Point Loma Nazarene's men's basketball team defeated Academy of Art, securing their position as the leader in the PacWest Conference.
Point Loma Nazarene ’s men’s basketball team achieved their goal Saturday: beat Academy of Art and take first place in the PacWest Conference. Guard Coby Barnes led the scoring with 20 points and coach Justin Downer’s defense was impressive as the Sea Lions (12-4, 5-1 PacWest) controlled the game, completing a season sweep of their toughest competition 74-64 at Golden Gymnasium.
PLNU and Academy of Art split last season’s conference title and were selected first and second, respectively, in this year’s PacWest preseason poll. \“I thought we stayed connected defensively, rebounded well and moved the ball on offense,” Downer said. “That is how we want to play. That is a really good offensive rebounding team and I thought our guards boxed out on the weak side and kept them off the boards. That was big for us.” \The Sea Lions won the first matchup in San Francisco 58-53 on Dec. 7 and effectively ran a similar game. Zack Paulsen and Barnes closed the first half with a pair of 3-pointers after the Urban Knights (8-5, 4-2 PacWest) took their first lead of the game. PLNU has enjoyed balanced scoring all season. Barnes was one of four Sea Lions to score in double digits on Saturday; Paulsen added 20 points, Wynton Brown chipped in 11 and Tyce Paulsen had 10. Pierce Davis scored eight points off the bench, and high-flying Andrew Hommes — the younger brother of former PLNU All-American Daulton Hommes, who is now playing professionally in France — scored six. \The Sea Lions shot 44.4% from the field and 36.8% from 3-point range while holding the visitors to 39% shooting. Point Loma also dominated the boards 39-27 and forced 16 turnovers despite potential PacWest player of the year and All American Rodney Munson’s 20 points. \PLNU will travel to Hawaii to face Hawaii Hilo (8-5, 1-2 PW) on Thursday and Hawaii Pacific (7-5, 2-1 PW) on Saturday
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