Lancers Claim 1,000th Win in Program History

Saturday, December 29

Riverside, Calif.

7:00 PM

California Baptist University

La Verne

California Baptist

Lancers Claim 1,000th Win in Program History

12/29/2018 9:27:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: Mike Minyard, Assoc. AD for External Relations

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – California Baptist completed its 2018 portion of the schedule with a historic win by defeating La Verne 97-46 at the CBU Events Center on Saturday night. It was the 1,000^th victory in the history of the program.

Sophomore Milan Acquaah, the leading scorer in the Western Athletic Conference, led the way for CBU - mostly in the first half - with 29 points, 11 rebounds, four assists and two steals.

The Lancers came out swinging with a 16-0 run over a 5:20 span early in the first half that quickly put the game out of reach for the visiting Leopards, a member of NCAA Division III. CBU also went on a 21-4 run in a five minute period late in the opening half that helped the Lancers take a 53-25 lead to the locker room. CBU shot 50 percent from the field including 7-of-16 from three-point range while La Verne shot just 25.9 percent from the floor in the first half.

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Milan Acquaah already with 🔟 points! The Lancers are now on a 1⃣6⃣-0⃣ run!#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/PpniYHNyOf
— CBU Men's Basketball (@CBUmbb) December 30, 2018

The second half was much of the same with solid shooting by the Lancers. CBU extended its lead to what was a game-high 47 points thanks to a 13-0 run in just over five minutes of action early on that was capped by the final basket of the night for Acquaah with 10:58 remaining in the contest. The Lancers outscored the Leopards 28-9 in the first nine minutes of the second stanza. CBU cruised the rest of the way outpacing La Verne 16-12 in the final 11 minutes resulting in the 97-46 final score. The 51-point margin of victory was a CBU best this season.

Lancers use a 1⃣3⃣-0⃣ run to take a 47 point lead midway through the second half!#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/dQw8XYhMG5
— CBU Men's Basketball (@CBUmbb) December 30, 2018

CBU received balanced support tonight. Sophomore Ty Rowell scored a career-high 22 points while shooting 6-of-12 from deep. Freshman Glenn Morison grabbed a career-high 10 boards along with seven points. Junior Jeremy Smith posted career-highs in assists (6) and rebounds (5) with his 14 points. Senior Jordan Heading added 10 points.

🚨 New career-high! 🚨

Ty Rowell now with 22 points with 6-of-11 shooting from three point range!#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/OuePOlGRsP
— CBU Men's Basketball (@CBUmbb) December 30, 2018

Trevor Andresen scored a team-high 12 points off the bench for La Verne.

CBU shot 48.6 percent from the field while La Verne was limited to 25 percent. The Lancers won the rebounding battle against the visitors, 50-35.

The Lancers, as a team, shot 12-of-34 from beyond the arc tonight. It was the fifth time this season that CBU made 10 or more treys in a game and the first time since making a school-record 18 against Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 1.

Acquaah has now scored 20 or more points in 10 of 13 games played this season. It was his second double-double performance of the season with the other coming at Tulsa on Nov. 16. Acquaah entered tonight's game averaging 21.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.0 steals per game. As of games played through Wednesday across the country, there was not another player in DI averaging more in all four statistical categories. According to Sports-Reference.com, Acquaah is on pace to be first DI player since former Lehigh star and current Portland Trail Blazer C.J. McCollum to do so in 2011-12.

The Lancers (8-5) will open up Western Athletic Conference on with a pair of home games next week. CBU will host defending WAC champions New Mexico State on Thursday and UTRGV on Saturday. Both games will tip-off at 7 p.m.