The scoreboard at Chase Gymnasium went black with about two minutes remaining in the game, but in the end it read 64-58, Eagles, as men’s basketball won its season opener Friday over the Cal State San Marcos Cougars. Redshirt freshman guard Alex Wright, playing in his first game at Biola, led all...

This story was originally published in print on Nov. 1, 2018. Ask anyone on campus what their top memory of last year’s men’s basketball season was, and their answer will likely be some variation of what happened on Feb. 3. Then-senior point guard Blake Shannon’s three-pointer with three seconds...

Senior Micah Beyer entered the 2018 season coming off of three straight .500 seasons with at least a 4.26 ERA, but with the departure of star pitcher (and last year’s athlete of the year) Jimmy Gallarda, someone needed to step up into the ace role. Beyer answered that call, becoming the Eagles’...

The Eagles welcomed the Dixie State University Trailblazers in their season’s final game on Feb. 22, which doubled as senior night for senior guard Blake Shannon Jr. The visitors came into the game leading the PacWest with a chance to clinch a share of the conference championship as Biola looked...

With time running out in a tie game on Feb. 3 against Azusa Pacific University, head men’s basketball coach Dave Holmquist put the ball in the hands of the most experienced player on the floor. Senior guard Blake Shannon Jr. took an inbound pass and got a favorable switch before stepping back and...

The Eagles had to come back down to earth after their thrilling 73-70 Cornerstone Cup win over Azusa Pacific University on Feb. 3 when they hosted Holy Names University on Feb. 5 in a PacWest showdown. Both teams played each other evenly for the majority of the game, staying within five points...

For the first time since 2012, Azusa Pacific University’s men’s and women’s basketball teams visited Biola’s campus for conference games on Feb. 3, the most anticipated day in the athletics calendar. While promises of free food, souvenirs and a carnival-like atmosphere helped draw students and...

In one of the biggest crowds at Chase Gymnasium anyone could remember, on a night nobody there will soon forget, Biola University hosted its first Cornerstone Cup men’s basketball game on Feb. 3 against archrival Azusa Pacific University. The gym filled with students, faculty and alumni from both...

Biola men’s basketball’s three-game road trip continued on Saturday with a visit to the Notre Dame de Namur Argonauts in Belmont, Calif. The Eagles looked to build upon their first PacWest win on Jan. 25 against Holy Names University. The two teams traded the lead throughout the first half,...

Men’s basketball traveled to Oakland to face the Holy Names University Hawks in the first game of a three game road trip, as the Eagles continued to search for its first PacWest win. After  dominating most of the first half, the Hawks jumped out to an early 18 point lead in the second half, but...

On a sunny afternoon in the Biola Library courtyard, one of the most familiar faces on Biola’s campus sits down in a small chair across from a reporter. He might have been slightly less recognizable without either of the two uniforms that he is often seen wearing, but there is no mistaking the powerful...