California Pacific Conference: Season 2008-09
 The Pioneer men's basketball team captured their first ever Cal Pac
Conference regular season title. The last Cal Pac Conference title for the
Pioneers was in 1998-99. Cal State East Bay is 19-7 overall, finished 14-2 in
the Cal Pac, and posted a perfect 10-0 record at home. Junior guard
Moore
Tauran (6'3''-G) was named Cal Pac Conference Men's Basketball Player of the
Year. Moore, from Newark, NJ, led the Pioneers to the title by averaging 16.0
points, 3.4 rebounds while shooting over 49 percent from three-point range. He
is joined on the first team by sophomore teammate
Will
Freedman (6'5''-F) (11.1 ppg, 5.0rpg). Earlier, Moore was named Cal Pac
Conference Player of the Week (January 26-31) for his performance against
Simpson University and Menlo College and (February 1-7) versus Bethany
University, William Jessup, and Dominican University. Cal State East Bay is
averaging 77 points and 37.3 rebounds a game.
Moore
Tauran is the Pioneers top scorer averaging 15.1 points per game.
Shea
Frazee (6'2''-G) is averaging 10.5 points per game and has converted 46 of
98 three-pointers.
Will
Freedman is averaging 11 points per game while shooting 53.6 percent from
the field. Center
Finis
Jones (6'6''-F/C), averaging 6.5 points per game, has 31 blocked shots. The
Pioneers have received good production from Jawaan Rubin who is averaging 6.9
points and 4.8 rebounds a game.Moore Tauran hit a three-pointer with 0.8 second remaining to give Cal State East Bay a 55-52 victory over William Jessup University in the championship game of the Cal Pac Basketball Post-Season Playoffs on February 28. Moore led the Pioneers in scoring with 12 points. Finis Jones, Jun Uchida (5'6''-G), and Melvin Flemings all scored eight points. Jones led the Pioneers on the boards with six rebounds. Courtesy of Cal St-East Bay Tournament Final: CSU East Bay - William Jessup 55-52 Tournament Semifinals: William Jessup - Dominican 67-59 CSU East Bay - CSU Maritime 88-76
Lucas Birchard (6'6''-F) of William Jessup Chris Cobb (5'8''-G) of Menlo Chris DeMarco (6'6''-F) of Dominican Will Freedman of CSU East Bay George Golden (6'3''-G) of Bethany Andrew Medeiros (6'1''-G) of Cal Maritime Brandon Monty (6'2''-F) of Pacific Union Moore Tauran of CSU East Bay Zach Sowers (6'3''-G) of William Jessup John Stiles (6'7''-F) of Cal Maritime All-CalPac Honorable Mention Kenny Thompson (6'4''-F) of Bethany Adam Chavis (6'6''-F) of Dominican Ryan Trammel (6'5''-C) of Dominican Aaron Kanno (5'11''-G) of Holy Names Jonathan Kargas (6'5''-F) of Holy Names Kameron Barnes of Pacific Union Aundre Sheard of Simpson Justin Sparks of Simpson CalPac Player of the Year: Moore Tauran of Cal State University East Bay CalPac Defensive Player of the Year: Kameron Barnes of Pacific Union CalPac Newcomer of the Year: Chris DeMarco of Dominican CalPac Coach of the Year: Bryan Rooney of California Maritime | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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