The University of Redlands men's basketball team (23-4) dominated Chapman University in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Tournament Final, 93-64, as their offense shot an unreal 58.2 percent from the field and made 12-of-22 threes.
It was not quite as quick of a start as against Occidental College in the semifinal Friday, but they scored the first give thanks to Lucas Gordon (6'8''-F-2004, agency: 0z Sports Agency) and Jake Hlywiak (6'4''-G).
Chapman responded well with five unanswered points before Hlywiak made a jumper in the paint that began an 8-3 run that included threes by Gordon and Chozen Amadi (6'2''-G).
Redlands' first double-digit lead of the game came at the 14:21 mark when Austin Unegbu (6'5''-SG) made a pair of free throws. That was followed by a Donovan Ware three off a Nathan Mattera assist.
The lead reached as high as 14, 30-16, with 8:11 to play as they made another three, this time coming from Hlywiak. The Panthers, though, tightened the game back up with a 12-4 run down under five minutes to play.
Leading by seven Derek Sangster made a pair of free throws with five seconds left before the Panthers got down the floor and had a chance to get the last points but Hlywiak blocked the layup to send them into the break, up nine, 43-34.
In the second half the lead hovered around the mid-teens before a string of three Panther turnovers led to threes by Amadi and Hlywiak to push the lead into the 20s for the first time.
The second big run came with less than six minutes remaining with Cam Brown making a layup and the defense forcing back-to-back turnovers. Donovan Ware and Amadi both took advantage of the mistakes to extend the game to 23, 81-56.
The run would eventually reach 10-0 on layups by Omari Ferguson as Redlands had put the game away up 27, 85-58.
It was another balanced scoring effort with five players in double figures. Amadi had a game-high 18 points. Gordon had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Ferguson and Jhace Boston (6'5''-G) had 12 and 10 points.
Tournament most valuable player, Hlywiak, had 14 points thanks to another four made threes. He finished the two-game tournament with 33 points, nine made threes, and four assists.
Ferguson had eight steals in the two games, a new tournament record. Boston's five blocks is also a tournament record.
Team records wise, the Bulldogs' 193 total points is a record as are their 30 steals, 10 blocks, and 27 made threes.

Courtesy of goredlands.com

SCIAC Final:

Redlands - Chapman 93-64

SCIAC Semifinals:
Redlands - Occidental 100-76
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps - Chapman 68-79

SCIAC Quarterfinals:
Occidental - Cal Lutheran 88-84