The Coyotes were lambasted by Chico State on Saturday 73-58. And it wasn't even that close.

It's hard to figure out how the Coyotes could come out that flat. They started the night in a four-way tie for first place. That alone should have been enough motivation. But the Coyotes needed the game badly. They're facing the daunting task of finishing the regular season with four straight road games inlcuding back-to-back games at Humboldt and Sonoma the last weekend that are nearly impossible to sweep.

The Coyotes also don't have any quality wins to hang there hat on either. They were already 0-2 vs. Cal Poly Pomona and 0-1 vs. Humboldt. Now they're 0-2 against Chico as well.

They also had a couple of sub-par performances in nonconference play against Pac West foes Grand Canyon and Dixie State. The Dixie loss looks legit but the longer the season plays out the worse the loss to Grand Canyon seems to be. Its a far inferior conference and going 0-2 against two teams from there will not help.

The Coyotes are 2-0 against both Dominguez Hills and Cal State L.A. but those are two are both floundering and looking like averaget teams at best,.

So when the West Region rankings come out on Wednesday the Coyotes will be nowhere to be found. Their only chance at advancing to the postseason will be to win the CCAA Tournament. As wildly as inconsistent as this team has been, it doesn't appear capeable of putting together three straight quality wins, especially when their opponents will have the same sense of urgency.

It's disappointing because the pieces appeared to be there.

The previous mark of 24 came earlier this season by Sewanee against Judson (Ala.) on Nov. 19. The 113 points also was the most in a game in school history.

The Leopards went 26 for 63 (41.3%) beyond the arc, easily eclipsed their month-old mark of 18 set against the Sagehens in Claremont on Jan. 21. Sophomore guard Kelly Kika also set a single-game school record for treys with 9 to break the old mark of Lindsey Shiomi, who totaled 8 against Pomona-Pitzer in 2007. Kika finished with 32 points.

A total of 10 different Leopards made at least one three-pointer, led by Kika's nine. Freshman Brittni Tapia totaled four triples. Raphaelle Buenafe, Megan Musashi, Amanda McGinnis, Riki Murakami and Chantal Crouzet had two each with Amanda Copas, Michelle Webb and Mia Roseboro each adding one.

There were just two players on the roster that didn;'t figure into that total.

Unfortnately the success hitting from long distance hasn't translated into wins as the Leopards are just 6-17 overall and 4-8 in SCIAC play.

Senior Geoff Broussard has been named the California Collegiate Athletic Association's (CCAA) baseball Pitcher of the Week while first baseman Chris Miller, also a senior, has been named Player of the Week.

 Broussard, an Alta Loma High School graduate, pitched seven scoreless innings, scattering three hits, walking one and striking out five in a 20-0 victory.

Miller, of Mission Viejo, batted .643 (9-for-14) with eight runs scored, two doubles, a triple, home run and 10 RBI, while posting a .684 on-base percentage and 1.143 slugging percentage during a four-game series sweep of visiting Saint Martin's.

Miller recorded three multi-hit games, including a 3-for-4 effort in the series opener when he scored a career-high four runs, homered and drove in four runs. He also scored at least one run in all four games as the Broncos outscored the Saints 57-10 in the series.

Riverside native Brandon Ward of Cal State Monterey Bay was named Men's Player of the Week.

Cal State San Bernardino is next in action on Friday when it hosts Cal State Stanislaus at 5:30 p.m.

CCAA Women's Basketball Players of the Week:

Nov. 7-13: Chelsea Carlisle (UC San Diego)

Nov. 14-20: Sarah Semenero (Cal Poly Pomona)

Nov. 21-27: Chelsea Carlisle (UC San Diego)

Nov. 28 - Dec. 4: Brandi Stephens (Cal State Monterey Bay);

Dec. 5-11: Theresa Henderson (Cal State Stanislaus)

Dec. 12-18: Ariel Marsh (Cal Poly Pomona)

Dec. 19-25: Catie Richards (Humboldt State)

Dec. 26 - Jan. 1: Megan Ford (Cal Poly Pomona)

Jan. 2-8: Syncro Bull (Chico State)

Jan. 9-15: Chelsea Carlisle (UC San Diego)

Jan. 16-22: Daisy Feder (UC San Diego)

Jan. 23-29: Jazzi Johnson (Cal State L.A.)

