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iola begins its 35th season combination of Murillo and field goal percentage is an Bunder the watchful eye of Kurtz. They ranked No. 12 in area for improvement for both Head Coach Dr. Dave Hol- NAIA Division I in total re- programs. Both teams shot in mquist. The Eagles have won bounds with 32.2 rebounds per the low-30s from deep for the an astounding 839 games un- game. That efficient rebounding whole season. der Holmquist, but have been helped the Eagles to a top-20 The combination of Josh mediocre as of late, recording ranking in scoring defense. The Throns, Pierre Zook and Dakari back-to-back 16-15 seasons. Eagles allowed just 69.5 points Archer should help Biola im- It’s time for a bounceback per game to opponents. That is prove its deep shooting game. season, and Biola will rely on nearly 10 points per game fewer Zook began the year on fire the talents of two brand new than what the Sunbirds allowed. from deep, but his efficiency starters, Steve Herve and Josh Unfortunately, it was just began to slip as the pressure Throns. Herve fills the spot one point per game fewer than mounted later in the year. He occupied by Andre Murillo last what Biola’s offense was able is a senior now and should be season as a second big man to produce. It sat in a three- better equipped to handle (or inside with Mike Kurtz. Throns way tie at the very bottom distribute) the pressure after a is a freshman imported from of the Golden State Athletic full year at the university level. Australia because he knows Conference in offensive points Biola was picked to finish how to make shots. Those two, per game. fifth in the conference in the combined with Biola’s seven Biola and Fresno Pacific recent Golden State Ath- returning players from the had very similar base statisti- letic Conference Preseason 2013-14 season, makeup what cal numbers on the offensive Coaches’ Poll. Vanguard was should be a quick, efficient end in 2013-14. The Eagles picked to repeat as confer- Biola offense. and Sunbirds both shot in the ence champions after the No. Biola was one of the best mid-40 percent range from the 1 Lions went on to win the Defense will be key with this rendition of Biola men’s bas- rebounding teams in the floor and between 65-75 per- NAIA National Championship ketball. The team will heavily rely on its shooters, so good nation last season with the cent from the line. Three-point in 2013-14. defense can offset the occasional poor shooting night. GOLDEN STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STANDINGS statistical MATCHUP TEAM OVERALL GSAC STREAK wins 16 wins 11 WILLIAM JESSUP (1-0) (0-0) w1 losses 15 losses 17 ARIZONA CHRISTIAN (0-0) (0-0) --- home winS 13 road winS 4 BIOLA (0-0) (0-0) --- pts/gm 71.3 pts/gm 75.5 CONCORDIA (0-0) (0-0) --- opp pts/gm 69.5 opp pts/gm 78.1 fg % .455 fg % .465 HOPE INTERNATIONAL (0-0) (0-0) --- ft % .705 ft % .657 SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN (0-0) (0-0) --- 3-PT FG % .346 3-PT FG % .323 THE MASTER’S (0-0) (0-0) --- turnovers/gm 12.8 turnovers/gm 13.5 VANGUARD (0-0) (0-0) --- WESTMONT (0-0) (0-0) --- *2013-14 stats biola eagles fpu sunbirds 2014-15 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION