Men Continue on Their Crusade

It seems like the men's basketball team never get much of a break. At least they haven't so far. After we got back Sunday from the William Jessup Tournament at 3AM, the men's team had practice later that day. Then they played a home against Pacific Union College on Monday night, November 19. I can only imagine how worn out and exhausted they were after the weekend games and the bus ride.

Unfortunately I did not get to see the game because I was selling tickets downstairs, but I bet I would have been done watching by half time. The score was 107-60, showing no exhaustion or let-down. Christian Cavanaugh led the team with 20 points and 11 rebounds; Ryan Fiegi had 12 assists; Joel Matchett had 3 steals; and Trenton Newton-Jones had 2 blocked shots.

Then, while the rest of us were enjoying the Thanksgiving weekend at home (well...most of us), the men were off playing Lewis and Clark State and Williamette University on November 23 and 24. I felt kind of bad that the men did not get much of a break, but I heard that some of them went to Mike Nieraeth's home in Bananza for a Thanksgiving feast on Thursday. I'm glad they were at least taken care of.

In the first game, Christian Cavanaugh led the team with 16 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks with just 22 minutes of game-time. He dislocated his kneecap and had to sit out for the rest of that game, and Saturday's game. He said his kneecap was slid over to the side and he could not straighten his leg until it was put back into place. On Monday he said that it still hurts to straighten it all the way, and he will be sitting out for a couple weeks--doctor's orders!

Jguwon Hogges also had 16 points, along with 2 steals. Ryan Fiegi added 8 assists and 2 steals.

Oregon Tech beat Willamette 74-63 on Saturday, with only two players leading in all categories. Jguwon scored a double-double with 24 points and 11 rebounds. He also had 2 steals. Ryan Fiegi also had 24 points, along with 5 assists and 2 blocks.

Both the men and women leave tomorrow for their first conference games, playing College of Idaho on Friday and Easter Oregon University Saturday.