Jan. 30-Feb. 5: Angela Streets (Cal State San Bernardino).

Well they don't get much better than the dunk by Cal State San Bernardino behemoth Kwame Alexander against CCAA foe Cal State Dominguez Hills on Friday at Coussoulis Arena.

Alexander took a perfectly time Alley-Oop from Tre Brewer, soared through the air and dunked it home with such conviction it pulled the entire backboard down, bringing a roar from the small crowd. It was restored to its proper position even before the buzzing stopped.

Well the dunk is a hit on You Tube. Isn't everything these days? Punch in Kwame Alexanders's name and go to the entry "CSUSB Alexander Dunk PullsDown the Backboard." It wasn't posted until late Saturday and has already drawn 3,000 hits in less than 24 hours.

Stick with it because there are a couple of great slo-mo replays and note the backboard just misses coming down on the shoulder of a Dominguez player.

School officials are planning to put a highlight reel of his dunks this season. Those of us who get to watch him are spoiled by the ordinary dunk because there are so many spectacular ones. He's easily the most exciting player to watch in the conference and worth the price of admission.

Why there aren't more fans there to watch him alone is more puzzling. That's also a subject for another day!

The Bulldogs, coming off a 36-11 overall record, nabbed 121 points in the NCAA Division III Top-25 Preseason Poll.

In 2011, Redlands captured the program's eighth overall and seventh consecutive Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) championship while dismantling various school records, including wins in a season.

In addition, the Bulldogs ran the table at the SCIAC Postseason Tournament to secure the automatic berth to the NCAA Championships for their seventh straight appearance. Equalizing the program's best performance at the national tournament, the Bulldogs came out of the losers' bracket to finish tied for second against host University of Texas -Tyler.

Sophomore All-American Amanda Lievanos headlines the team's returning crew as the SCIAC Player of the Year. She led the Bulldog starters in nine offensive categories and ranks among the best in school history in six categories.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps checks in at No. 18. The poll is topped by Linfield (Ore.)

The Bulldogs kick off the 2012 season on Friday with a 5 p.m. doubleheader at Azusa Pacific University before hosting their home opener on Sunday against Concordia University - Irvine at 11 a.m. at the "Field of Dreams."

It's always nice when someone you saw through the growing stages makes it up to the professional ranks. There are two other prominent ones for me - Keyon Dooling of the Boston Celtics is one I know from his high school days back in Florida. The other is Texas Rangers catcher Mike Napoli, whom I also covered in the prep ranks as well as in the minor leagues.

Well Johnson is one we all knew had a chance of making it in the NBA IF his demons didn't get to him first. He's toiled in the D-League and overseas. This was a chance a lot of guys don't get, especially at 27.

Ivan seems to be making the most of it. He just missed a double-double with 10 points (the first two coming on a thuindering dunk), nine rebounds and two blocked shots. He logged 28 minutes, the most he has logged in a game this season.

The numbers were a bit skewed. The game was a blow out (96-77), not indicative of how well the Hawks have been playing as of late, so the subs did see a lot of action. But Ivan did play 10 uninterrupted minutes in the first half when it was still competitive.

Then the second half. Ivan did draw a technical foul late in the fourth quarter after a phantom foul call on him . . some things never change. Replays showed Ivan never touched the guy he supposedly fouled. The TV analyst also admitted the technical foul was really weak one. But when you're a rookie, you really can't say boo. Referees have the last word and they're going to send a message,.

