Senior guard Luke Allen scored 23, pulled down six rebounds and recorded three assists, but #20 Westmont men’s basketball (11-8, 6-6) let one get away at #24 Azusa Pacific (19-3, 9-3), falling by a score of 78-67. Sophomore guard Andrew Schmalbach added 13 points and had four assists while senior center Santiago Aguirre scored 10 points, recorded five rebounds and posted four assists.

The Cougars were led by Scott Zea who scored 22 points and notched 11 rebounds while Demario Butler added 17 points to Azusa Pacific’s totals.

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Despite holding #16 Azusa Pacific to just 24 points in the first half, #24 Westmont women’s basketball fell to the Cougars by a score of 88-66 in Azusa on Tuesday night. The Cougars had no trouble finding the hoop in the second half as they made 66.7% (20 of 30) of their attempts from the floor to score 64 points.

Westmont’s sophomore post player Ali Mooty led the Warriors with 25 points and 13 rebounds, recording her seventh double-double of the year. Junior guard Kara Reynolds came off the bench to record ten points in the first half while making all four of her shots from the floor, including two from beyond the arc. Senior forward Stephanie Anderson contributed seven points while guards Amber Stevens and Lindsey Chessum each added six more. Stevens also had five assists and five steals.

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After falling 2-0 in the first game of a doubleheader at Pomona-Pitzer, Westmont Baseball claimed the second game by a 6-5 score to post a 1-1 season record after the first weekend of play. Freshman Timothy Crabbe picked up the win in his first collegiate start after allowing four runs in four and one-half innings of play in the seven inning game.

Centerfielder Jonathan White tied a school record by connecting for three doubles in a three for three performance at the plate. In addition to three runs batted, White also scored once and laid down a sacrifice bunt in the fourth inning.

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The game was tied on nine occasions and the lead changed hands 11 times, but in the end, the Lancers of California Baptist (13-7, 5-6) upset #24 Westmont (11-7, 6-5) by a score of 84-78 in Riverside. Sophomore post player Ali Mooty recorded her sixth double-double of the season and her fourth in the last five games, to lead the Warriors with 25 points and 11 rebounds.

Also scoring in double figures for the Warriors were senior Jenn Tolle who tallied 12 points, four rebounds and three assists and freshman Amber Stevens who produced 11 points, seven assists, six rebounds and two steals.

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Sophomore guard Tyler Dutton produced his best scoring effort of the season by nailing 10 of 13 from the field, including three of three from beyond the arc, to record 24 points. But Westmont men’s basketball (11-7, 6-5) could not contain #22 California Baptist (13-7, 7-4) which shot 70% from the floor (14-20) in the second half to claim a 74-64 victory in Riverside on Saturday night.

After a slow offensive start by both teams, Dutton converted a layup and freshman guard Matt LeDuc (six points) sank a three-point field goal to give the Warriors a 10-4 lead halfway through the opening period as action began to heat up. Dutton extended the lead to seven (17-10) at the 6:50 mark with the first of his three-pointers and then converted a traditional three-point play to maintain the seven point margin after the Lancers scored a three of their own. California Baptist, however, produced a 14-0 run to close out the first half and take a 27-20 lead into the locker room at halftime.

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Westmont men’s basketball lost a heartbreaker at Murchison Gymnasium on Tuesday night as the Warriors fell to The Master’s 66-64. Westmont, which had battled back from an 11 point first half deficit to take a 32-27 advantage into half time, held the lead throughout the second half until the final 21 seconds.

“The game could have gotten away from us in the first half and I thought we did a very nice job coming back and taking the lead at halftime,” said head coach John Moore. “And I thought we played well (in the second half) until about the four and one-half minute mark when we stopped scoring. We didn’t score another basket in the last four and one-half minutes and turned the ball over five of our last ten possessions.”

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Senior Stephanie Anderson scored 15 second half points and sophomore Ali Mooty scored eight points and collected eight rebounds after intermission as #25 Westmont women’s basketball nearly erased a 14 point half-time deficit (30-16) against The Master’s (11-5, 6-4) at Murchison Gymnasium on Tuesday night. However, the nineteenth ranked Mustangs held on to claim a 56-53 win.

Cold shooting and failure to control the boards cost the Warriors dearly in the first half. The Warriors made just five of 31 attempts from the floor (16.1%) in the first half and lost the battle of the boards 10-26 to the taller Mustangs. But Westmont (11-6, 6-4) poured it on the in second half, narrowing the rebounding deficit to just one (20-21) and outscoring The Master’s 37-26.

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Senior Johnny Wilson and sophomore Colin Hofer combined to make eight three-point field goals out of 12 attempts as Westmont men’s basketball (11-5, 6-3) posted a 92-82 win over Hope International (3-16, 1-8) on Saturday night at Murchison Gymnasium. Wilson tallied 19 points in 16 minutes of play to lead the Warriors and Hofer added 17 points in 15 minutes on the court.

“Point-a-minute men, that’s what we’ll call them - in fact, better than a point a minute. 36 points in 31 minutes between the two of them – those guys need to play more,” quipped head coach John Moore.

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