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Chimes Athlete of the Week: Men’s basketball’s Alex Talma

The senior from New Zealand has started off the season with a bang.
Photo by Aaron Zhang / THE CHIMES
Photo by Aaron Zhang / THE CHIMES

One year after a season that no one on the men’s basketball team wants to repeat, it is up to head coach Dave Homquist’s squad to change the narrative and start the new season strong. The Eagles are off to a 2-1 start, and so far, senior forward Alex Talma has been the one leading the charge.

The New Zealand native has recorded a double-double in all three of Biola’s games this year, showing the type of consistency Holmquist needs on his team.

In the Eagles’ first game of the season, Talma helped his team to a 64-58 victory over California State University San Marcos with 11 points and 13 rebounds.

Despite taking a loss in their second game against California State University Los Angeles, Talma proved to be a bright spot, leading Biola with 15 points and 11 rebounds.

On Tuesday against West Coast Baptist University, Talma recorded his best game of the season, dominating on both sides of the ball with 24 points and 11 rebounds to help the Eagles take a 99-68 win.

For his consistent contribution in both scoring and rebounding, Alex Talma returns as our our Chimes Athlete of the Week.

Last 3 Games: 50 points, 35 rebounds

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Joel Ashor
Joel Ashor, Sports Editor
Joel Ashor is a junior broadcast journalism major with a love for sports, friends, and history. Joel is a Notre Dame football, Angels baseball, and Boston Celtics fan. [email protected] Growing up in the small city of Santa Maria, California as the youngest of four boys, I was always surrounded by things much earlier than normal, due to the fact that I experienced things through my much older brothers. One of the things I experienced was sports, and when I started watching and seeing what it looked like to be on a sports team, I fell in love. In my family, sports is not really an option, it just is something that we all do. Luckily my parents never had to force me or my brothers to play sports because we all had a passion for it. From a young age I immersed myself in the culture of sports, watching any sport that was on, growing a particular liking to college football. My uncle attended the University of Notre Dame, and my whole family are die-hard Irish fans. Naturally I became one as well, and I remember Saturday mornings with the family quite clearly. As I grew older I began to see and understand more about what it took to broadcast a live sports game, and I became quite intrigued by it. I decided I wanted to be involved with sports for the rest of my life and cover it in some form. One of the sports commentators I look up to greatly and have always liked is NBC sports reporter Bob Costas, who is a jack of all trades broadcaster and covers all sports from the Olympics to football and many more. I aspire to be a broadcast journalist someday, and the Chimes is an excellent way to hone my skills and continue to practice writing and talking about sports. I look forward to my growth while working with the Chimes in reporting accurately and quickly, and cannot wait to cover Biola sports.
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