Point Loma made it four in a row, clinching at least a tie for the regular season PacWest title. Robbie Armbrester of Academy of Art and Concordia's Jaden Henderson did their part to keep their teams in the playoff hunt with performances worthy of Defender and Player of the Week respectively. 

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PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Concordia's Jaden Henderson, G, Sr., 6-3, 195, Sacramento, Calif.            
Concordia's Jaden Henderson put up the third highest point total in the PacWest this year with a monster 39-point effort during a 91-75 win over Menlo on Saturday. It was a career high for the senior, and a season best by 14 points. The Sacramento native hit 15 of 25 shots (60 percent), was 4-of-6 from three-point range and nailed all five of his free throw attempts. He added four rebounds, three assists and three steals to his totals. The former Jessup and Midland College player had 49 points for the week with eight rebounds, six assists and four steals. 

DEFENDER OF THE WEEK: Academy of Art's Robbie Armbrester, F, Jr., 6-5, Atlanta, Georgia                
Academy of Art's Robbie Armbrester played a pivotal role in the Urban Knights' pair of victories last week over Dominican and Hawaii Pacific. The Texas A&M Commerce transfer totaled 15 rebounds, eight steals and a blocked shot on the week, but his non-statistical work might be more valuable. "Robbie had a great week on the defensive end of the floor" said his coach Scott Waterman. "His eight steals were critical to our defensive success and allowed our offense to get out and run. He is a great on-ball defender and we need him to continue to be a presence that way the rest of the year."

TEAM OF THE WEEK: Point Loma Sea Lions                                                                                                
Point Loma is the PacWest Team of the Week. The Sea Lions rolled to victories over Azusa Pacific (70-59) on the road and over Vanguard at home (86-77), allowing head coach Justin Downer to cut down the nets in their own Golden Gymnasium. With the victories, Point Loma secured at least a tie for the regular season PacWest banner for the fourth year in a row. The Sea Lions improved to 23-5 on the season and to 16-2 in conference play, holding a 1.5 game lead over Biola (15-4). Luke Haupt was a consistent force for PLNU on both ends of the court in the two games with 30 points, 18 rebounds, seven steals, seven assists and a blocked shot. Zackry Paulsen had 31 points against the Lions, and Haupt had a double-double versus the Cougars with 16 points and 13 boards. The Sea Lions end the regular season with home games against Menlo and Westmont.

THE ROAD TO SAN RAFAEL: Six teams qualify for the Pacific West Conference Championships, March 6-8 at Dominican University. Four teams have officially punched their ticket to San Rafael, but it will be a mad scramble for the other two spots with five teams still in the running. The upper half of the standings look like this as of Monday--Point Loma* (16-2), Biola* (15-4), Academy of Art* (12-5), Westmont* (11-8), Hawaii Hilo (10-8), Chaminade (10-9), Fresno Pacific (10-9), Concordia (9-9) and Hawaii Pacific (8-10)...Vanguard (5-13), Menlo (6-12) and Jessup (5-14) are not yet eligible for the tournament in their first year of NCAA eligibility. 

THIS WEEK: The final week of the regular season is upon us. Although four slots are settled for the PacWest Championships, two spots are still open, and the seedings effecting the match-ups are not yet settled. Top games this week effecting the final outcome include tonight's (Monday) game between Academy of Art and Hawaii Hilo, and Thursday match-ups Biola at Azusa Pacific, Chaminade at Hawaii Pacific, ART U at Concordia and  Menlo at Point Loma. On Saturday, Fresno Pacific is at Jessup, Dominican is at Concordia, Academy of Art travels to Azusa Pacific, Hawaii Pacific is at Hawaii Hilo and Westmont is at Point Loma. To see the complete list, click here.

PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: Biola won its lone game this week, a 74-70 triumph over Westmont. Casey Cappo had 29 points and eight rebounds to help the Eagles improve to 15-4 in conference play and 21-6 overall...Hawaii Hilo went 2-1 during on the road, with Nadjrick Peat doing his part defensively. He had five blocked shots in a 74-69 win over Jessup, and totaled 17 points, 22 rebounds and six blocks for the week. On offense, the Vulcans had 55 second half points in their 96-68 win over Dominican...Fresno Pacific won their only game this week to stay alive in the tournament hunt, a 65-62 victory over Hawaii Pacific. Isaac Peralta had 20 points, four assists and three steals for the 10-9 Sunbirds...Landon Seaman had 22 points, hitting 14-of-18 free throws, in Menlo's 75-69 win over Hawaii Hilo. The Oaks outscored the Vulcans 43-24 in the second half...Westmoint topped Vanguard 68-65 behind Adrian McInytre's 22 points, seven rebounds and eight assists. In the loss to Biola, the nation's leading scorer did not play...Concordia won twice to stay alive for the trip to San Rafael, with Jaden Henderson carrying a chunk of the scoring load (see POW). Kaden Minter was also key in a 69-65 overtime win over Jessup, scoring 20 points with a three-pointer in overtime and free throws to seal it. 

NCAA WEST REGION RANKINGS: The first official NCAA Division II West Region rankings will come out this Wednesday, Feb. 26. In last week's "listing" two PacWest teams were under consideration--Point Loma and Biola.