WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Friday 1/20 at Warner Pacific, 5:30 pm (Livestats | Video Stream)
Saturday 1/21 at Multnomah, 3:00 pm (Livestats | Video Stream)
 
Bushnell (10-6, 7-4 CCC) split its games over the weekend, defeating the College of Idaho, 65-52, before falling to No. 16 Eastern Oregon, 65-58. The Beacons enter the weekend in fifth place in the conference standings, heading into this weekend's games against Multnomah and Warner Pacific, who are in the bottom two spots of the standings.  
 
CCC OUTLOOK: Three teams in the CCC are ranked among the Top-10 in the NAIA, No. 10 Lewis-Clark State (11-0), No. 16 Eastern Oregon (10-1) and No. 23 Southern Oregon (9-2) and make up the top three in the CCC standings. Oregon Tech (8-3) is in fourth, while Bushnell (7-4) holds fifth.
 
A Top-25 matchup between the Mountaineers and the Raiders will take place on Friday. EOU will then take on OIT on Saturday.  
 
CCC RANKS: The Beacons ranks fourth in the conference in scoring, averaging 65.3 points per game. They rank fourth in field-goal percentage (.398) and fifth in three-point percentage (.302). Defensively, Bushnell ranks sixth in the CCC, allowing 61.8 points per contest.
 
Bella Pedrojetti leads the Beacons in scoring, averaging 12.4 points per game and ranks sixth in the conference in three-point shooting, making 38.2% of attempts on the season. She has reached double-digit scoring in all but four games, including a career-high 24 points at Evergreen. Aspen Slifka ranks second on the team in scoring, averaging 11.8 points per game on 41.2% shooting, and ranks among the top-10 in steals per game (10th – 1.7) and block per game (7th – 1.0).
 
Libby Mathis ranks third in the CCC in field-goal percentage, making 53.6% of her shots. The junior is averaging 8.7 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.7 blocks (4th in CCC) per game. Kalina Rojas is averaging 7.1 points per game and leads the Beacons in rebounding, averaging 7.6 per game (7th in CCC).
 
MILESTONE WATCH: Aspen Slifka needs 38 points to move into third on Bushnell's all-time scoring list, passing Lindsey Shearer (1,206). Slifka (1,169) moved ahead of Elise Gray (1,124) in the SOU/OIT road series in early January.
 
WARNER PACIFIC: The Knights (1-16, 1-10 CCC) earned their first win of the year over the weekend, defeating Northwest, 50-48. WPU ranks last in the conference in scoring, averaging 53.1 points per game, and are 10th defensively, allowing 65.8 points per contest.
 
McKeeley Tonkin leads the Knights in scoring, averaging 10.8 points per game. Emily Brown is averaging 8.6 points and a team-leading 6.9 rebounds per game. Tonkin scored 18 points against Bushnell in their first meeting of the season.
 
The Beacons are 20-16 in the all-time series with the Knights.
 
MULTNOMAH: The Lions (4-14, 2-10 CCC) snapped a 12-game losing streak by defeating Warner Pacific, 66-52, on Tuesday. Both of Multnomah's conference wins have been against the Knights. As a team, the Lions rank fifth in the conference in scoring, averaging 62.8 points per game but are last defensively, giving up 71.7 points per contest.
 
Three Lions are averaging double figures, led by senior guard Shaila Mays, who is averaging 13.1 points per game (10th in CCC). Mays ranks seventh in the CCC in three-point percentage (.378) and is fourth in steals per game (2.2). Elise Graham is posting 11.5 points per game, while Dalila Rincan adds 11.3 points per contest.
 
Bushnell is 14-2 in the all-time series with Multnomah, including a 85-55 win in the meeting in Eugene this season.
 

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Friday 1/20 at Warner Pacific, 7:30 pm (Livestats | Video Stream)
Saturday 1/21 at Multnomah, 5:00 pm (Livestats | Video Stream)
 
The Beacons (6-11, 4-7 CCC) hit the road this weekend, looking to bounce back from a tough weekend at home that saw a pair of losses to Eastern Oregon and No. 1 College of Idaho     
 
RECORD WATCH: Junior Stevie Schlabach is closing in on a few Bushnell records. He has now hit 519 field goals on 1013 field goal attempts. He needs just 17 buckets and 16 attempts to set new all-time records in both categories, records which were set by Hall of Famer Mitch Naylor from 1995-1999. Schlabach is also currently sitting at 1383 career points which sits 70 points behind Naylor for third all-time.
 
