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Coyotes’ Alexander named Player of the Week

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Senior Kwame Alexander of Cal State San Bernardino is this week’s CCAA Men’s Basketball Player of the Week.

The 6-foot-7 forward from Moreno Valley averaged 23 points and 11 rebounds in road wins over Cal State East Bay (71-59) and Cal State Monterey Bay (85-67).
Alexander went 17 of 29 from the field and 12 of 14 from the line in the two games with 26 points, 13 rebounds and three steals against the Pioneers and 20 points and nine rebounds against the Otters.
On the season he is averaging 14.6 points and 8.8 rebounds and shooting 51.6 percent from the field.

Previous winners
Nov. 5-11: Givon Crump (CS Dominguez Hills)
Nov. 12-18: Patrick Scott (Sonoma State)
Nov. 19-25: James Albright (San Francisco State)
Nov. 26 – Dec. 2: Patrick Scott (Sonoma State)
Dec. 3-9: Sam Marcus (Cal State Stanislaus)
Dec. 10-16: Mitchel Anderson (Cal Poly Pomona)
Dec. 24-30: Alex Fertig (CS Monterey Bay)
Dec. 31 – Jan. 6: Terrence Drisdom (Cal Poly Pomona)
Jan. 7-13: Marcus Walters (Cal State Stanislaus)
Jan. 14-20: Kwame Alexander (CS San Bernardino)

This week’s college sports schedule

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Caltech at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.; Pomona-Pitzer at Whittier, 7:30 p.m.; Redlands at Chapman, 7:30 p.m.; Cal Lutheran at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7:30 p.m.; Desert at Chaffey, 7 p.m.; Rio Hondo at San Bernardino Valley, 7 p.m.; Barstow at Victor Valley, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Desert at Chaffey, 5 p.m.; Rio Hondo at San Bernadrino Valley, 1 p.m.; Cerro Coso at Victor Valley, 5 p.m.

THUR, JAN. 17
MEN’S BASKETBALL

Sonoma State at Cal Poly Pomona, 7:30 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Sonoma State at Cal Poly Pomona, 5:30 p.m.; Cal Lutheran at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7:30 p.m.; Caltech at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.; Pomona-Pitzer at Whittier, 7:30 p.m.; Redlands at Chapman, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, JAN. 18
MEN’S BASKETBALL
CS San Bernardino at CS East Bay, 7:30 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
CS San Bernardino at CS East Bay, 5:30 p.m.

SAT, JAN. 19
MEN’S BASKETBALL
San Francisco State at Cal Poly Pomona, 7:30 p.m.; CS San Bernardino at CS Monterey Bay, 7:30 p.m.; La Verne at Pomona-Pitzer, 7 p.m.; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Caltech, 7 p.m.; Barstow at Chaffey, 3 p.m.; Mt. San Jacinto at San Bernardino Valley, 3 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
San Francisco State at Cal Poly Pomona, 5:30 p.m.; CS San Bernardino at CS Monterey Bay, 5:30 p.m.; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Caltech, 5 p.m.; UC Santa Cruz at Redlands, 5 p.m.; La Verne at Pomona-Pitzer, 5 p.m.; Barstow at Chaffey, 1 p.m.; Mt. San Jacinto at San Bernardino Valley, 1 p.m.

Cal State San Bernardino player honored

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Junior guard Trinidee Trice of Cal State San Bernardino is this week’s Wilson/California Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Week for game Jan. 7-13.

She had double-doubles in both games last weekend. The Riverside native scored 13 points in the Coyotes win Friday over Cal State Stanislaus and followed it up with 22 points in a narrow loss to No. 9 Chico State on Saturday night.

She also averaged 11 rebounds.

On the season Trice is averaging 11.6 points, 11th in the CCAA.

Marcus Walters of Cal State Stanislaus was the Men’s Player of the Week. He averaged 20 points in two wins for the Warriors.

 

Oliver looks to have another contender at Cal State

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A week ago the jury was out on the Cal State San Bernardino men’s basketball team. Yes the Coyotes looked to have a solid team but they hadn’t really hit the road or played the leading contenders.

Last week they made a firm believer out of a lot folks.