W/L SCORE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION W/L SCORE 10/31 Fresno Pacific chase gym 3:00 pm 12/31 Pacific Union chase gym 3:30 pm 11/6 La Sierra Riverside, CA 7:30 pm 1/6 CSU San Marcos Vista, CA 7:30 pm 11/8 Northwest (WA) chase gym 5:30 pm 1/10 Hope International* chase gym 7:30 pm 11/11 Bethesda chase gym 5:30 pm 1/13 Concordia (CA)* Irvine, CA 7:30 pm 11/12 La Sierra chase gym 7:30 pm 1/17 Vanguard* Costa Mesa, CA 7:30 pm 11/15 UC Merced Merced, CA 4:30 pm 1/20 Westmont* chase gym 7:30 pm 11/18 Pomona-Pitzer Pomona, CA 7:30 pm 1/24 The Master’s* chase gym 7:30 pm 11/24 Fisk& Fullerton, CA 3:00 pm 1/29 William Jessup* chase gym 7:30 pm 1/25 Bellevue& Fullerton, CA 3:00 pm 2/3 Arizona Christian* Phoenix, AZ 7:30 pm 11/26 CSU Dominguez Hills chase gym 7:30 pm 2/7 San Diego Christian* El Cajon, CA 7:30 pm 12/2 San Diego Christian* chase gym 7:30 pm 2/14 Hope International* Fullerton, CA 7:30 pm 12/6 William Jessup* Rocklin, CA 7:30 pm 2/17 Concordia (CA)* chase gym 7:30 pm 12/13 Arizona Christian* chase gym 7:30 pm 2/21 Vanguard* chase gym 7:30 pm 12/20 Trinity Western chase gym 1:00 pm 2/24 The Master’s* Santa Clarita, CA 7:30 pm 12/30 UC Merced chase gym 7:30 pm 2/28 Westmont* Santa Barbara, CA 7:30 pm

VISIT ATHLETICS.BIOLA.EDU FOR SCHEDULES, RESULTS, RECAPS, HIGHLIGHTS & THE LATEST NEWS ON BIOLA UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS biola men’s basketball Biola Eagles (0-0) vs. fresno pacific sunbirds (0-0) team rosters & season statistics 2014-15 BIOLA EAGLES 2014-15 FRESNO PACIFIC SUNBIRDS NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL NO. NAME POS. ht. wt. yr. hometown/previous school 0 Dakari Archer G 5-9 175 So. Downey, CA/Downey HS 1 Madison Higgins G 6-2 175 Jr. Los Angeles, CA/Santa Monica College 1 Pierre Zook G 5-10 160 Sr. McMinnville, OR/Heston JC 3 Suhail Mohammadi PG 6-0 170 Jr. San Carlos, CA/Foothill College 2 Jola Otubu G 5-7 174 Fr. McKinney, TX/McKinney North HS 3 Colin Bossio G 6-0 175 Sr. Olympia, WA/Lower Columbia CC 4 Gabe Solarin G 6-0 185 Jr. Denver, CO/Northwest College 4 Nathan Meppelink G 6-3 180 Fr. Lynden, WA/Lynden Christian HS 10 Daveon Gibson PG 5-11 160 Jr. Rock Springs, WY/Western Wyoming CC 5 Caelan Tiongson G/F 6-4 205 Jr. Pomona, CA/Utah Valley College 10 Blake Shannon, Jr. G 6-1 180 Fr. Tulare, CA/Mission Oak HS 11 Trevon Clayton F 6-6 200 Sr. Orlando, FL/Brevard CC 13 Sal Carlos G 6-2 188 Fr. South Gate, CA/Downey HS 20 Bobby Barnes F 6-5 210 Jr. San Francisco, CA/Sacramento CC 15 Grant Corsi G/F 6-6 205 So. Carlsbad, CA/Santa Fe Christian HS 21 Zach Bartley F 6-7 235 Jr. Sacramento, CA/Sacramento CC 20 Steele Douglas G 6-2 177 Fr. McKinney, TX/McKinney North HS 21 Mike Kurtz F 7-0 215 Sr. Roseville, CA/UC Davis 23 Roger Paul G 6-2 170 Jr. Roxbury, MA/Massachusetts Bay CC 22 Steve Herve F 6-7 230 Fr. Cameroon, Africa/Renaissance Academy 24 Jeff Amazan G 6-4 210 Jr. Boston, MA/Sheridan College 24 Luke Volk F 6-11 220 Fr. Orange, CA/El Modena HS 32 Josh Throns G/F 6-6 195 Fr. Perth, Australia/Homeschool 31 Oliver Herting F 6-7 235 Fr. Göttingen, Germany/Liberty Christian HS 33 Connor Getting F 6-9 195 Fr. Gresham, OR/Columbia Christian 32 Drew Packard G 6-1 190 Sr. Fresno, CA/Clovis West HS 