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Both teams put on official canada goose outlet a fun show on an ear splitting Saturday night in Cal Baptist cozy, 1,100 canada goose outlet jackets seat Van Dyne Gym. The women started it off with a 68 48 victory over Azusa Pacific to grab a share of first place in the PacWest.
And in the nightcap, with every seat canada goose outlet in usa filled and patrons standing on the stairways at both ends, the Lancers men held off the Cougars, 87 80, to pull within a half game of first place themselves.
It was, in short, a great college basketball atmosphere. Good thing these teams have four home dates left.
man, I love it, said Gelaun Wheelwright, a former Corona Centennial standout who returned home to the IE after two seasons at Weber State. Weber, it was an arena. We had a lot of fans at some games, but here it like they all on top of you.
The men, who lost two of three on their recent Hawaii trip a trip that the women, ahem, swept got canada goose jacket outlet some of their mojo back Saturday night. Wheelwright led four double figure scorers with 25 points and Taj Spencer canada goose store snagged 10 rebounds, and the Lancers pulled away from a 55 55 tie with 11 straight points and held on.
It is a different scenario from a season ago, when Rick Croy first CBU team started out 16 0 (before losing at Azusa Pacific) but lost its last three, including the first game of the conference tournament and the first game of the NCAA regionals.
Looking back, Croy acknowledges that last year club probably peaked too soon.
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going through the adversity gives us a chance to be better down the road.
The women put the hammer down in canada goose uk black friday the first uk canada goose 10 minutes of the second half earlier Saturday with a 24 7 run, and they held Azusa to 28.1 percent shooting for the game.
And it probably not a coincidence that the last part of the Lancers pre game warmup consisted of 5 on 5, running the offense, moving the canada goose outlet toronto factory ball quickly and with purpose.
(Once again, pun intended, given the school your purpose marketing slogan.)
When that style transferred to the game was when CBU cheap canada goose was at its best. canada goose outlet black friday The Lancers goose outlet canada had 16 assists on 28 made baskets, with Courtney Nelson, Kamille Diaz and Chanel Cambronero registering four apiece.
Nelson, a sophomore who played last year at Columbia Basin (Wash.) College, had a pretty full night beyond those assists: 20 points (on 9 https://www.outletmoncler.de of 14 shooting), canada goose outlet new york city 8 rebounds, a block and a steal in 28 minutes. She and fellow sophomore Cassidy Mihalko (16 points) were CBU only double figure scorers, but nine different players scored and 10 different players grabbed rebounds.
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They one victory away from the second 20 win year in Olson three seasons at CBU. At this rate, there seems cheap Canada Goose to be a lot more where that came from. He’s been canada goose factory outlet a sports columnist off and on since 1992, and a full time columnist since 2010. Yes, he’s opinionated, but no, that’s not the only club in his bag. He’s covered every major league and major sports beat in buy canada goose jacket Southern California over the years, so not much surprises him any more. (And he and Justin Turner have this in common: Both attended Cal State Fullerton. Jim has no plans to replicate Turner’s beard.).