Down 12 points to the No. 1 team in the nation with five minutes to go, in front of a raucous, sellout Whitman College crowd in the second round of the NCAA tournament, it looked like the Stags’ stellar season was over. However, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s basketball team, as usual,
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Stags Dominate Sagehens In SCIAC Title Game, Advance To NCAA Tournament
The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags (19-7, 15-1 SCIAC) secured their second consecutive SCIAC tournament title and third in the last four years with a blowout 86-62 victory over the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens (15-12, SCIAC 12-4) Feb. 24. With the win, CMS punched a ticket to the NCAA tournament, where they will take on
Sagehens Take Down Occidental In Convincing Fashion On Senior Night
The Pomona-Pitzer men’s basketball team (14-11, 12-4 SCIAC) picked up a big 61-47 win over Occidental College (19-6, 12-4 SCIAC) at home Saturday. It was senior night for the Sagehens, and Hiawatha Davis PZ ’18, Jack Gale PO ’18, and Glenn Leininger PZ ’18 were all honored before the
Red-Hot Scarlett Scores 32 As CMS Men’s Basketball Outduels Sagehens
Led by sharpshooting point guard Michael Scarlett CM ’18, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s basketball team (13-7, 11-1 SCIAC) scorched Sixth Street rival Pomona-Pitzer (10-11, 8-4) with a barrage of three-pointers Wednesday night, earning a 73-60 victory. Though the Sagehens were hot on the Stags’ heels for most of the first half,
Stags Look to Overcome Slow Start, Take Control of SCIAC
After a successful 2016-2017 season, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s basketball team entered this year looking to repeat that success. The Stags finished the year with an impressive 23-5 record and ended up winning the SCIAC tournament with victories over Pomona-Pitzer and Cal Lutheran. However, they have stumbled out of the gate,
Rees’ Career Game Nets Hens First Win
After jumping to a big first-half lead, the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens men’s basketball team (1-5) cruised to a win over the Life Pacific College Warriors (4-5) 97-74 Tuesday night, securing its first win of the 2017-18 season. The Sagehens were led by Adam Rees PO ’20, who scored a career-high 29
Fairytale Ending for Stags in Comeback Victory
Like any fairytale, the situation at first sight was grim: University of Redlands’ first-year guard Joey Sponheim and two of his teammates came in to put the Bulldogs’ men’s basketball team up by 10 points in the first three minutes. If this was any indication of the game to come,
Stag Guards Power Top-Ranked Men’s Basketball Team Past Sagehens
When the Sixth Street rivals squared up Saturday night in Pomona College’s Voelkel Gym, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s basketball team (15-1, 8-0 SCIAC) showed that it earned its place atop the SCIAC standings with a wire-to-wire 73-67 victory over Pomona-Pitzer (10-7, 6-2 SCIAC). With the Sagehens trailing by 11 with about