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Westmont’s Canitez joins Baylor’s Griner as Player of Year

Monday, April 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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DENVER – Brittney Griner of Baylor University is the winner of the 2012 State Farm® Wade Trophy, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced tonight during the second annual WBCA Awards Show. The prestigious award, regarded as “The Heisman of Women’s Basketball,” is presented annually to the NCAA Division I Player of the Year by the WBCA and the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS).The WBCA also announced the State Farm/WBCA Players of the Year … [Read more...]

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Warriors tripped up in NAIA quarters

Saturday, March 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Westmont's march in the NAIA Women's Basketball Tournament ended in Saturday's quarterfinal round, with the top-seeded Warriors falling to second-seeded Lubbock Christian 66-61.Lubbock outscored Westmont by 11 points in the second half. A 12-0 run early in the half gave Lubbock the lead for good. Brittany Roberts' 19 points was tops amongst four teammates in double figures.Lisa Peterson led Westmont in scoring with 22. Player of the Year candidate Tugce Canitez made 5-of-8 shot attempts … [Read more...]

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Westmont women advance to NAIA quarterfinals

Friday, March 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Katie Kittle scored 19 points to lead four Westmont players in double figures, and the Warriors held St. Xavier to 25 percent shooting to post a 70-56 win in a second round game Friday at the NAIA Women’s National Basketball Tournament in Frankfort, Ky.The No. 1-seeded Warriors (31-3) advance to Saturday’s quarterfinals. They’ll play No. 2 seed Lubbock Christian (27-5) of Texas at 1 p.m. PDT. Lubbock Christian visited Murchison Gymnasium on Nov. 19 and was handed a 76-71 defeat by the … [Read more...]

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Top-seeded Warriors survive first-round challenge

Thursday, March 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Fourth ranked and number one seed Westmont Women's Basketball held on to defeat Lyon (20-12) of Arkansas 59-57 in the first round of the NAIA Division I Women's Basketball National Championship presented by Kentuckytourism.com.The Warriors (30-3) advance to the second round on Friday to take on St. Xavier (24-8) of Illinois at 12:30 p.m. local time (9:30 a.m. PDT). CLICK HERE TO VIEW BOX SCORE "It wasn't our best game, but we haven't played in a while," said Westmont junior point guard … [Read more...]

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Warriors get one of NAIA’s No. 1 seeds

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The brackets have been released for the NAIA Division I Women's Basketball National Champions and No. 4 Westmont has received one of four number one seeds.The Warriors will take on Lyon of Arkansas (20-11) next Thursday at 9:30 a.m. (PDT) in a first round game. Lyon finished fourth team in the powerhouse TranSouth Athletic Conference. CLICK HERE TO VIEW COMPLETE BRACKET "We're really excited to have a number one seed," said Westmont head coach Kirsten Moore, the Golden State Athletic … [Read more...]

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Westmont wears out Azusa in GSAC Championship

Tuesday, March 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Westmont Women's Basketball shot sixty percent in the second half to overcome a nine-point deficit and claim a 70-64 win over Azusa Pacific (24-6) in the championship game of the Golden State Athletic Conference Tournament. The championship win brings the Warriors record to 29-3 this season."During our team retreat at the beginning of the year, we made a poster board with all the goals we had for this year," said Westmont head coach Kirsten Moore. "Today, I hung that on our board in our team … [Read more...]

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Nunnally, Canitez earn Athlete of the Week honors

Monday, March 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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In keeping with the spirit of March Madness, the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Athletes of the Week come from college basketball.UCSB senior James Nunnally was named the male winner for his performances in wins over Pacific and UC Davis. He poured in a season-high 28 points, had career-high eight assists with no turnovers in the Pacific game. In a Senior Night game against Davis, he scored a team-high 21 points.Nunnally and the Gauchos are playing in the Big West Tournament this … [Read more...]

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Westmont punishes Biola en route to GSAC final

Friday, March 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Katie Kittle and Tugce Canitez each scored 20 points and Aubrey Lincoln added another 15 as Westmont Women's Basketball defeated Biola (21-10) by the score of 84-56 in a semifinal game of the Golden State Athletic Conference Tournament.With the win, the Warriors (28-3) advance to Monday's championship game where they will meet up with the Cougars of Azusa Pacific (24-6). The second-seeded Cougars won the right to make the trip to Santa Barbara by virtue of a 73-66 win over third-seeded … [Read more...]

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Westmont falls short down the stretch in GSAC quarterfinal

Friday, March 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

AZUSA — The Westmont men's basketball season came to an abrupt end on Thursday evening as the Warriors fell 57-54 to Azusa Pacific in the quarterfinals of the Golden State Athletic Conference tournament.The Warriors battled throughout and led for much of the second half before surrendering the lead with 10 seconds remaining on the clock. "It was a great effort," said Westmont head coach John Moore. "Efforts like this are wonderful to see, but you want to finish up on top. That is what … [Read more...]

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GSAC MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCORES

Thursday, March 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment

GSAC MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT First Round - Thursday, March 1, 2012 #1 Concordia (H) 87, #8 Fresno Pacific 83 #2 Point Loma Nazarene (H) 97, #7 Vanguard 80 #3 Biola (H) 75, #6 The Masters 67 #4 Azusa Pacific (H) 57, #5 Westmont 54 … [Read more...]

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Kittle, Canitez lead Warriors to GSAC semis

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Tugce Canitez scored 26 points and Katie Kittle put up 22 more to push the Westmont women's basketball team to a 70-53 victory against The Master's College.Canitez also grabbed 13 rebounds earn a double-double in Wednsday's game.The Golden State Atheltic Conference quarterfinal matchup was close in the first half, and Westmont took a five-point lead into the locker room.The Warriors were dominant in the second period, outscoring their opponents by 12 and holding them to 21.2 percent … [Read more...]

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Canitez, Moore capture GSAC’s top honors

Monday, February 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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After sewing up the Golden State Athletic Conference women's basketball regular season championship last week, Westmont Women's Basketball has received numerous awards from the conference.Junior Tugce Canitez of Izmir, Turkey has been named the GSAC Player of the Year while head coach Kirsten Moore has received GSAC Coach of the Year honors.Joining Canitez on the All-GSAC team are senior captains Katie Kittle of Colusa, California and Lisa Peterson of Citrus Heights, California. Junior … [Read more...]

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