CCC OUTLOOK: Hitting the half-way point of the Cascade Conference schedule, Bushnell currently finds themselves in a tie with LC State for eighth-place. The next 11 games will go a long way to determining the top-eight, which qualify for the conference tournament. Sitting on top is The College of Idaho, undefeated at 11-0. Eastern Oregon (9-2), Corban (8-3) and Warner Pacific (8-3) round out the top four.
 
CONFERENCE/NAIA RANKS: The Beacons are currently ranked fifth in the CCC in scoring (82.2 points per game) and tenth in defense (82.4 ppg allowed). They are now one of just four teams that are allowing more points than they are scoring. Bushnell leads the conference in three-point shooting as the only team shooting above .400 from distance. The Beacons are hitting 40.3% which ranks fifth in the NAIA. The team remains No. 2 in the conference and third in the NAIA in free-throw percentage (.787).
 
Individually, Spencer Hoffman is fifth in the conference in scoring (16.8 ppg) while Stevie Schlabach is tenth (15.6). Hoffman is also third in rebounding (8.8 rpg) and fourth in field goal percentage (.605).  Schlabach leads the conference in three-point percentage (.563) and is fourth in free-throw shooting at 87.7%.
 
WARNER PACIFIC: The Knights are one of the hottest teams in the conference, coming in as winners of five of their last six games as they are currently tied for third-place in the CCC. WPU is eighth in the CCC in scoring (78.8 ppg) and seventh in defense (76.8 ppg allowed).
 
Warner Pacific has three players averaging double-figures in scoring, led by Thomas Miles, who is the top scorer in the conference. His 19.1 points per game ranks 43rd in the NAIA. At 81.6%, WPU is the top free-throw shooting team in the nation, and Miles leads the charge at .913. He is also one of the top statistical defenders in the conference, averaging 2.4 steals per game.
 
The Knights and Beacons have faced off 54 times, dating back to the mid 1980's. In that time, WPU has amassed a solid 39-15 advantage, and have won three of the last five meetings. The Knights won in Eugene back in December, 78-74 in a game that saw nine lead changes and eight ties.
 
MULTNOMAH: Like the Knights, Multnomah comes into the weekend having won five of their last six games. They are alone in sixth place as they fight for their second straight post-season appearance after qualifying for the CCC tournament for the first time ever in 2022.
 
The Lions are second in the CCC in scoring, averaging 85.8 points per game while allowing the fifth-most points per game in the conference at 79.7. Multnomah ranks second in the CCC for both assists (17.0 apg) and steals (9.2 spg) and they have more offensive rebounds than any team.
 
Zach Richardson averages 17.4 points per game to lead the team. He is fourth in the conference in scoring while Tyrese Taylor is close behind in seventh, averaging 16.1 ppg. They are the highest scoring duo in the CCC.
 
Bushnell holds a 17-4 lead in the all-time series, but over the past three years, the Lions lead it 4-3 including an 87-82 point victory in Eugene last month.
 

INDOOR TRACK & FIELD

Sunday 1/22 at University of Portland, 12:00 pm (Livestats)
 
What promises to be the biggest indoor track season in Bushnell history is set to get underway this weekend as close to 20 Beacons are set to travel to compete at the University of Portland Indoor #1 event inside the Chiles Center on the campus of UP.
 
The limited meet will feature 200m, 400m, and 4x400m races for sprinters, along with the 3000m, one-mile and 800m races for distance athletes.
 
Top returning athletes expected to compete include Hunter Reininger, Justin Rogers, Brett Olmstead, Ashton Williams, and CCC 100m champion Jaron Carter on the men's side along with the likes of Maddii Desemone, Sarah Phillips, Adrienne Mai, Sierra Janikowski and Jenae Usselman on the women's side. For Usselman, a career thrower, it will be the first time lacing it up in sprint events.
 
The event fields will be littered with Beacons scheduled to make their collegiate debuts. Men expected to compete for the first time are Isaiah Davis, Jah'Lin Green, Nathan Griffith, David Johnson, Ty Kishen, Gavyn Laing, and Jermaine Richards. For the women, Kylee Dickman and Janea Robertson will kick off their careers.