Biola’s women and men’s basketball both won their individual games on Tuesday at home. The women were able to get their first win of the season against Whittier College 74-56 and the men defeated Bethesda College 79-51.

The women’s team finally broke their 10-game losing streak against Whittier. Senior center Adijat Adams carried the team with 24 points and 16 rebounds.

Biola quickly took control of the game in the first half and kept a steady lead on Whitter. The Eagles ended the first half with a comfortable lead of 36-15.

The Eagles were able to break their pattern of weaker second halves and continue to keep the lead they had on Whittier. Adams showed her dominance on the court and scored 14 of her points in the second half. Although Whittier outscored Biola 41-38 in the second half, the Eagles were able to to secure the win 74-56.

A QUICK START

The men took off from the very beginning and did not give Bethesda a chance to recover. Biola quickly took the lead in the first half and had a 10-point lead seven minutes into the game. The Eagles took advantage of the ball handling errors made by Bethesda and converted them into 14 points in the first half alone. Biola ended the first half leading by 16 points, 42-26.

The Eagles obtained their largest lead of the game in the last ten minutes of the second half with a 33 point difference. Biola continued to convert turnovers into points and finished the game with 25 points from turnovers alone.

Junior guard Pierre Zook scored a total of 17 points, with 15 of those points coming from outside the field. Senior forward Andre Murillo and junior forward Mike Kurtz dominated on the inside and each finished the game with 14 points.

The men are now 7-4 for this season while the women are 1-10. The women have a break and will return to the court to play against Vancouver Island University at 3 p.m on Dec. 31 at home. The men will play Pacific Union College at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.