MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Howlinwolf]

The Tommies predictably handled the Tigers, 61-47. They were in command all game but couldn't quite extend their lead in the second half. Outmanned Oxy played tenaciously on the defensive end, but they didn't have the offensive horsepower to close the gap. Kudos to senior Henry Meier for his board work and overall grit. 

[OxyBob]

The Tommies predictably handled the Tigers, 61-47. They were in command all game but couldn't quite extend their lead in the second half.

Oxy was only 5-for-18 (27.8%) from the floor in the first half and only scored 14 points. UST shot the same percentage but took twice as many shots (10-for-36). Sean Anderson had 12 pts and 6 rebs, and Henry Meier had 13 pts and 9 rebs. No one else had more than 5 pts. The Bengal Buses will be busy this week. Oxy plays tonight at West Coast Baptist in Lancaster and tomorrow night at UC Riverside.

I say keep an eye on Whittier.

Nice call there, Bob. Whittier opened its season at home yesterday and lost 75-71 to Pacific Union, which was 1-15 last season and opened this season 0-4 (not counting an exhibition loss to Portland Bible College).

Friday's scores:

Chapman beat La Verne 63-47. Central clobbered Caltech 96-45. ULV is 1-3, Chapman is 2-0, and CIT is 0-2.

Saturday's scores:

Carthage beat Redlands 72-60. Carthage is at Cal Lutheran tonight. CLU had no trouble with La Sierra, 76-52. Claremont squeaked past UC Santa Cruz 69-68. Redlands is 0-3, CLU is 1-0 and CMS is 1-1.

OxyBob

[cawcdad]

Plans are set. I will definitely be at Occidental the day after Thanksgiving to photograph the Whitworth vs. Cal Tech game at 2:30 and Chapman vs. St. John's at 4:30. Any other folks from the boards going to be there?

[scandihoovian]

Glad to see Cal Lu take care of Carthage last night.  Sounds like an exciting game.  Now here's hoping for the Red Men to have a good season in CCIW, that will help make the tournament time discussion that much more lively. 

Carthage looks like a bit of a one man gang, as 38  of their points (incl. 21/24 from the line) came from Steve Djurickovic (coach's son/nephew?).  He scored a bunch at Redlands on Saturday as well.

[OxyBob]

Cal Lutheran 84, Carthage 78

Got a chance to see CLU play Carthage last night. The Kingsmen played well. They led by 11 at the half and built up a 17-point lead in the second half. Carthage chipped away and got it under 10 late in the game but CLU had it in the bag all the way. Andy Meier was all over the place. He had 25 pts, 13 rebs and a couple of blocks. Kyle Knudsen also played a great game. He scored 25 on 8-for-11 and hit 4 3-balls. Gregg Grimm had 16. CLU played 4 freshman: Xavier Walton, who started, Aaron Van Klaveren, Eric Strangis and John Wilson. Van Klaveren scored 7 and had 5 rebs; he's a huge wide body forward in the Zach Miller mold who looks like he'll be a nice replacement for Mychal Owens. Only sour note was Aaron Fisher, who hurt his knee and was limping noticeably. Hope he's OK.

For Carthage, Steve Djurickovic had 38 on 8-for-17 and 21-for-24 FTs. Max Cary had 10.

Also, it's always fun to be in Gilbert Arena and get a chance to listen to CLU's PA announcer, Chick Hearn, Jr., who gives not only the basics like lineups, substitutions, baskets and fouls, but also provides in-game commentary, for example, "Nice drive to the basket by No. 33 ANDY MEIER!" or "Strong rebound by No. 33 ANDY MEIER!" or "Ball stolen away by No. 33 ANDY MEIER!" Chick gives fans other pertinent information such as who is inbounding the ball and also informs everyone when a player who just missed a free throw actually just missed a free throw. Highly amusing.

OxyBob

[OxyBob]

Oxy 76, West Coast Baptist 61

Oxy: Meier 22 pts, 12 rebs, Ostrow 20, Washington 10
WCB: Galdamez 20, Thomas 14, Vara 10

Halftime: Oxy 37-29
Rebounds: Oxy 55-34

Freshman Jordan Washington wasted no time trading in his football cleats for sneakers.

Note to scandihoovian: How does Kyle Knudsen pronounce his name? Is it Nood-sen or Kuh-nood-sen? Chicky Babe announced it both ways last night.

OxyBob

[scandihoovian]

Thanks for the game update, Bob.  I wanted to try and catch the second half, but, in an unprecedented move, the Soccer Gods figured out how to interfere with basketball season.  Instead of making it over to Gilbert, I was eating pizza (for the 57th time in the last 2 weeks) at a soccer team party.

I always thought it was Kuh-nood-sen, but maybe that's just because it seems like a more fun PA name that way, especially if you hit the K hard and then drag out the nooooooooooooooood-sen.

[Gregory Sager]

Carthage looks like a bit of a one man gang, as 38  of their points (incl. 21/24 from the line) came from Steve Djurickovic (coach's son/nephew?).  He scored a bunch at Redlands on Saturday as well.