The Coyotes (8-1, 6-0) won three games in six days, all on the road. They started with a win against travel partner UC San Diego on Sunday. Then it was a road game at Humboldt State on Thursday. Remember there’s no easy way to get there, so that game takes three days – a day go get there, you play the next, then another day to get home.

Coach Jeff Oliver & Company didn’t get back until 4 p.m. or so Friday, leaving no time to prepare for Saturday’s game, oh yeah, against the No. 6 team in the country Cal Poly Pomona. And the Coyotes won that one too.

This team has the intangibles that have been lacking the last two years when the Coyotes failed to make the playoffs. They are unselfish, they play together and they really seem to like each other. Oliver seems to like these players too.

The team has made a habit of puling out close games, a lot of them. And it’s not the same guy always making the plays.

The Coyotes have a dominant big man in Kwame Alexander, who has broadened his game and is more than just a shot blocker and a dunk machine.

They have a bunch of sharp-shooters that can light it up from the perimeter - Lacy Haddock, Brian Goins, Jamari Simmons. Oliver also has more unheralded players that can also drain them in Taylor Statham, Johnny Bell and Juan Martinez. That’s a lot of weapons.

They’re fast. They’re athletic. And they are very fun to watch.

Next up are home games on Friday and Saturday against Cal State Stanislaus and Chico State. Then they’re on the road for six straight.

I think this team will be in it for the long haul!

 

 

A schedule of upcoming college events

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With the holidays behind us, college teams will be settling into a more normal routine and conference play will get underway in the Foothill Conference and CCAA teams will resume what should be a great battle.

Here’s a schedule of the upcoming events:

SATURDAY, DEC. 29
Men’s basketball – Chaffey at Cougar Classic (College of the Canyons); San Bernardino Valley at Mesa Fiesta Bowl Shootout; Southern Maine vs. CMS (at Salem) 11 a.m.; Buena Vista at Redlands, 2 p.m.; Anderson at La Verne, 3 p.m.

Women’s basketball  – Chaffey at Pepsi Holiday Classic (Foothill); SBVC at Ventura Tournament; Lake Forest at La Verne, 10 a.m.; Emerson at CMS, 3 p.m.

SUN, DEC. 30

Men’s basketball - CS San Bernardino at UC San Diego, 6 p.m.; San Bernardino Valley at Mesa Fiesta Bowl Shootout; Me-Presque Isle at CMS, 2 p.m.; Emerson at Redlands, 2 p.m.; Buena Vista at Pomona-Pitzer, 4 p.m.

Women’s basketball – CS San Bernardino at UC San Diego, 4 p.m.; Chaffey at Pepsi Holiday Classic (Foothill); SBVC at Ventura Tournament

]WED, JAN. 2
Men’s basketball – Biola at Pomona-Pitzer, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s basketball – Galludet at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7 p.m.

THUR, JAN. 3
Men’s basketball - UC San Diego at Cal Poly Pomona, 7:30 p.m.; CS San Bernardino at Humboldt State, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s basketball – UC San Diego at Cal Poly Pomona, 5:30 p.m.;CS San Bernardino at Humboldt State, 5:30 p.m.; La Verne at Caltech, 7:30 p.m.; Whittier at Pomona-Pitzer, 7:30 p.m.

FRI, JAN. 4
Men’s basketball – Bethesda at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s basketball – Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Cal Maritime, 3 p.m.

SAT, JAN. 5
Men’s basketball – CS San Bernardino at Cal Poly Pomona, 7:30 p.m.; Pomona-Pitzer at Caltech, 7 p.m.; Chapman at La Verne, 7 p.m.; Whittier at Redlands, 7 p.m.; Rio Hondo at Chaffey, 3 p.m.; Barstow at San Bernardino Valley, 3 p.m.

Women’s basketball – CS San Bernardino at Cal Poly Pomona, 5:30 p.m.; Whittier at Redlands, 5 p.m.; Chapman at La Verne, 5 p.m.; Pomona-Pitzer at Caltech, 5 p.m.; Rio Hondo at Chaffey, 1 p.m.; Barstow at San Bernardino Valley, 1 p.m.

TUES, JAN. 8
Men’s basketball – Pomona-Pitzer at CS San Marcos, 7:30 p.m.

