Small Ball Report-February 3

SCIAC Conference

Men's Basketball:

Chris Blees of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps was named SCIAC Male Athlete of the Week.  The Junior Forward out of Carmichael, CA, scored 52 points to lead the Stags to home wins over La Verne and Whittier.  He added seven rebounds, four assists and five steals.  In SCIAC play, Blees is in the top five in the conference in field goal percentage (1st-63.9%), scoring (2nd-20.0), assists (t3rd-3.0) and steals (t4th-1.8).

SCIAC Women's News:

Erica Whitley of Cal Lutheran and Emma Jones of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps named Co-Female Athletes of the Week. 

Cal Lutheran moved into a tie atop the SCIAC standings thanks to a 64 to 60 comeback victory on the road against Redlands.  In the win, the Freshman Guard Whitley led the team in scoring off the bench, as she has done the past four games, with 17 points including 14 in the second half in the come-from-behind effort.  Last Thursday, she scored a career-high 22 points in only 18 minutes during a victory over Pomona-Pitzer.  Whitley currently leads the SCIAC with 44 steals and is the Regals top scorer averaging 11.4 points per game while averaging just over 21 minutes of floor time per contest.

Jones, a Sophomore swimmer, won two individual events and was on a winning relay to help lead CMS to a home win over Occidental 169 to 68.  Don't ask me how the score is calculated.  Your guess is as good as mine!  Jones won the 200 free with an NCAA "B" mark of 1:55.29.  She won the 500 free with a personal best of 5:11.15 which is sixth best in CMS history.  She anchored the winning 400 free relay with the fastest split of 54.85.

Women's Basketball Tuesday's Score:

Chapman 62, Cal Lutheran 68 (OT)

GSAC Conference

Men's Basketball:

Tyler Mutton of San Diego Christian named GSAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week.  The Junior Guard averaged 17 points and 4 rebounds as San Diego Christian split its GSAC games against top-25 teams.  For the week, Mutton made 10 field goals, including 6 from 3-point-range, and was 8-for-9 from the charity stripe.  He scored 23 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in the Hawks' upset of No. 2-ranked Concordia.  handing the Eagles their first loss of the season.  He scored 11 points and had 3 rebounds in the loss at No. 22 Westmont.

Tuesday's Scores:

Upset Alert-Fresno Pacific 81, Biola 61
California Baptist 60, San Diego Christian 39
The Masters 65, Azusa Pacific 62
Concordia 82, Hope International 53
Point Loma Nazarene 68, Vanguard 57

Standings:

Biola 10-2 GSAC, 20-2 overall
Concordia 10-2 GSAC, 20-2 overall
Azusa Pacific 8-4 GSAC, 15-7 overall
The Masters 8-4 GSAC, 15-7 overall
Fresno Pacific 7-5 GSAC, 17-5 overall
California Baptist 7-5 GSAC, 14-8 overall
Westmont 6-5 GSAC, 14-6 overall
Point Loma Nazarene 4-9 GSAC, 7-14 overall
San Diego Christian 3-9 GSAC, 5-17 overall
Vanguard 3-9 GSAC, 4-14 overall
Hope International 0-12 GSAC, 4-17 overall

Women's Basketball:
Alexa Moore-Porter of Azusa Pacific named GSAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week.  The Junior Forward scored 52 points (26.0 points per game), grabbed 16 rebounds (8.0 rebounds per game), and had 5 steals, 4 assists and a block as No. 10-ranked Azusa Pacific won both of its conference games last week.  For the week, she shot 20-for-36 from the field, including 4-for-8 from the 3-point arc, and 8-for-9 from the free throw line.  In the win against Westmont, she posted her fourth double-double of the season with 22 points and 10 rebounds.  Moore-Porter, who is the leading scorer in GSAC games, hit the game-tying 3-pointer with a minute to go, part of a 30-point effort, to lead the Cougars to a 68 to 64 road win at Concordia.

Tuesday's Scores:

Upset Alert-Vanguard 70, Point Loma Nazarene 53
Azusa Pacific 74, The Masters 73
Hope International 60, Concordia 59
California Baptist 77, San Diego Christian 58
Biola 81, Fresno Pacific 61

Standings:

Azusa Pacific 11-1 GSAC, 18-4 overall
Point Loma Nazarene 11-2 GSAC, 20-2 overall
Vanguard 10-2 GSAC, 14-2 overall
Biola 9-3 GSAC, 13-7 overall
The Masters 6-6 GSAC, 11-9 overall
Westmont 5-6 GSAC, 12-7 overall
California Baptist 4-8 GSAC, 11-11 overall
Concordia 3-9 GSAC, 10-10 overall
Hope International 3-9 GSAC, 8-14 overall
Fresno Pacific 3-9 GSAC, 6-16 overall
San Diego Christian 1-11 GSAC, 4-17 overall

ECHL Hockey

The Ontario Reign lost to the Idaho Steelheads 5 to 2 on Sunday.  They are now 17-21-3 in the Pacific Division of the National Conference of the ECHL. Their next game is Friday night in Ontario against the Stockton Thunder at 7:30.