2013-14 Biola Men's Basketball 34 Christian Misi BiolaF 6-5Combined 220 Jr. Team StatisticsLa Crescenta, (as CA/California of Oct 09, 2014)Baptist All games Head coach: dr. dave holmquist (35th season) Head coach: shane rinner (1st season) assistant coaches:RECORD: julious coleman, dr.OVERALL jim larson, don HOMEjohnson AWAY NEUTRAL assistant coaches: john florance, colin matteson, tyler revis ALL GAMES 16-15 13-8 3-7 0-0 CONFERENCE 6-8 4-3 2-5 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 10-7biola’s9-5 2013-141-2 season0-0 Statistics eagle spotlight Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg mike kurtz 22 MURILLO, Andre 29-25 845 29.1 164-312 .5 2 6 2-8 .2 5 0 120-182 .6 5 9 95 169 264 9.1 73 0 62 61 9 20 450 15.5 01 ZOOK, Pierre 31-29 1031 33.3 140-305 .4 5 9 83-187 .4 4 4 75-93 .8 0 6 15 60 75 2.4 69 2 57 72 1 26 438 14.1 #21 • forward • sr. 0 ARCHER, Dakari 31-29 960 31.0 139-329 .4 2 2 30-100 .3 0 0 128-153 .8 3 7 24 75 99 3.2 71 0 81 85 2 40 436 14.1 21 KURTZ, Mike 31-29 898 29.0 138-253 .5 4 5 2-4 .5 0 0 59-72 .8 1 9 80 172 252 8.1 63 0 23 36 66 12 337 10.9 7-foot-0-inches • roseville, calif. 15 CORSI, Grant 29-15 590 20.3 45-128 .3 5 2 14-55 .2 5 5 24-50 .4 8 0 34 34 68 2.3 67 3 18 22 3 16 128 4.4 32 LESTER, Conroy 17-0 189 11.1 18-51 .3 5 3 3-6 .5 0 0 13-24 .5 4 2 9 26 35 2.1 22 0 4 13 3 5 52 3.1 woodcreek high school/uc davis 03 BOSSIO, Colin 18-0 131 7.3 17-31 .5 4 8 5-11 .4 5 5 14-17 .8 2 4 2 16 18 1.0 11 0 10 12 0 6 53 2.9 Mike Kurtz has been at Biola only two seasons and he has 05 TIONGSON, Caelan 31-12 506 16.3 36-84 .4 2 9 4-24 .1 6 7 14-30 .4 6 7 22 56 78 2.5 69 2 24 22 5 15 90 2.9 as many (or more) blocks than most players who spen all 34 MISI, Christian 31-4 406 13.1 35-92 .3 8 0 0-5 .0 0 0 16-27 .5 9 3 36 40 76 2.5 48 1 23 15 3 4 86 2.8 four years here. He is a mainstay under (and above) the rim 04 MARQUEZ, Andre 3-0 29 9.7 4-7 .5 7 1 0-0 .0 0 0 0-1 .0 0 0 2 3 5 1.7 4 0 2 6 0 1 8 2.7 for the Eagles and has been its most consistent player over 02 WITTICK, Cody 31-0 465 15.0 26-81 .3 2 1 13-49 .2 6 5 17-24 .7 0 8 8 44 52 1.7 40 0 24 33 2 23 82 2.6 his previous two seasons in the red, black and white. 13 MILLER, Jacari 15-2 143 9.5 14-29 .4 8 3 2-6 .3 3 3 3-12 .2 5 0 6 8 14 0.9 21 1 10 14 5 8 33 2.2 He is a multi-threat big man who can block, shoot and 20 BLAZE, Daniel 6-0 30 5.0 3-9 .3 3 3 0-3 .0 0 0 4-6 .6 6 7 4 4 8 1.3 3 0 2 1 3 0 10 1.7 33 MARTIN, Fletcher 6-0 14 2.3 2-4 .5 0 0 2-4 .5 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 2 3 5 0.8 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 1.0 rebound. Look for him to open up his game more this season 24 ASKVIG, Braden 7-1 14 2.0 0-1 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 2 2 0.3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 with more mid-range to deep shooting. He is in his final year Team 17 38 55 3 at Biola and has averaged double-digit points and six or more Total...... 31 6251 781-1716 .4 5 5 160-462 .3 4 6 487-691 .7 0 5 356 750 1106 35.7 566 9 340 397 102 176 2209 71.3 rebounds per game overall. He is a senior business market- Opponents...... 31 6248 754-1800 .4 1 9 222-644 .3 4 5 424-617 .6 8 7 369 629 998 32.2 612 - 352 359 88 221 2154 69.5 ing/management major.

