The road to San Diego for the 2026 PacWest Men’s Basketball Championships is packed with traffic. Host Point Loma and Concordia made the most headway last week with 2-0 weeks and the Sea Lions are the Team of the Week. Jarrett Bryant helped Westmont stay in the hunt and Azusa Pacific’s Shad Thomas flirted with the PacWest rebound record to earn Defender of the Week again.

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PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Westmont’s Jarrett Bryant, G, Sr., 6-6, Eugene, Ore.                                                                 
Westmont Jarrett Bryant had a career night and perhaps a career week in helping his team to a 2-1 record last week. The third-year Warrior tallied two collegiate bests in the same week, first dropping 24 points with 11 rebounds and four assists in a 75-70 win over Hawaii Pacific, and on Monday night he potted 32 points in a double overtime loss to Jessup. In three games, the Oregon native averaged 24.3 points per game and shot a sizzling 64 percent from the field (28-for-44). He hit 10-of-19 three-point attempts and also averaged eight rebounds a game.
 
DEFENDER OF THE WEEK: Azusa Pacific’s Shad Thomas, F-C, Grad., 6-7, Union Island, St. Vincent and Grenadines
Azusa Pacific’s Shad Thomas continued his late season surge with his second straight Defender of the Week award and third overall weekly award this year. On Monday night against Hawaii Pacific he pulled down 22 rebounds, equaling the second highest total in conference history (24 by Randon Berinobis of UHH in 2016 is the record). The Catawba grad transfer also had two blocked shots, three steals and 22 points in the game. For the week, Thomas averaged 22 points a game, 14.67 rebounds a contest, had four blocks and seven steals.

TEAM OF THE WEEK: The Point Loma Sea Lions moved to the top slot in the conference standings with a pair of wins over tournament bound (likely) teams by a total of +40 points. PLNU first topped Chaminade on Thursday, who came into the week in first place, by a 77-52 margin. Andrew Hommes had a double-double with 21 points and ten rebounds, and also blocked four Silversword shots. On Saturday, also at home, the Sea Lions raced past Fresno Pacific 69-54 behind Tyce Paulsen’s 18 points, eight rebounds and four steals. Point Loma is now 16-4 overall and 11-3 in PacWest play, and have won eight of their last nine games.
 
ROAD TO SAN DIEGO: Defending conference champ Point Loma has a 1.5 game lead right now over second place Hawaii Pacific, but the tighter race is for the six spots that qualify teams for the PacWest Championship, March 5-7 in San Diego. Here’s a look at the top nine teams fighting for those half dozen positions. (1) Point Loma 11-3, (2) Hawaii Pacific 10-5, (3) Chaminade 8-5 (4) Westmont 9-6, (T5) Concordia 8-6, (T5) Fresno Pacific 8-6, (7) Vanguard 7-6, (8) Dominican 7-7, (9) Jessup 7-8.  
 
PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: In addition to Point Loma’s 2-0 week, Concordia also got through the week unblemished with a pair of wins. The Golden Eagles beat Jessup 73-63 and then upset Chaminade 80-68. Macarhy Morris averaged 20 points a game through those two games, 7.5 rebounds and shot 68 percent from the floor. He has scored in double figures in every game this season…Westmont went 2-1 and it could have been 3-0 if not for a wild double overtime loss to Jessup last night (Monday). Jarrett Bryant had his career night for Westmont (see above), while Jessup was led by Cade McDaniel (27 points) and Varick Lewis (26)… Hawaii Pacific went 2-1 during a tough mainland trip to settle into second place. Quentin Meza averaged 20.3 points a game, including putting up 30 in a win over Vanguard…In that same game, VU’s Erik Howlin had 27 points… Biola won two of three to keep their playoff hopes alive, which included a win over previously first place Chaminade. Tyus Parrish-Tillman was a force for the Eagles by averaging 22 points a game, with 20 total rebounds and 11 blocked shots. Chris Harris had a double-double against the Silverswords with 23 points, 13 rebounds and he also had four steals. It was his second double-double of the week (16/10 with four steals vs. FPU).  

WHAT’S NEXT: A dozen games are on the slate this week, beginning with tonight’s (Tuesday) contests—Hawaii Hilo at Vanguard and Menlo at Concordia. On Thursday Concordia is at Azusa Pacific, Hilo is at Biola, Fresno Pacific travels to Jessup and Menlo is at Point Loma. Saturday’s full schedule shows Hawaii Pacific at Chaminade, Azusa Pacific at Jessup, Dominican is at Fresno Pacific, Menlo is at Biola, Hilo will travel to Concordia and Vanguard is at Westmont. To see the complete season schedule, click here.