Coming off a season in which they captured their third consecutive SCIAC women’s basketball tournament championship and advanced to the second round of NCAAs, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athenas (4-2, 1-0 SCIAC) wanted to challenge themselves to open the 2016-17 basketball season. “The first tournament that we played in St. Louis, those were two
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Sagehens Go up in Flames in Season Opener
The new season started on a low note for Pomona-Pitzer Women’s Basketball (0-1, 0-1 SCIAC) as the visiting Bethesda University Flames (1-6, 0-1 NCCAAW) triumphed by a score of 76-68 on Tuesday, Nov. 15. While the season had just begun for the Sagehens, the Flames were already in a rut. Until the victory,
Black Mamba’s Final Goodbye
After a mind-blowing month of March Madness, it’s hard to imagine the basketball world getting any hotter. With unbelievable upsets, like 12-rannked Yale’s 79-75 triumph over five-seed Baylor, and a stunning buzzer-beating three-point shot by Kris Jenkins to give the Villanova Wildcats the NCAA championship over the North Carolina Tar Heels,
Kendrick’s Korner: The Tournament’s One Shining Moment
Before Monday’s National Championship game between North Carolina and Villanova, I had already started to look forward to next year’s March Madness. Prior to the championship game, the tournament, with the exception of all games involving Northern Iowa or Middle Tennessee State, had been relatively dull. Although some of the
Intramural Sports: Pleasure vs. Perfection
This time I am writing something different, and I am not sitting in the library while I write this. After swim season ended, I tried to continue swimming but my schedule got in the way. That leaves me only with basketball to talk about. The swim team formed an intramural basketball team–possibly the
Athenas Fight for Historic Win at Texas NCAA Tournament
Although their season may have come to a close, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s basketball team (23-6, 15-1 SCIAC) could not be more proud of such a successful year. After yet another first-place SCIAC title, the Athenas advanced to the NCAA tournament at the University of Texas at Tyler on Mar. 4 and
Kendrick’s Korner: A Rumination on Steph Curry
An underrated determinant in the absurdly subjective but always spirited debate of an athlete’s greatness is how he or she literally changed the way a sport is played. Being a world champion, earning astronomical statistics, and playing for [insert favorite team here] are important supporting factors in this classic sports argument. However,
CMS Falls to Chapman in Semifinals
With 43 seconds remaining in the SCIAC semifinal on Friday, Feb. 26, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s basketball team (13-12, 8-8 SCIAC) trailed Chapman University (20-6, 12-4 SCIAC) by five points. After struggling in the first half offensively, the Stags entered the second half down 37-25, and valiantly battled to even the score.
Athenas Three-peat in SCIAC Championships
After the Athenas won the tip-off, the rest of the game was history. The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s basketball team (22-5, 15-1 SCIAC) set the tone of the SCIAC championship final against the California Lutheran University Regals (19-8, 12-4 SCIAC) with a high-energy, fast-paced game resulting in a 75-48 blowout that secured the Athenas’
Senior Sagehens Soar to End Basketball Season
With midterms on the horizon and caffeine levels spiking in the average college student, the Claremont Colleges have been buzzing with activity. Unadulterated dread of exams, however, was replaced with the utmost excitement as the Pomona-Pitzer women’s basketball team (11-14, 8-8 SCIAC) finished their season with two wins in their very