WED, JAN. 9
Men’s basketball – Redlands at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.; Chapman at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7:30 p.m.; San Bernardino Valley at Chaffey, 7 p.m.

Women’s basketball – San Bernardino Valley at Chaffey, 5 p.m.

Picks for this week’s local college football games

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There isn’t a lot of action on tap locally this weekend with most of the area teams hitting the road.

Here’s the rundown of six games involving area teams and my guess as to how they will come out.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (0-6, 0-4) at Redlands (3-3, 3-1), 7 p.m.

Not a tough one here. The Bulldogs are not clicking on all cylinders offensively but they won’t need to be against a young, overmatched Stags team. Redlands wins 45-21.

La Verne (3-3, 3-1) at Chapman (4-2, 3-1), 7 p.m.

Probably the toughest to pick of local games. The Leopards are the up and coming team in the SCIAC. Both teams have a stellar running back. It likely comes down to what others bring to the table. I will go with Chapman at home, 27-21.

Pomona-Pitzer (0-6, 0-4) at Occidental (1-5, 1-3), 7 p.m.

Much here hinges on whether the Sagehens are with or without RB Luke Sweeney. Oxy is struggling like it hasn’t in a long while but it is playing at home and has a good passing game which will make the difference. Oxy 42, Pomona-Pitzer 17

San Bernardino Valley (4-3, 3-1) at San Diego Mesa (3-4, 2-2), 6 p.m.

The Wolverines have gotten on a roll offensively but need a better showing defensively than what they have been getting. They likely get by again. SBVC 42, San Diego Mesa 32

Chaffey (2-5, 2-2) at East Los Angeles (4-3, 1-3), 6 p.m.

The Panthers have had trouble stopping the passing game and ELAC has one of the best. Than in itself is a big problem. Now throw in the fact they have an injured kicker. Probably won’t end well.  ELAC 48, Chaffey 21

Compton (0-7, 0-4) at Victor Valley (1-6, 0-4), 1 p.m.

The Rams have been bad. But no one is as bad as Compton, whose losing streak dates back to 2010. Victor will come out of its slump easily. Victor Valley 38, Compton 7

 

Coyotes fall to No. 20 in AVCA poll

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The Cal State San Bernardino volleyball team remains nationally ranked despite a 3-5 start but the Coyotes did fall from No. 11 to No. 20.

All five of the team’s losses are to nationally ranked foes and four of the losses came to teams in the top 13. The Coyotes also played the last four matches with All-American setter Camille Smith who is out with a hand injury.

The Coyotes have been ranked in the top 25 for 168 straight weeks, dating back to the 2000 season.

Here is this week’s poll which features a new No. 1.

 1 

Nebraska-Kearney (20) 

776 

7-0 

2 

2

SW Minnesota State (5) 

755 

7-0 

3 

3

Concordia-St. Paul (5) 

712 

6-1 

1 

 4 

Minnesota Duluth (1) 

695 

9-0 

6 

5 

Washburn 

650 

8-0 

7 

6

Tampa 

628 

6-2 

3 

 7 

West Texas A&M 

610 

7-1 

14 

8 

Central Missouri 

533 

5-3 

5 

9

Metro State 

489 

5-3 

10 

10

Indianapolis 

466 

6-2 

8 

 11 

Minnesota State 

456 

6-2 

13 

12

Grand Canyon (1) 

420 

10-0 

24 

13

Angelo State 

386 

6-2 

9 

14

Western Washington 

347 

7-1 

18 

15

BYU-Hawai’i 

318 

5-2 

16 

16

Wingate

284 

8-0 

20 

 17 

Colorado School of Mines 

255 

5-2 

21 

18 

Wayne State (Neb.) 

228 

6-2 

12 

19

Ferris State 

194 

6-2 

19 

20

Cal State San Bernardino 

166 

3-5 

11 

21

Wheeling Jesuit 

146 

7-1 

NR 

T-22

Flagler 

119 

5-2 

15 

T-22 

Minnesota State-Moorhead 

119 

8-1 

NR 

24

West Florida 

101 

     3-5      

NR 

25

Regis 

83 

5-4 

NR 

Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: Sonoma
State 73; Lewis 70; Armstrong Atlantic State 69; Grand Valley State 56;
UC San Diego 51; Eckerd 32; Adams State 23; Central Washington 20;
Chico State 18; Truman 6; Wayne State (Mich.) 3

Cal State senior honored for play

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Cal
State San Bernardino’s forward Jani Carmona-Urbano has been named the
Wilson/CCAA Women’s Soccer Player of the Week for the week of Sept.
3-Sept. 9.