Son. He was a fourth-team All-American last season as a freshman.

[OxyBob]

Last night's scores:

UC Riverside 62, Oxy 34

Oxy: Henry Meier 12 pts, 7 rebs, David Ostrow 8
UCR: Brandon Dowdy 20, Javon Borum 12

Halftime: UCR 33-14
Rebounds: UCR 38-22
Records: Oxy 2-2, UCR 3-1

Redlands 87, La Sierra 68

UR: Travis Miller 11 pts and 10 rebs, Bryan Schwartz 17, Matt Dietrich 15, Patrick Coffey 11
LSU: Daniel Noga 17, Joshua Crouch 16

Halftime: Redlands 44-41
Rebounds: Redlands 39-27
Records: Redlands 1-3, La Sierra 1-4

Biola 54, Whittier 46

WC: Marcus Gibson 11
BU: Danny Campbell 13, Marlon King 13, Josh Miller 7 pts and 11 rebs

Halftime: Biola 27-20
Records: Whittier 0-2, Biola 3-0

Azusa Pacific 79, La Verne 70

ULV: Tyler Hoyt 16, Kyle Luhnow 10 pts and 9 rebs
APU: Dave Burgess 19 pts and 11 rebs, Brayden Bell 15 pts and 8 rebs, Dominique Johnson 12, Marshall Johnson 10

Halftime: APU 36-32
Rebounds: APU 52-29
Records: ULV 1-4, APU 5-2

Tonight: Oberlin 1-1 @ Caltech 0-2 6:00 p.m.

Carthage looks like a bit of a one man gang, as 38  of their points (incl. 21/24 from the line) came from Steve Djurickovic (coach's son/nephew?).

Son. He was a fourth-team All-American last season as a freshman.

It was a very nondescript 38. Good free throw shooter, though.

OxyBob

[Fear the Poet]

I was at the Poet game last night. The size of Biola caused a problem for the Poets.

I thought the team looked pretty good however. I'm not realy up on  the level of the rest of the teams in the conference, so I'll leave the predictions up to OB.

Seems to me that the Poets should be a tough game for anyone in the SCIAC.

I love Arculetta..that young man is a pain in the ass for opposing teams. If he wasn't a Poet, I'd hate him.   I think I counted about 25 fouls that should have been called against him.

GO POETS!!

ps- do we play Principia in Basketball?

[OxyBob]

I was at the Poet game last night. The size of Biola caused a problem for the Poets.

SCIAC teams usually struggle against GSAC schools, which is traditionally tough from top to bottom, save for maybe Hope International and Vanguard. Whittier hung in there nicely with Biola.

Seems to me that the Poets should be a tough game for anyone in the SCIAC.

I like the way Whittier plays. They're hard-nosed and scrappy. They are real tough at home, but it's hard to take them seriously as a SCIAC contender until they win some road games, which they've been unable to do.

I love Arculetta..that young man is a pain in the ass for opposing teams.

I agree. Mike Archuletta can be real annoying for opponents. Good player.

OxyBob

[Fear the Poet]

OB,

The Poets did not seem overmatched at all against Biola. Looked like an even matchup for most of the game.

I'm going to make the effort to watch alot of games this year. This level of basketball is really fun to watch. Fast paced ball movement and physical inside play.

To be honest, its more fun to watch than the NBA.

whats this weeks schedule ol' wise one?

[Gray Fox]

OB,

The Poets did not seem overmatched at all against Biola. Looked like an even matchup for most of the game.

I'm going to make the effort to watch alot of games this year. This level of basketball is really fun to watch. Fast paced ball movement and physical inside play.

To be honest, its more fun to watch than the NBA.

whats this weeks schedule ol' wise one?

I'm not the wise one, but here it is.

http://www.thesciac.org/sports/mbkb/2008-09/schedule

[OxyBob]

This weekend's local games:

Nov. 28

Whitworth vs. Caltech @ Oxy 2:30 p.m.
St. John's vs. Chapman @ Oxy 4:30 p.m.
UC Santa Cruz @ Oxy 6:30 p.m.
Oberlin vs. Pomona @ Claremont 5:00 p.m.
Willamette @ Claremont 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 29

Whitworth vs. Chapman @ Caltech 12:00 p.m.          
Oxy vs. St. John's @ Caltech 2:00 p.m.    
UC Santa Cruz @ Caltech 4:00 p.m.
Oberlin vs. Claremont @ Pomona 5:00 p.m.
Willamette @ Pomona 7:30 p.m.

Cal Lutheran and Whittier will be playing in the Surf's Up Classic Tournament in Honolulu. Redlands and La Verne are not scheduled.

OxyBob

[OxyBob]

Oberlin 76, Caltech 58

CIT: Matt Dellatorre 21, Travis Haussler 22, Ryan Elmquist 6 pts and 11 rebs
Oberlin: Jordan Beard 22, Mike Loll 21 and 7 rebs

Halftime: Oberlin 35-19
Rebounds: Oberlin 39-27
Records: Caltech 0-3, Oberlin 2-1

Two 10-0 runs by the Yeomen in the first half did in the Beavers.

OxyBob