Here are the weekly award winners for Jesuit Men's Basketball for the week of 12/26/11 to 1/1/12.  Again, to demonstrate how far-reaching the Jesuit "conference" is, the ten players on this list come from 10 different states.
 
Jesuit Men's Player of the Week

Aaron Broussard (Seattle, Sr., F, 6-5, Federal Way, WA)
25.0 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 1.5 spg, 20-39 FG, 3-8 3PTFG, 7-8 FT
Led Redhawks to title game of Elgin Baylor Classic, named all-tourney despite loss
Posted career high in scoring with 31 vs. Nebraska-Omaha,  averaging 26.3 points and 9.0 rebounds over past two weeks
 
 
Jesuit Honor Roll

Angelo Caloiaro (San Francisco, Sr., F, 6-8, Saratoga, CA)
20.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.5 spg, 14-25 FG, 7-10 FT
Powered a USF rally vs. Loyola Marymount, scoring 21 after halftime (26 in all) as Dons wiped out big deficit to force OT before losing
 
Steve Catich (Wheeling Jesuit, Sr., F, 6-5, Tyrone, PA)
31 points, 3 rebs., 1 steal, 13-16 FG, 4-7 3PTFG, 1-4 FT
Continued stellar final season by leading Cardinals to win in only action of week. Has scored in double figures in all 11 games with 16+ in all but one game
 
Sam Dower (Gonzaga, So., C, 6-9, Brooklyn Park, MN)
17.5 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 12-18 FG, 3-4 3PTFG, 8-9 FT
Came off bench to spark Bulldogs to a 2-0 week and help extend GU win streak to six, had double-double (20 pts., 10 rebs.) in just 22 minutes in big win over JBS rival Xavier
 
Kevin Foster (Santa Clara, Jr., G, 6-2, Katy, TX)
22.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.5 spg, 16-31 FG, 10-17 3PTFG, 3-6 FT
Played key role as Broncos reached final of Cable Car Classic only to see strong comeback wiped out by controversial buzzer-beater, named to all-tournament team
 
Chris Gaston (Fordham, Jr., F, 6-7, Union City, NY)
23 points, 17 rebs., 2 assts., 3 steals, 6-16 FG, 11-15 FT
Dominated inside as Rams surprised Georgia Tech in only game of the week, 10th double-double of the season to lead the nation, has at least 15 points and 15 rebounds in three of last four games
 
Anthony Ireland (Loyola Marymount, So., G, 5-10, Waterbury, CT)
15.5 ppg, 4.5 apg, 8.0 apg, 1.5 spg, 10-24 FG, 9-10 FT
Guided Lions to a 2-0 week, sinking the game-winning runner with 1.8 seconds left in OT to beat JBS rival San Francisco
 
Otto Porter (Georgetown, Fr., F, 6-8, Sikeston, MO)
10.0 ppg, 13.0 rpg, 1.5 spg, 8-13 FG, 4-7 FT
Came up big in key spots as Hoyas went 2-0, including a win at Louisville
Scored 6 of the final 8 points of the game to hold off the Cardinals and had a timely putback basket in win over Providence
 
Rakim Sanders (Fairfield, R-Sr., F, 6-5, Pawtucket, RI)
19.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.5 apg, 13-22 FG, 7-12 3PTFG, 5-5 FT
Helped lead the Stags to a 1-1 week, including a JBS win over Canisius, has scored in double figures in 12 of 14 games this season
 
Corey Shontz (John Carroll, Sr., G, 6-1, Andover, OH)
17.0 ppg, 5.0 apg, 5.0 spg, 11-22 FG, 11-12 FT
MVP of Bill Sudeck Holiday Tournament after leading Blue Streaks to title, their second in-season tourney title of the season and his second MVP award
  

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From the West Coast Chatter blog ...

SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- Happy New Year from the West Coast Conference! Although we're just a week in, conference play in the WCC is off to another entertaining start. It's going to be a wild ride, and I personally can't wait to see where we end up.