The
senior from Lompoc led the Coyotes to a 3-0 week beginning with a 3-1
win over Cal Baptist.  To begin CCAA play she led CSUSB in a 1-0 win and
4-1 win against Cal Poly Pomona and San Francisco State respectively.

Carmona-Urbano registered
two multiple-goal games and finished with 5 goals and 1 assist as the
Coyotes defeated Cal Baptist, Cal Poly Pomona and San Francisco State.
 She recorded game-winning goals against Cal Baptist and also in the 1-0
overtime win over the Broncos.  

Wrapping up the weekend, Carmona-Urbano tallied eight points and a .625 (5-for-8) shot-on-goal percentage.

Cal State goalkeeper honored by CCAA

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Cal
State San Bernardino’s Tanner Olinger has been named the
Wilson/California Collegiate Athletic Association’s Men’s Soccer Player
of the Week for the week of Sept. 3-Sept. 9.

The senior keeper earned a pair of shutouts against the visiting Cal Poly Pomona Broncos and the San Francisco State Gators. 

The
Vancouver, Wash. native played 220 minutes to begin CCAA play and
recorded six saves in the contest against the Broncos and two in the
contest against the Gators.

CCAA men’s soccer coaches pick Cal State LA

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Defending conference champion Cal State
Los Angeles. and Chico State have been selected to win their respective
divisions in California Collegiate Athletic
Association (CCAA) men’s soccer play this season.

 Cal State
Dominguez Hills, as well as the 2011 CCAA and West Region Champion
Cal State L.A., have both been selected to make an appearance in
the final match-up without a clear winner. 

Sonoma State received three
votes, while UCSD garnered a vote.

Chico State was picked to repeat as the North Division champion
with 55 points and six of the coaches’ first-place
votes.  Sonoma State edged Cal State Stanislaus for second
with 51 points and four first-place votes.  Cal State
Stanislaus was picked to wrap up the 2012 season in third with 45
points, followed by Cal State Monterey Bay in fourth with 32
points.  Humboldt State was selected fifth (20) and Cal State
East Bay (13) was sixth.

Cal State L.A., the defending CCAA tournament champion and NCAA West region champion, was picked to take first in the South
Division after receiving 56 points and seven first-place
votes. 

Cal State Dominguez Hills followed with 53 points and five first-place votes. UC San Diego was third with 41 points, followed by Cal State
San Bernardino with 33 points.

This season, the 2012 CCAA Championship Tournament will be
hosted by Cal State Dominguez Hills Nov. 2-4.

Two CCAA teams are ranked in the National Soccer Coaches
Association of America (NSCAA) Division II Top 25 Preseason Poll –
Cal State L.A. is ranked No. 8 while Chico State is No. 23.

 

2012 CCAA Men’s Soccer Preseason Coaches
Poll

North

Rank School (First-Place
Votes)		 Total
Points		 2011
Records
1. Chico State (6) 55 13-4-4, 11-3-2
2. Sonoma State (4) 51 9-6-3, 8-5-3
3. Cal State Stanislaus (2) 45 11-6-2, 9-5-2
4. Cal State Monterey Bay 32 7-9-1, 7-8-1
5. Humboldt State 20 5-13-0, 4-12-0
6. Cal State East Bay 13 2-16-0, 1-15-0

South

Rank School (First-Place
Votes)		 Total
Points		 2011
Records
1. Cal State L.A. (7) 56 15-2-6, 10-1-5
2. Cal State Dominguez Hills (5) 53 12-6-2, 10-4-2
3. UC San Diego 41 10-8-0, 9-7-0
4. Cal State San Bernardino 33 7-9-2, 5-9-2
5. San Francisco State 20 5-11-2, 4-11-1
6. Cal Poly Pomona 13 9-7-2, 8-6-2