6:00 p.m., and La Sierra on Sunday at 6:00 p.m.

Point Loma Nazarene 81, Claremont 74

CMS: Michael Bagby 14 pts, 9 rebs, Jason Toney 12, Austin Soldner 11, Conner Faught 13
PLN: Craig Austin 20 pts, 13 rebs, Curtis Carlson 18, Noble'D Shelton 15, Dean Colbray 11

Halftime: PLN 40-29
Rebounds: CMS 31-29
Records: Claremont 7-3, Point Loma Nazarene 8-5

Claremont fell to Point Loma (or, as they probably say it in Iowa, Lah-may) of the GSAC, the Stags' second straight loss to an NAIA-1 team. The Sea Lions had 4 starters in double figures, led by Craig Austin, who scored 20 on 7-for-8 FGs and 6-for-8 from the line. Michael Bagby led the Stags with 14 pts and 9 rebs, and Austin Soldner added 11 pts and a game-high 6 assists.

Claremont has a tune-up against La Sierra on Jan. 5 before opening the SCIAC season Jan. 10 at Redlands, but the way the Bulldogs have been playing that game will be a tune-up for Claremont's battle with Cal Lutheran on Jan. 14.

OxyBob