First off, join us every Wednesday night for your chance to interact with WCC coaches and student-athletes on our famous WCC Live talk show. This popular Internet radio talk show airs each Wednesday from 8 to 9 p.m. Pacific. On this week's show, host Jeff Lampe will chat live with Santa Clara sophomore Evan Roquemore, LMU sophomore Anthony Ireland, USF senior Rheina Ale, and Saint Mary's sophomore Stephen Holt. Best of all, you can take part! Submit questions any time by e-mail (radio@westcoast.org); Twitter (@WCCsports); or on our Facebook page (Facebook.com/WCCsports); or by phone (877-779-6383) during the live broadcast.

If you can't catch the show live, don't worry. You can listen on-demand anytime. You can even download the show for your mp3 player, free of charge. The link to tune-in: http://blogtalkradio.com/wccsports

Also, we're bringing back the popular "Road to Las Vegas" web video series. Each week, join host Ted Robinson and other WCC correspondents as they bring you men's and women's highlights and interviews. On the first show (set to debut on January 4), we get to know LMU junior Alex Cowling, the WCC's leading scorer. In addition, Sean Farnham hosts a round table discussion with head coaches Marty Wilson, Rex Walters, and Eric Reveno on what it takes to build a program. New this year, we'll take you Around the WCC in a fast-paced segment to get you caught up on the latest WCC news. New episodes of "The Road to Las Vegas" can be seen on WCCsports.com and on our YouTube channel every Wednesday leading up to the tournament in Las Vegas.

Hey Lion fans!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! The most exciting moment of the year happened this weekend for my teammates and me. In the Consolation game of our Thanksgiving tournament we got our first win of the season! It definitely didn't come as early as we would have hoped, but it couldn't have happened in any more of a dramatic fashion.  The game was decided in the last minute of play, and I was even fortunate enough to be put in a position to hit what turned out to be the first game-winner of my career! Our opponent Wyoming was a very good team, and because the win was such a team effort we've really come away from it with a renewed confidence in our ability to execute our offense, and buckle down on defense.

We're going to need that as we prepare to travel to "The Pit" to face the University of New Mexico Lobos. At least 7,000 fans will be in attendance there, and they represent yet another opponent looking to use the altitude as an additional weapon to fight us with. Fortunately for us we've already faced Denver this year and gotten a taste of what it takes to play in an environment with thin air. We're excited for the challenge and looking forward to the game on Thursday. We're getting better everyday. The most important part of the regular season is conference. We have to remember that each day as we continue to improve in this preseason period. To everyone rooting for us, thank you so much for your continued support. Your loyalty will be rewarded in the end! Go Lions!

No one ever expects to start a season off without winning. Four games in and we're still searching for one. It really goes without saying then, that our season has thus far not gone as planned. But just as Coach always says, "it isn't the test when everything's going great." The true character of a team is revealed when times are tough. We refuse to stop working. On top of that, we are all committed to staying positive, and a genuine optimism towards the future has permeated our locker room. Everyday is a new opportunity for success. Victory is definitely afoot. After all there are some MAJOR positives that have come from our first games. Number one, we see a definite improvement each time we step on the floor. As Melinda Gomez so eloquently put it after our Fullerton loss, "some days they're just itty bitty tiny ant baby steps forward, but we're moving forward." My second point is kind of the reverse of the first, and ultimately since we have yet to put together a quality showing, teams looking to prepare for us by watching the game film of our previous games really have no idea what we're actually capable of doing. We're a talented team on the verge of putting it all together on the court. If that's not a silver-lining, I don't know what is. We're hungry for a win, and our next opportunity to feast is fast approaching. Friday at 1:00PM we face the Youngstown State Penguins in our Thanksgiving Tournament. I don't know about you, but penguins for a late lunch on Friday sounds like the most appetizing thing in the world to me right about now. GO LIONS.

Let the season begin.