He is averaging 5.4 points and 3.5 rebounds.

With Al Horford out for the near future Ivan is going to continue to see steady playing time. He has played as little as 2 minutes but is typically between 15 and 25 minutes. He has been through a lot in his life and it is great to see him fulfilling his dream. It's a chance he needs to take full advantage of.

San Bernardino Valley split games last week but it's win over then-No. 3 Mt. San Jacinto was more impressive than its loss to now No. 19-Chaffey was disappointing because the Wolverines moved up two spots.

Chaffey was in the rankings much opf the year but dropped out after a loss to Victor Valley two weeks ago. Two wins last week, including the one over SBVC, were enough to propel the Panthers back in.

Here it is:

1. San Francisco
2. Citrus
3. Yuba
4. Mt.San Jacinto
5.Santa Rosa
6. San Bernardino Valley
7. Fresno
tie Mt.San Antonio
9. Diablo Valley
10. Antelope Valley
11. Imperial Valley
12. Cabrillo
13. Sierra
14. Saddleback
15. Los Angeles Southwest
16. Foothill
17. San Diego City
18. Ohlone
19. Chaffey
20.  Las Positas

Southern California
1. Citrus
2. Mt.SanJacinto
3. SanBernardinoValley
4. Mt.SanAntonio
5. Antelope Valley
6. Imperial Valley
7.Saddleback
8. Los Angeles Southwest
9. San Diego City
10. Chaffey
11. Cuesta
12. Ventura
13. Riverside City
14. Allan Hancock
15.  tie, Ventura and Los Angeles Valley

WEDNESDAY

Men's basketball

Chaffey at College of the Desert, 7 p.m.

San Bernardino Valley at Rio Hondo, 7 p.m.

Barstow at Mt. San Jacinto, 7 p.m.

Antelope Valley at Victor Valley, 7 p.m.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.

Occidental at Redlands, 7:30 p..m.

Pomona-Pitzer at Caltech, 7:30 p.m.

Women's basketball 

San Bernardino Valley at Rio Hondo, 5 p.m.

Chaffey at Desert, 5 p.m.

Antelope Valley at Victor Valley, 1 p.m.

Barstow at Mt. San Jacinto, 5 p.m.

Baseball

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Azusa Pacific, 5 p.m.

THURSDAY

Women's basketball

Redlands at Whittier, 7:30 p.m.

La Verne at Occidental, 7:30 p.m.

Caltech at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7:30 p.m.

Cal Lutheran at Pomona-Pitzer, 7:30 p.m.

Baseball

Azusa Pacific at Cal State San Bernardino (at Fiscalini Field), 2 p.m.

FRIDAY,

Men's basketball 

Cal State Dominguez Hills at Cal State San Bernardino, 7:30 p.m

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

Women's basketball

Cal State Dominguez Hills at Cal State San Bernardino, 5:30 p.m.

Cal Poly Pomona at Chico State, 5:30 p.m.

Baseball

Whitworth (Wash.) at Pomona-Pitzer, 2 p.m.

St. Martin's (Wash.) at Cal Poly Pomona, 2 p.m.

Cal State San Bernardino at Azusa Pacific, 2 p.m.

San Bernardino Valley and Chaffey at College of the Desert Tournament

Victor Valley at Grossmont, 2 p.m.

Softball

Cal Baptist at Cal State San Bernardino (DH), noon

Redlands at Azusa Pacific, 5 p.m.

SATURDAY

Men's basketball

Cal State Los Angeles at Cal State San Bernardino, 7:30 p.m.

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

Victor Valley at Chaffey, 3 p.m.

Antelope Valley at San Bernardino Valley, 3 p.m.

Rio Hondo at Barstow, 3 p.m.

La Verne at Cal Lutheran, 7 p.m.

Redlands at Pomona-Pitzer, 7 p.m.

Whittier at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7 p.m.

