Men's Basketball

Warriors Take 2 in Alaska, CUH's Medina Lights Up Texas for 30

Westmont wins the Sprite Tundra Tipoff in Anchorage, using defense and Aidan Mandel's rebounds for two wins. Chaminade's Nathan Medina hit eight treys and scored 30 against the Texas Longhorns at the Southwest Maui Invitational.

Westmont went far north for a pair of wins over the Alaska schools, topping the Nanooks and Seawolves by six points each. Aidan Mandel was a key cog in the Warriors’ defense with 21 rebounds, four blocked shots and three steals. Meanwhile at the Southwest Maui Invitational, Chaminade’s Nathan Medina broke out for 30 against Division I Texas, hitting eight 3-pointers.

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PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Chaminade’s Nathan Medina, G, 6-3, Sr., Long Beach, Calif.    
Chaminade’s Nathan Medina put on a show for the ESPN 2 audience at the Southwest Maui Invitational with 30 points against Texas, hitting 8-of-13 shots from three-point range. The eight treys was the fifth most in the storied history of the classic. The Biola transfer also had 15 points and four steals against Washington State and added six points and four assists versus Boise State. Medina also won a Player of the Week award while at Biola, and gives Chaminade their 46th all-time POW, most of any team in the conference.
 
DEFENDER OF THE WEEK: Westmont’s Aidan Mandel, F, 6-8, Jr., Santa Barbara, Calif.
Westmont’s Aidan Mandel helped the Warriors to a pair of wins by holding Alaska Anchorage and Alaska Fairbanks to an average of 62 points a game. The local Santa Barbara product had 14 boards against the Nanooks and seven more against the SeaWolves, with 15 of his 21 rebounds coming on the defensive end of the court. The second-year Warrior totaled four blocked shots, three steals and had 16 points.

TEAM OF THE WEEK: Westmont grabbed two big crossover wins at the Sprite Tundra Classic in Anchorage last week. The Warriors won twice by a half dozen points each over Alaska Anchorage (64-58) and Alaska Fairbanks (72-66) to help Westmont improve to 3-3 on the season. JV Brown had 23 points against the Seawolves and Jarrett Bryant added 17 and posted 22 against the Nanooks.  Bryant also averaged 6.5 rebounds a game and was named the tournament MVP.
 
PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: Point Loma, ranked No. 4 in last week’s national poll, suffered their first loss the season to Seattle Pacific, 80-73. The Sea Lions are now 5-1, after also beating GNAC favorite Central Washington, 94-78…Dominican went 2-0 last week, defeating UC Merced 74-60 and Pacific Union, 104-77 to also improve to 5-1…Vanguard split games in Seattle like Point Loma, also topping Central Washington (65-62) while falling to Seattle Pacific (72-53)…Charlie Gehler had 28 points for Biola, hitting seven 3-pointers in BU’s loss to Cal Poly Pomona…Nick High had a career high 27 points, hitting 12-of-17 shots against CSU Monterey Bay in a 10-point Menlo loss. Fellow Oak Jamaal Unuakhalu had 14 rebounds in a setback to San Francisco State…Fresno Pacific’s Seth Brown hit five three-pointers and had 23 points for the Sunbirds in a loss to CSU Los Angeles. Teammate Brandon Gibson had 20 versus San Francisco State, hitting 6-of-7 shots from the field and 8-of-8 from the free throw line.
 
WHAT’S NEXT: Pacific West Conference play begins this week, with 12 games on tap. It all begins tomorrow (Tuesday) when Chaminade makes the short drive to Hawaii Pacific and Menlo travels to Azusa Pacific. To see the complete schedule, click here.