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CHAPMAN GETS OFFENSIVE WITH 18 THREES AND ANOTHER WIN

ORANGE, Calif. – The Chapman University men’s basketball team seems to have found its comfort zone on offense. The Panthers scored a season-high 89 points, including 18 three-pointers, to defeat visiting La Sierra University 89-56 at Hutton Center on Saturday night as part of the Division III Independents Round-Robin Tournament. The win was Chapman’s season-best fourth in a row.

Chapman (12-6) averaged just 59.1 points per game through the team’s first 14 games and was 8-6. However, during the Panthers’ current four-game winning streak they are averaging 77 points, including Saturday night’s outburst which featured a 58.1 percentage (18-for-31) from three-point range. It’s the most threes Chapman has made in a game since 2003.

Leading the way for Chapman was a pair of freshmen: Max Piner and Griffin Ramme, who combined for nine three-pointers and 31 points. Ramme led the Panthers with 16 points while Piner finished with 15, both career-highs. Sophomore G Kyle Wood pitched in 13 points and three assists for Chapman.

For La Sierra (4-12), Ryan White and Roshawn Knight scored 17 points apiece.

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Dallas (TX) 54, U.C. Santa Cruz 51
The University of Dallas built a 33-22 lead and then hung on in the second half, while Santa Cruz chipped away. The Banana Slugs finally cut the lead to three points and had the ball in the closing seconds, but couldn’t get off a final shot to lose their 11th in a row. Jeff Pritchard led all scorers with 15 points to help Dallas (9-9) even its overall record. John Buck (13 points, two three-pointers) led Santa Cruz (2-13).

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Game stats available online:
LSU-CU: /athletics/07-08/mbasketball/lsu-cu.htm
UD-UCSC: /athletics/07-08/mbasketball/ud-ucsc.htm