Women's basketball

Cal State Los Angeles at Cal State San Bernardino, 5:30 p.m.

Cal Poly Pomona at Cal State Stanislaus, 5:30 p.m.

Antelope Valley at San Bernardino Valley, 1 p.m.

Victor Valley at Chaffey, 1 p.m.

Cerro Coso at Barstow, 1 p.m.

La Verne at Cal Lutheran, 5 p.m.

Whittier at Clarmeont-Mudd-Scripps, 5 p.m.

Redlands at Pomona-Pitzer, 5 p.m.

Baseball

La Verne at Biola, 1 p.m.

St. Martin's at Cal Poly Pomona (DH) 11 a.m.

Azusa Pacific at Cal State San Bernardino (at Fiscalini Field) , 1 p.m.

San Bernardino Valley, Chaffey at College of the Desert Tournament

Victor Valley at Southwestern, noon.

Softball

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Azusa Pacific, noon

Pomona-Pitzer at vanguard, noon.

Swimming and diving

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Redlands, 10 a.m.

Caltech at La Verne, 10 a.m.

Pomona-Pitzer at Occidental, 10 a.m.

SUNDAY

Baseball

St. Martin's at Cal Poly Pomona, 11 a.m.

Chaffey at Desert Tournament

Softball

Redlands at Concordia-Irvine, 11 a.m.

It marks the second time this season he has been honored.

Anderson, a junior from Temecula, averaged 21 points on 68.0 percent (17-for-25) shooting and 7.0 rebounds to lead the Broncos to a pair of home wins over UC San Diego and Cal State San Bernardino that kept Cal Poly Pomona tied atop the CCAA standings.

During a 58-50 victory over the Tritons on Thursday, Anderson scored a career-high 25 points on 9-of-13 shooting, including 2-of-5 from 3-point range and collected eight rebounds. He came back on Saturday to score 17 points, total six rebounds and three assists in a 67-54 win over Cal State San Bernardino.

Cal Poly Pomona is next in action on Friday when it travels to Chico State for a 7:30 p.m. contest.

Guard Jazzi Johnson of Cal State Los Angeles is the women's player of the week.

CCAA Men's Basketball Players of the Week:

Nov. 7-13: Amir Carraway (Chico State)

Nov. 14-20: Reggie Jones (Cal State Stanislaus)

Nov. 21-27: Steven Pratt (Sonoma State)

Nov. 28 - Dec. 4: Roshun Wynne (Cal State East Bay)

Dec. 5-11: Reggie Jones (Cal State Stanislaus)

Dec. 12-18: Wayne Andrews (Cal State Dominguez Hills)

Dec. 19-25: Nate Roth (Cal State San Bernardino)

Dec. 26 - Jan. 1: Mitchel Anderson (Cal Poly Pomona)

Jan. 2-8: Griffin Reilly (San Francisco State)

Jan. 9-15: Will Olsem (Sonoma State)

Jan. 16-22: Damario Sims (Chico State)

Jan. 23-29: Mitchel Anderson (Cal Poly Pomona).

That's not the worst thing that can happen. A loss takes some of the pressure off and sometimes helps a team refocus. CMS will get anothet shot at Whittier anyway and the SCIAC automatic playoff bid is decided in the conference tournament anyway.

The Stags were also coming off a high from the previous game when they slipped past local Pomona-Pitzer on a last-second layup the previous game. So a letdown was not all that unexpected.

