California Pacific Conference Semi-Finals Tournament Preview

#6 Simpson University At #2 William Jessup University

Date: Saturday February 27, 2010

Tip-off: 7:30 PM

Site: Warrior Dome - Rocklin, California

Coaches: WJU - Aaron Muhic

SU – Jon King

The California Pacific Conference Co-Champions from William Jessup University are coming off a 66-55 first round victory over the #7 seed Bethany University. #6 seed Simpson University is coming off a 110-102 upset victory over #3 seed Holy Names University in the first round. The winner will move on to the California Pacific Conference Championship game on Tuesday night against the winner of the Menlo College and California Maritime University game. The winner of the Championship game gets an automatic bid to the NAIA National Tournament in Branson, MO.

Previous Matchups (William Jessup won series 2-0):

January 14th - William Jessup 84, Simpson 73 (Heritage Student Life Center- Redding)

The two teams battled back in forth through the first half as the Warriors clung to a 35-34 halftime lead. The Warriors built a double digit lead in the second half, before Simpson cut the game to three points with 2:50 remaining. Jessup executed down the stretch to pull away for the victory. Kadeem Kirsten led all scorers with 19 points. Eleazar Jones had 15 and Damal Neil had 17 points for the Warriors in the win. Justin Sparks had 18 points to lead the Red Hawks in scoring.

February 6th - William Jessup 92, Simpson 72 (Warrior Dome - Rocklin)

The Warriors built a 20 point halftime lead and never looked back as they cruised to the victory. Damal Neil had 18 points in the Warriors win. Jason Washington added 14 points and 11 assist for the Warriors. The Red Hawks Jason Stubbs had 24 points and 13 rebounds in the loss. Justin Sparks added 19 points for the Red Hawks.

Statistical Leaders Per Game

William Jessup Simpson

Kadeem Kirsten - 13.2 Points Justin Sparks – 16.7

Tevin Hurd - 5.9 Rebounds Jason Stubbs - 8

Jason Washington - 5.3* Assists Justin Sparks - 1.8

Jason Washington - 2.2* Steals Justin Sparks – 3.74

Tevin Hurd - 1.2 Blocks Justin Sparks - .3

* = conference leader

Team Statistics

William Jessup Simpson

71 Points 68.6

33.2 Rebounds 30.3

13.4 Assists 8.0

9 Steals 6.0

3.2 Blocks 1.0