Basketball Returns After Successful "Break"

While Fall term came to a close, the men and women’s basketball team stayed in full swing. The women played 8 games over the break, ending up 6-2 between December 10 and January 5. The men played 5, winning all of them and improving their overall record to 16-2.

The Women had wins over Linfield, Northwest, Evergreen, Menlo, Corban and Concordia. They lost to Puget Sound and Rocky Mountain. At the end of the break the owl’s have three players averaging scores in double figures: Crystal Idrogo leads with 15.7 points per game, Jenna Ball follows with 12.4 and I end with 10.6. Crystal also leads in total blocks with 19, I lead in rebounds with 7.9 per game and total steals with 33. Meagan Miyasaka leads the team overall in assists with 85.

The men collected wins over Dominican University, Northwest, Evergreen, Corban and Concordia. They also have three players in double digits: Ryan Fiegi leads with 20.7, Christian Cavanaugh and Jguwon Hogges follow with 18.5 and 10.2. Fiegi also leads with 22 blocks, 28 steals and 110 assists. Josh Wetzler leads in rebounds with 8.1 per game, while Christian is CLOSE behind with 8.0.

The only game I would like to comment on that occurred during the break is the men’s Concordia game. It was intense! The score became tied 43-43 at half with a 3 pointer made by Mike Nieraeth at the very end of the half. That gave the owl’s some momentum as they ran to the locker room, but they were never able to pull ahead and keep the lead throughout the second half. At the end of the game the owls were up by three and it was Concordia ball. Everyone in the gym knew they had to go for three or there was no chance. The shooter was predictable as well, but somehow despite the obvious, Concordia got a shot of and swished the basket to make it a tie game. It was so exciting! All our fans were hoping that in the last possession of the game our men could put a stop to this madness and go home with the “W” without having to go into overtime. Imagine our excitement when Jguwon Hogges dribbled into the middle of the key and laid up a shot with no time on the clock! He made the shot and everyone went crazy! I was so happy! Although Fiegi had 41 points that game, Jguwon made the last and final 2, leading them to victory. All the teammates surrounded Jguwon and celebrated the game- winning shot. It was AMAZING.