Here's this week's poll:

1	Middlebury (24)	16-0	623	1
2	UW-Whitewater (1)	17-1	595	5
3	Hope	16-1	549	7
4	Emory	15-1	514	8
5	Virginia Wesleyan	13-2	511	2
6	MIT	16-1	488	3
7	Amherst	15-2	482	4
8	Cabrini	16-1	446	10
9	Franklin and Marshall	16-1	409	13
10	Mary Hardin-Baylor	16-1	403	6
11	Whitworth	14-3	339	9
12	Birmingham-Southern	16-1	323	14
13	Williams	15-3	296	15
14	William Paterson	16-2	256	18
15	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	15-1	247	12
16	UW-Stevens Point	14-4	222	11
17	New York University	14-1	192	23
18	Eastern Connecticut	14-1	155	25
19	Wooster	14-3	147	24
20	Augustana	13-4	136	19
21	Illinois Wesleyan	14-3	128	17
22	Wheaton (Ill.)	14-3	123	22
23	Wabash	14-3	115	16
24	Rhode Island College	14-2	76	--
25	Transylvania	15-2	68	--

Dropped out: No. 20 St. Thomas, No. 21 Wittenberg.

Others receiving votes: Lake Forest 49; WPI 48; Oswego State 40; Wittenberg 36; Randolph-Macon 20; St. Thomas 19; Bethany 16; St. Joseph's (L.I.) 9; Christopher Newport 8; UW-River Falls 7; Washington U. 7; Albertus Magnus 4; Lycoming 4; St. Mary's (Md.) 4; Wesleyan 4; Western Connecticut 4; DePauw 1; Grinnell 1; Hampden-Sydney 1.

The 6-foot center scored 51 points and grabbed 33 rebounds as No. 13-ranked Azusa Pacific won both of its conference games last week. She shot 16-for-35 (.457) from the field and 19-for-23 (.826) at the line and recorded double-doubles in both games.

Williams tallied 30 points and 19 rebounds at Point Loma Nazarene and 21 points and 14 rebounds against San Diego Christian.

She leads the GSAC in scoring and rebounding and has 12 double-doubles for the season.

MONDAY

Women's basketball

Cerro Coso at Chaffey, 5 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Men's basketball

Chaffey at San Bernardino, 7 p.m.

College of the Desert at Barstow, 7 p.m.

Rio Hondo at Victor Valley, 7 p.m.

La Verne at Caltech, 7:30 p.m.

Occidental at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7:30 p.m.

Pomona-Pitzer at Whittier, 7:30 p.m.

Women's basketball

Cal Lutheran at Redlands, 7:30 p.m.

Chaffey at San Bernardino, 5 p.m.

Rio Hondo at Victor Valley, 5 p.m.

College of the Desert at Barstow, 5 p.m.

THURSDAY

Men's basketball 

UC San Diego at Cal Poly Pomona, 7:30 p.m.

Cal State San Bernardino at San Francisco State, 7:30 p.m.

Women's basketball

UC San Diego at Cal Poly Pomona, 5:30 p.m.

Cal State San Bernardino at San Francisco State, 5:30 p.m.

Redlands at Occidental, 7:30 p.m.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Pomona-Pitzer, 7:30 p.m.

Whittier at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

Baseball

Westmont at Pomona-Pitzer, 2 p.m.

SATURDAY

Men's basketball

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

Barstow at Chaffey, 3 p.m.

Mt. San Jacinto at San Bernardino, 3 p.m.

College of the Desert at Victor Valley, 3 p.m.

La Verne at Redlands, 7 p.m.

Pomona-Pitzer at Occidental, 7 p.m.

Cal Lutheran at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7 p.m.

Women's basketball

Cal State San Bernardino at Cal Poly Pomona, 5:30 p.m.

Mt. San Jacinto at San Bernardino, 1 p.m.

Desert at Victor Valley, 1 p.m.

Barstow at Cerro Coso, 1 p.m.

Cal Lutheran at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 5 p.m.

Pomona-Pitzer at Occcidental, 5 p.m.

La Verne at Redlands, 5 p.m.

Swimming and diving

La Verne at Pomona-Pitzer, 11 a.m.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Cal Lutheran, 11 a.m.

Redlands at Whittier, 11 a.m.

