Point Loma clinched the conference regular season title with two strong defensive performances against Vanguard and Concordia. The rest of the league standings remain a mess, with the final countdown week to come. Meanwhile, Hawaii Hilo’s Julio Montes II put up the highest scoring total in the PacWest this season with 35 against Azusa Pacific.

2025-26 Results/Schedule
2025-26 Standings
2025-26 Statistics

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Hawaii Hilo’s Julio Montes II, G, Sr., 5-11, Chicago, Ill.                               
Hawaii Hilo’s Julio Montes II dropped in 35 points in a narrow 79-76 loss to Azusa Pacific, putting himself at the top of single-game performance chart in the PacWest this year. The Chicago native hit 13 of 23 shots, including 3 of 5 from three-point range and he nailed all six of his free throw attempts. For the week in three games, the 5-11 guard average almost 25 points a game with six rebounds, seven assists and six steals. He shot 50 percent from the field (24-48), 50 percent from behind the arch (7-14) and converted 19 of 20 free throw opportunities.
 
DEFENDER OF THE WEEK: Point Loma’s Andrew Hommes, F, Jr., 6-6, Lynden, Wash.           
Point Loma’s Andrew Hommes is the Defender of the Week, leading the Sea Lions to a pair of wins while holding their opponents to 60 points a game. The Sea Lions took out Vanguard 89-61 and then shut down Concordia, 85-59. “Andrew Hommes has been the premier defender in the PacWest all year long,” said his coach Justin Downer. “His ability to guard every position on the floor, to go along with his rim protection has made our defense so versatile. He has regularly checked the other teams top player and to his credit that player has had an off night more often than not.”

TEAM OF THE WEEK: The Point Loma Sea Lions became the first team this year to clinch a tournament berth (last week), this week clinched a share of the title and then won the title outright with a Homecoming win over Concordia. That’s PLNU’s fifth straight outright or shared title, a PacWest record. The Sea Lions are now 22-4 on the season and 17-3 in conference play. In the 89-61 win over Vanguard, Caden Harris had 24 points and Andrew Nagy had 23, while in the 85-59 victory over Concordia it was Tyce Paulsen pacing with 16 points, Andrew Hommes adding 14 points and seven rebounds and Jordan Matingou contributed 13 points and six assists.
 
ROAD TO SAN DIEGO: The regular season conference champ is settled (Point Loma) but nothing else is for sure as the final week of the season begins. Here are the records, and you can see the schedule this week below.  (1) Point Loma 17-3, (2) Westmont 13-7, (T3) Hawaii Pacific 12-8, (T3) Fresno Pacific 12-8, (5) Chaminade 11-8, (T6) Dominican 11-9, (T6) Concordia 11-9, (T6) Jessup 11-9, (9) Vanguard 10-9, (10) Biola 9-11.

PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: Fresno Pacific and Chaminade were the only teams to keep pace with Point Loma this week, winning both of the games on their schedules. The Sunbirds topped Hawaii Hilo (63-55) and Menlo (79-64) to improve their postseason hopes at 12-8. Chaminade defeated Azusa Pacific (87-72) and Hilo (86-78) to move to 11-8…Jessup upset Hawaii Pacific (85-77) using the balance of five players in double figures. The Warriors are now 11-9…Biola kept their hopes alive with a 87-76 win over Dominican. Cameron Brown had 30 points and Tyus Parrish-Tillman added 16 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and three blocks…Hilo’s Brody Davis had a career-best 16 rebounds in a three-point loss to Azusa Pacific. In that same game, APU’s Shad Thomas had 29 points and seven boards.

WHAT’S NEXT: It’s the final week of the regular season! And we are still looking for our final five qualifiers, with a number of must-win games on tap this week. On Tuesday, Chaminade is at Menlo and Vanguard is at Jessup. Thursday features Vanguard at Fresno Pacific, Chaminade at Dominican, Westmont at Azusa Pacific, Concordia at Biola and Hawaii Pacific at Point Loma. Saturday’s finales show Hawaii Pacific at Concordia, Vanguard at Menlo, Chaminade at Jessup, Fresno Pacific at Dominican, Westmont at Point Loma and Azusa Pacific at Biola. To see the complete season schedule, click here.