MBB: Northwest Conference

[nwhoops1903]

Willamette beats NAIA Menlo in Atherton 92-79.  Cameron Mitchell with his fifth double-double (in five games).

By the way, I'm the basketball reporter for the Willamette Collegian.  I've spent the last three months covering the football team's incredible run, but I'm more than ready for some hoops.

Mitchell is rolling.  An already very good player sounds as if he has improved.

[LogShow]

Willamette beats NAIA Menlo in Atherton 92-79.  Cameron Mitchell with his fifth double-double (in five games).

By the way, I'm the basketball reporter for the Willamette Collegian.  I've spent the last three months covering the football team's incredible run, but I'm more than ready for some hoops.

Mitchell is rolling.  An already very good player sounds as if he has improved.

He is rolling.  Bit surprised that he put up 37 the other week, but hats off to him, heck of a preformance.  Looking forward to seeing him play in conference.

[LogShow]

Speaking for individual game preformances, who has lit of the score board the most so far?
Is it Foster's 38 followed by Mitchell's 37?

[(509)Rat]

Don't be too surprised if the Bucs come out a little flat tonight too nwhoops.  The wednesday before the week of thanksgiving they went on a 10 day road trip where they played 4 games and spent about 4 whole days traveling.  They got back in Saturday night, had sunday through Tuesday to catch up on a week's worth of school work and get ahead on some stuff before finals next week, then left again wednesday morning (after a 6 am practice).  They came out flat against CSEB, and again against CMS.  Hopefully that was a wake-up call for them and they torch santa cruz tonight but I think the traveling has finally caught up to them.  I remember making three California trips in 1 football season was brutal...I couldn't imagine logging the miles that the bball teams have already this season. 

On the plus side, UPS has yet to look all that great.  Good, yes, but not top of the conference, deep into the playoffs great. 

[LogShow]

On the plus side, UPS has yet to look all that great.  Good, yes, but not top of the conference, deep into the playoffs great. 

Have you even seen UPS play yet?  Still too early in the season to get a beat on any of the teams yet.  So who is looking great so far

[nwhoops1903]

Well Rat I am glad to say they arent flat.  WW up 36-17 4:44 first half.

Go Pirates

[(509)Rat]

The Pirates monkey stomp UCSC with a 90-58 win tonight.  Looked much better than the last two nights...just too bad it was only for third place 

[LogShow]

Well the Logs fall again tonight to Saint Martins 78-83.  Too bad, sounds like it was a pretty close game.  UPS was down 2 with 2mins to go...but didn't score again until the buzzer.  Saint Martins did a good job of containing Foster, limiting him to just 8 points.

The Logs are off until after Christmas when they had back down to California.  Hopefully the Logs will keep getting better with these next few weeks of practice...conference play is not that far off! 

[OxyBob]

Claremont 79, Whitman 78

CMS: Chris Blees 35 pts, 9 rebs, 5 assists, Conner Faught 11 pts, 4 assists
WC: Chris Faidley 29, Brandon Shaw 23

Halftime: CMS 41-30
Rebounds: CMS 35-31
Records: Claremont 6-1, Whitman 3-4

Claremont edged Whitman to win the Lee Fulmer Tournament at Redlands. The Stags led by 22, 58-36, with 13 minutes to go, but the Missionaries went on a 13-0 run and only trailed 58-49 with 8:50 left. Whitman kept pecking away and got it down to 1 at 74-73 with 52 seconds remaining, but Claremont hit 4 straight free throws to get some breathing room. WC's Jordan Wheeler hit a 3-ball with 2 seconds left for the final score. Chris Blees had 35 points on 15-for-18 and was named the tournament MVP. The all-tournament team was Chapman's Justin Riley, Whitworth's Calvin Jurich, UCSC's Ryan Matsuoka, Whitman's Chris Faidley and CMS's Tejas Gala.

OxyBob

[logshock101]

i havent looked at the stats yet, but watching the game i felt that the loggers got beat on the boards again and didnt shoot free throws well again. they still had a chance to win, but made some careless turnovers and didnt take advantage of their opportunities. The refs didnt help much either, but in a game like that u cant expect them too. it was poorly officiated, but still the loggers had chances. UPS put on a nice run with a few minutes left, but then after another ups score lunt called a timeout and made a substitution which seemed to break the momentum. In my opinion I would have kept it going until either St Martins scored or called a timeout making them break the momentum. oh well hopefully the guys can regroup and get back on track after christmas

[Bearcat Press]

Posted this over on the women's basketball board as well, but since Coach Henderson was a former Willamette player and men's assistant coach, I felt it should be posted here too:

Willamette head women's basketball coach Bruce Henderson, 47, collapsed suddenly during practice and died earlier this evening.  Please keep Coach Henderson's family, team, and the Willamette community in your thoughts and prayers.

[LogShow]

I saw the tragic news on the front page.  My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone at Willamette, especially his players , coaching staff, and most importantly his family.

[logshock101]

that is really too bad to die at such a young age. my thoughts are with all those who were a part of his life

[bearcatsfan3]

While I haven't been on here in awhile, I felt the need to say that while at Willamette, I knew Bruce Henderson...and there has not been a more genuine, caring person than he.  Bruce was never too busy to sit down and talk or share an encouraging word with anyone that crossed his path. As a Bearcat fan, and someone who knew Bruce, I am deeply saddened by his passing, as I'm sure the entire Bearcat family is.

RIP Coach.

[nwhoops1903]

Willamette head women's basketball coach Bruce Henderson, 47, collapsed suddenly during practice and died earlier this evening.  Please keep Coach Henderson's family, team, and the Willamette community in your thoughts and prayers.

Very sad.  Thoughts and prayers to those in his life and especially his family, friends and team.  May God bless and comfort them all.