Here is the latest Top 25:

#	School (1st votes)	Rec	Pts	Prev.
1	Middlebury (22)	14-0	622	1
2	Virginia Wesleyan (2)	13-1	595	2
3	MIT (1)	16-0	575	3
4	Amherst	13-1	547	5
5	UW-Whitewater	15-1	500	9
6	Mary Hardin-Baylor	15-0	494	8
7	Hope	14-1	450	11
8	Emory	13-1	448	4
9	Whitworth	13-2	428	10
10	Cabrini	14-1	388	13
11	UW-Stevens Point	13-3	343	15
12	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	14-0	319	17
13	Franklin and Marshall	14-1	310	7
14	Birmingham-Southern	14-1	266	19
15	Williams	13-3	237	12
16	Wabash	13-2	211	14
17	Illinois Wesleyan	13-2	206	25
18	William Paterson	13-2	159	--
19	Augustana	11-4	120	6
20	St. Thomas	10-3	103	--
21	Wittenberg	12-3	99	--
22	Wheaton (Ill.)	12-3	97	--
23	New York University	12-1	87	--
24	Wooster	12-3	60	16
25	Eastern Connecticut	12-1	57	--

Dropped out: No. 18 Puget Sound, No. 20 Rhode Island College, No. 21 Buffalo State, No. 22 Oswego State, No. 23 Western Connecticut, No. 24 WPI.

Others receiving votes: Rhode Island College 56; Oswego State 47; Transylvania 42; Washington U. 39; Bethany 37; Western Connecticut 26; Lake Forest 24; Worcester Polytech 18; Hampden-Sydney 16; Ohio Wesleyan 16; UW-River Falls 16; Hardin-Simmons 16; Wesleyan 10; Christopher Newport 6; Puget Sound 6; St. Joseph's (L.I.) 6; Mary Washington 6; John Carroll 5; St. Mary's (Md.) 4; Randolph-Macon 4; Grinnell 2; DePauw 1; North Central (Ill.) 1.

MONDAY

Women's basketball  -

San Bernardino Valley at Cerro Coso, 6 p.m.

Chapman at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY

Men's basketball

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

Women's basketball

San Francisco State at Cal Poly Pomona, 5:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Men's basketball

Rio Hondo at Chaffey, 7 p.m.

San Bernardino Valley at Barstow, 7 p.m.

Victor Valley at Mt. San Jacinto, 7 p.m.

Whittier at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Pomona-Pitzer, 7:30 p.m.

Redlands at Occidental, 7:30 p.m.

Women's basketball

San Bernardino Valley at Barstow, 5 p.m.

Rio Hondo at Chaffey, 5 p.m.

Victor Valley at Mt. San Jacinto, 5 p.m.

THUSRDAY

Women's basketball

Occidental at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7:30 p.m.

La Verne at Caltech, 7:30 p.m.

Cal Lutheran at Redlands, 7:30 p.m.

Pomona-Pitzer at Redlands, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

Men's basketball

Humboldt State at Cal State San Bernardino, 7:30 p.m.

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

Women's basketball

Humboldt State at Cal State San Bernardino,5:30 p.m.

Cal Poly Pomona at Cal State Dominguez, 5:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

Men's basketball 

Sonoma State at Cal State San Bernardino, 7:30 p.m.

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

Antelope Valley at Chaffey, 3 p.m.

San Bernardino Valley at College of the Desert, 3 p.m.;

Barstow at Victor Valley, 3 p.m.

Clarmeont-Mudd-Scripps at Whittier, 7 p.m.

Redlands at Caltech, 7 p.m.

La Verne at Pomona-Pitzer, 7 p.m.

Women's basketball

Sonoma State at Cal State San Bernardino, 5:30 p.m.

Cal Poly Pomona at Cal State Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m.

Antelope Valley at Chaffey, 1 p.m.;

Victor Valley at Barstow, 1 p.m.

La Verne at Pomona-Pitzer, 5 p.m.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Whittier, 5 p.m.

Redlands at Caltech, 5 p.m.