WALNUT CREEK, Ca--Over the course of the past few days, a number of BMOC (Big Men on Court) have put up some big numbers to help their teams to some big victories. They have dominated the middle, shot from the outside, and played exceptional defense.
Let's take a look at five of them:
One of the big performances came from Dior Lowhorn, the power forward/center for the University of San Francisco Dons, Saturday night when USF hosted conference leading and nationally ranked Gonzaga. Coming off a 12 point/9 rebound performance in a loss to Portland on Thursday, Dior smoked the Bulldogs from outside hitting 5 of 7, 3-pointers on his way to a 22 point/9 rebound night. Gonzaga had no answer for his hot hand and ended up losing in an overtime thriller.
Speaking of outside shooting...Pacific got a big time performance from Sam Willard. He's been mired in a shooting slump, but Saturday night at UC-Riverside, he went 8 for 10 including 2-2 from beyond the 3-point arc. His 20 points/7 rebounds lead the Tigers to a convincing 72-57 win, and solidified their hold on first place in the Big West.
Hamidu Rahman of New Mexico State has been selected the WAC Player of the Week. Deservedly so. The sophomore center went to LaTech's home court and dueled Magnum Rolle. Hamidu scored 22 points (on 10 of 15 shooting, 2-2 free throws) and pulled down 12 rebounds, helping the Aggies top the Bulldogs to pull into a three way tie for the WAC lead.
If you missed the California/Arizona game yesterday...shame on you! The Bears and the Wildcats put on quite a show. The 'Cats pulled out a narrow victory in a game that was close the whole way; the lead changed hands multiple times. Derrick Williams won the inside and contributed a double/double with 15points and 11 boards. It was no fluke...on Thursday, he had 23 points and 8 boards against Stanford.
Last, but certainly not least...Quincy Pondexter of Washington had a great weekend scoring 56 points and pulling down 23 rebounds in wins against D-I transitional Seattle University (he held Charles Garcia in check, too), and in-state rival Washington State. This is nothing unusual for the Washington Senior. He is having the best BMOC season on the West Coast.