Hey Lions' fans! Since this is my first entry I'd like to take the time to personally introduce myself to anyone who may not know me yet. My name is Alex Cowling and I am a redshirt Junior fortunate enough to play both the small and power forward for the Loyola Marymount University's Women's basketball team. Right now is an exciting time for my teammates and me because so many season-initiating things are happening. While official, full-length practices have been going on since the beginning of October, last week we had our annual inter-squad game where fans got the chance to catch a glimpse of the team in action.

We've made a lot of changes since our turbulent last season and we're already beginning to see the effects of them on the court. Particularly in the hiring of two new coaches (a new strength and conditioning as well as an assistant coach) who have injected a new energy and attitude to the program. Our girls are really young, with nine of our fourteen being freshmen and sophomores, but they bring a level of heart and coach-ability to the table that, mixed with their above-average talent, makes for an exciting combination. We are definitely READY TO COMPETE! Which brings me to my most pressing source of anticipation.

This weekend we FINALLY get to play another team when we scrimmage USC at the Galen Center. It's closed, so people aren't allowed to watch, but getting the chance to play a team as talented as the Trojans will be a really great measuring stick, especially as we get ready to embark on this quest for a WCC championship. We need to be able to compete against and beat teams who have proven to be among the best in order to be the best. Playing USC right off the bat puts us in the mindset that "the best" is exactly what we intend to be. Also, pertaining to our style of play, you'll get to see a dramatic on-court change this season too. I won't give it away on here quite yet however. You'll just have to come out to Gersten Pavilion and check us out if you want to see what it is. But until next time trust that we'll be working hard in the gym, and make sure to come out to our Men's exhibition game on Tuesday night! We're all on the same mission here: WCC Championship or Bust! GO LIONS!

SAN BRUNO, Calif. - The West Coast Conference will hold its 2011-12 men's basketball tip-off event at neighboring YouTube headquarters on Thursday, October 27. The event will give West Coast Conference fans the ability to interact with all nine WCC head men's basketball coaches through three different mediums, all available on WCCsports.com.

 

The day begins at 12:30 p.m., with each WCC coach doing the live video interview in which fans can submit questions via Twitter and Facebook. The video interview with each coach will be streamed live on both YouTube.com and WCCsports.com. In addition, the coaches will participate in a live blog chat through the Cover It Live platform, taking questions from fans about the upcoming season.

 

LMU Head Coach Max Good will be the featured on the video stream interview at 2:30 p.m. He will also participate in Cover It Live Chat with fans at 1:15. In addition to the live content from YouTube headquarters, interviews and other features will be aired throughout the 2011-12 season.

 

Coach Good will also sit down with play-by-play announcer Jeff Lampe for WCC Live, the live internet talk show that will preview the team's season. The special edition of WCC Live will originate from the YouTube lobby and air from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. PDT.

 

Also at the event, each head coach will participate in a three-coach round table discussion on a variety of topics, with the chats to air on a future episode of The Road to Las Vegas during the WCC basketball season. Coaches will also spend one-on-one time with media members in attendance.

 

For more details, to tune in, and to participate, fans can visit the tip-off event Web Central. To ask questions of coaches via Twitter, please use the hashtag #WCChoops. On Facebook, post comments to the wall on Facebook.com/WCCsports.

The Lions just got back from a tough weekend on the road. The Lions fell short against both BYU and San Diego. Last Thursday, Brittany Jagger recorded her second double-digit save effort of the season, but it was not quite enough as the Lions fell 3-0 to WCC newcomer BYU in front of 2,700 fans. The Lions traveled back to LA and headed on a bus to San Diego for a match on Sunday. The Lions were tied 1-1 at halftime with the Toreros, but San Diego scored a goal in the last five minutes to win the game. This was the Lions 3rd consecutive loss, but are more than ready to finish strong at home for the last three games of the season.