Individual Career History TEAM STATISTICS BU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. kurtz’s career statistics at biola KURTZ, Mike SCORING 2209 2154 11/09/13 WEST COAST BAPTIST W 74-55 53 Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Points per game 71.3 69.5 11/12/13 CSU SAN MARCOS L 65-74 435 Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg Scoring margin +1.8 - 2012-13 31-29 938/30.3 150-277 .5 4 2 1-10 .1 0 0 68-94 .7 2 3 76 137 213 6.9 51 0 24 60 87 22 369 11.9 11/15/13 at Carroll College L 57-70 0 2013-14 31-29 898/29.0 138-253 .5 4 5 2-4 .5 0 0 59-72 .8 1 9 80 172 252 8.1 63 0 23 36 66 12 337 10.9 FIELD GOALS-ATT 781-1716 754-1800 11/16/13 at Montana Tech L 67-77 0 TOTAL 62-58 1836/29.6 288-530 .5 4 3 3-14 .2 1 4 127-166 .7 6 5 156 309 465 7.5 114 0 47 96 153 34 706 11.4 Field goal pct .4 5 5 .4 1 9 11/19/13 POMONA-PITZER W 73-70 620 3 POINT FG-ATT 160-462 222-644 11/23/13 at Azusa Pacific W 83-78 2578 3-point FG pct .3 4 6 .3 4 5 11/26/13 LA SIERRA W 74-61 0 3-pt FG made per game 5.2 7.2 12/03/13 LA SIERRA W 95-86 0 FREE THROWS-ATT 487-691 424-617 12/06/13 WILLIAM JESSUP W 86-74 670 NEXT HOME GAME Free throw pct .7 0 5 .6 8 7 12/07/13 CAL MARITIME L 58-68 285 F-Throws made per game 15.7 13.7 12/10/13 BETHESDA W 79-51 378 SATURday NOV. 8, 2014 • 5:30 p.m. REBOUNDS 1106 998 12/14/13 PACIFIC UNION W 80-61 89 Rebounds per game 35.7 32.2 12/21/13 TRINITY WESTERN L 56-83 0 Rebounding margin +3.5 - 12/30/13 UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA W 69-61 93 BIOLA BASKETBALL SPONSOR ASSISTS 340 352 01/02/14 UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN L 75-79 147 Assists per game 11.0 11.4 01/07/14 WEST COAST BAPTIST W 98-66 312 TURNOVERS 397 359 * 01/14/14 WESTMONT W 74-66 542 Turnovers per game 12.8 11.6 * 01/18/14 at Vanguard L 60-80 531 Turnover margin -1.2 - * 01/21/14 SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN L 70-73 314 Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 1.0 * 01/25/14 at The Master's W 80-66 0 STEALS 176 221 * 01/28/14 HOPE INTERNATIONAL W 58-54 1227 Steals per game 5.7 7.1 * 02/01/14 CONCORDIA Wo2 76-73 1833 BLOCKS 102 88 * 02/04/14 at Arizona Christian L 77-89 135 Blocks per game 3.3 2.8 * 02/08/14 VANGUARD W 72-64 2130 ATTENDANCE 13245 5536 * 02/11/14 at San Diego Christian L 70-73 78 Home games-Avg/Game 21-631 10-554 * 02/15/14 THE MASTER'S L 74-79 1483 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0 ** 2/18/14 at Hope International University L 49-50 300 * 02/22/14 at Concordia (CA) W 74-73 900 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 Totals * 02/25/14 ARIZONA CHRISTIAN L 60-64 1312 Biola 980 1210 10 9 2209 * 3/1/14 at Westmont (Calif.) L 60-65 1014 Opponents 1045 1092 10 6 2153 03/06/14 WESTMONT L 66-70 1322 VISIT ATHLETICS.BIOLA.EDU* -FOR Conference SCHEDULES, game RESULTS, RECAPS, HIGHLIGHTS & THE LATEST NEWS ON BIOLA UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS