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Student Broadcaster Gone Pro

Jeff Woolson (right) alongside Jake Macias (left) calling a Biola game.
Broadcast journalism alumnus Jeff Woolson began his professional career here at Biola.
Hannah Melgoza, Staff Writer February 18, 2025

If you have tuned into Biola Athletics over the past few years, you have heard the voice of Jeff Woolson.  Hailing from Carlsbad, California, Woolson found a love for sports playing baseball at his junior college. Baseball is where it all started. Listening to legends like Vin Scully, a sports announcer...

Facundo: International Point Guard

Facundo Aranda (center) during Midnight Madness 2024
Facundo Aranda from Argentina to Biola University
Nina Corral, Sports Editor February 6, 2025

When was the last time you took a risk and pushed yourself out of your comfort zone? For Facundo Aranda, a sophomore business management international student from Argentina, that moment came when he left behind everything he knew to pursue a dream: playing basketball at the collegiate level. Adapting...

The Game Through The Lens

Ricky (left) and Daniel (right) Esparza posing for a photo for a sports media day.
Brothers Daniel and Ricky Esparza are bonded through basketball
Nina Corral, Sports Editor January 31, 2025

Excitement is in the air as Biola’s basketball 2-time all-conference player business senior Daniel Esparza scored his career high of 39 points on Jan. 25, against Hawaii Pacific University. The cheers are captured for this special moment as cinema media arts freshman Ricky Esparza is courtside, capturing...

A new chapter

Biola’s Men’s Basketball during Midnight Madness 2024
Basketball season is back.
Nina Corral, Sports Editor November 12, 2024

Excitement is filling the air, with expectations running high. One can almost hear the cheers of the crowd from the Red Sea in Chase Gymnasium. Biolans witness firsthand the squeaks of shoes on the hardwood and the swoosh of the net. That’s right: basketball season is among us. After last season’s...

Family Ties

Scott (left) and Sean (right) McDowell inspect Scott’s new basketball jersey
A Lebron and Bronny James story ... Sort of
Nina Corral, Sports Editor September 13, 2024

In the 1997-98 season, co-captain Sean McDowell of the Biola basketball team helped lead the Eagles to a 30-7 record in his senior year. The echoes of the basketball bouncing and the squeaks of shoes on the hardwood are no longer distant memories for the former Eagle but are alive and present. Cheering...

Pepperdine brings Biola down

Pepperdine brings Biola down
Biola loses exhibition match 50-56.
Colin Twisslemann, Sports Editor November 8, 2023

Biola women’s basketball played Pepperdine University in their first of two exhibition games, fighting until the very end but losing a close one 50-56. The first quarter opened to a 7-0 lead by the Eagles with four free throws and a 3-pointer from sophomore forward Jessa Thurman. Thurman would hit...

“Mr. Biola” bounces after five years with Eagles’ basketball

Alex Wright dribbles around a defender.
Alex Wright leaves Biola as one of the most accomplished basketball players in school history.
Colin Twisselmann, Staff Writer April 25, 2023

Basketball season came to a close March 3 for senior guard Alex Wright and his teammates against Point Loma in the Pac-West semifinals. For many players, another season would come. For Wright, though, it was the end of his collegiate basketball career.  Wright scored 1,000 career points while placing...

Men’s basketball destroys Dominican in comeback win

Redshirt senior guard Alex Wright looks to pass to a teammate.
Eagles beat Penguins 68-64.
Colin Twisselmann, Freelance Writer February 6, 2023

Biola men’s basketball beat the Dominican Penguins 68-64 in a tense game that came down to a showstopping performance in the final minute.  The first half was evenly fought, ending in a 27-27 tie as both teams sized up each other’s defense. Dominican continually went down low in the paint. Their...

Both men’s and women’s basketball fall to Azusa Pacific

Sophomore guard Daniel Esparza jukes around the Azusa defender.
Rival school gets the best of Biola.
Ryan Wingert, Staff Writer January 26, 2023

Biola visited Azusa Pacific with a lot of momentum as both clubs were coming off of dominant wins against Hawaii Hilo on the road. There were high hopes that the Eagles would take this momentum into their rival’s house, but the Cougars came out triumphant in the end. The men’s game was a very firm...

Equal pay for the WNBA

NBA star Sue Bird called the WNBA to improve revenue distribution.
Should WNBA players receive the same benefits as their NBA counterparts?
Emma Trueba, Staff Writer January 20, 2023

During the 2021–22 season, the current average salary of a WNBA league player was $102,751. Comparatively, NBA players in the same season clocked in at a cool median salary of $7.3 million dollars. Regardless of how both leagues contain the United States’ top performing athletes in basketball, WNBA...

Basketball torches the Vulcans

Redshirt junior forward Jordan Rabe sets up to pass.
Men's and women's teams put up 61 points apiece in their victories over Hawaii Hilo.
Ryan Wingert, Staff Writer January 19, 2023

The men’s and women’s basketball teams both torched the Vulcans at Hawaii Hilo on Wednesday, Jan. 19. The same fire that fueled the men’s 12-6 record drove them to beat Hawaii Hilo 61-54. The women’s team, who has been looking for some momentum on the season, crushed their opponent 61-44, a victory...

Mixed fortunes for Biola basketball

Redshirt freshman forward Maximo Milovich elevates to secure the rebound.
Biola basketball split conference play against Chaminade.
Caleb Crawley, Sports Editor January 17, 2023

Biola’s men’s and women’s basketball teams continued conference play against Chaminade University on Monday. The women’s team picked up a 65-53 win against the Silverswords while the men’s team narrowly lost 72-68 in overtime.  RABE SETS RECORD Eagles redshirt junior forward Jordan Rabe...