Even with a jam-packed weekend of traveling to both Utah and San Diego, the Lions made time to participate in LMU's Midnight Madness. Midnight Madness is a school wide pep rally to kick off the basketball season. Throughout the rally each of LMU athletics teams danced to a mixture of songs that they put together and choreographed. Junior midfielder and theatre major Kimiko Miyashima choreographed the dance for the Lions. Below are some pictures from the event!




Hopefully we will be able to post their fun and funky dance that they preformed in front of 2,000 people! The dancing Lions are home for their final three matches of the 2011 season, beginning with WCC opponent Portland on Friday, Oct. 28th at 3pm and Santa Clara on Sunday, October 30th at 1pm to close out WCC play. The Lions will then host Seattle on Saturday, November 5th to close out the year. Come out and support the Lions this weekend as they finish up their conference games!

GO LIONS!

The Lions just got back from a tough weekend on the road. The Lions fell short against both BYU and San Diego. Last Thursday, Brittany Jagger recorded her second double-digit save effort of the season, but it was not quite enough as the Lions fell 3-0 to WCC newcomer BYU in front of 2,700 fans. The Lions traveled back to LA and headed on a bus to San Diego for a match on Sunday. The Lions were tied 1-1 at halftime with the Toreros, but San Diego scored a goal in the last five minutes to win the game. This was the Lions 3rd consecutive loss, but are more than ready to finish strong at home for the last three games of the season.

Even with a jam-packed weekend of traveling to both Utah and San Diego, the Lions made time to participate in LMU's Midnight Madness. Midnight Madness is a school wide pep rally to kick off the basketball season. Throughout the rally each of LMU athletics teams danced to a mixture of songs that they put together and choreographed. Junior midfielder and theatre major Kimiko Miyashima choreographed the dance for the Lions. Below are some pictures from the event!




Hopefully we will be able to post their fun and funky dance that they preformed in front of 2,000 people! The dancing Lions are home for their final three matches of the 2011 season, beginning with WCC opponent Portland on Friday, Oct. 28th at 3pm and Santa Clara on Sunday, October 30th at 1pm to close out WCC play. The Lions will then host Seattle on Saturday, November 5th to close out the year. Come out and support the Lions this weekend as they finish up their conference games!

GO LIONS!

 

On Friday, Darien Pyka and Brianne Medved each tallied goals as the LMU women's soccer team handed Saint Mary's its first home loss of the season in a 2-1 final in Moraga. The win moved LMU to 7-5-2 overall and 1-1-1 in WCC play, while also snapping a five-game winless streak. After the win the Lions had dinner at Senior defender Marissa Zamora's house in Danville, CA. Junior midfielder Cori McGovern was also able to stop by her house in Danville on the way to Marissa's home. She ran through her whole house, pet her dog, pet her cat and ran back in the van to head to Marissa's! It is always nice to go to a family's home when on the road. Thank you Zamora's for having the team!

On Sunday, Battling the No. 5 ranked team in the nation, the LMU women's soccer team put up a fight, but ultimately fell 2-0 to Pepperdine. The Lions move to 7-6-2 on the season and 1-2-1 in conference play. This was a special day for the Lions as it was their designated "Think Pink" game to honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Lions wore pink uniform shorts, pink sweatbands, pink shoelaces and pink wristbands to show their support of the most common cancer for women. A lot of the players know someone directly who has been affected by cancer making this a very special way to honor their friends and family. Some players honored their loved ones by writing their names on their sweatbands with permanent marker. Below is a picture of Whitney Sharpe, Yiana Dimmit and Rachel Fell wearing their pink proudly.

After splitting the games this past weekend with a win and a loss, the Lions are looking to beat WCC newcomer BYU on Thursday and San Diego on Sunday. Both games are on the road, but the Lions will return home Friday, October 28^th vs. Santa Clara and Sunday, October 30^th vs. Portland. Make sure to follow the Lions this weekend and we hope to see you when the Lions come home to wrap up WCC play in two weeks!

GO LIONS!