SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – The Point Loma men's basketball team completed its sweep of the PacWest regular season and postseason championships with a 67-58 victory over Concordia in the PacWest title game on Saturday, Mar. 9.
 
Daulton Hommes led the No. 1 seeded Sea Lions with 19 points, including 15 in the second half. He went 8-of-10 from the free throw line. Preston Beverly, the 2019 PacWest Championships Most Outstanding Player, added 16 points on 7-of-13 shooting to go along with seven rebounds and two blocks.
 
Neither team led by more than six points in the first 34 minutes of the game until Point Loma went on an 8-0 run that was sparked by lay-ups by Ziggy Satterthwaite and Sterling Somers gave the Sea Lions a 48-41 lead.
 
Concordia pulled back within one with three minutes left and a 3-pointer by Jamel White two minutes later for the Eagles made the Sea Lions' lead 58-55 with 1:23 left in the game. Point Loma ran an isolation play for Hommes on the baseline, and he drove into the paint to make a short jumper.
 
After Point Loma got a stop, Concordia decided not to foul, needing a stop of its own to stay in the game. The Sea Lions drained time off the shot clock before Somers drove down the left side of the lane and made the lay-up that secure the win in the championship game.
 
Satterthwaite finished the game with six points and 13 rebounds, while Josh Rodriguez had four points and six rebounds as he was named to the all-tournament team. Jamel White led Concordia's offense with 17 points, and Brian Chambers added 12 points in the second half.
 
Concordia won the first meeting between the tournament's top-2 seeds during the regular season, beating Point Loma in overtime to become the first PacWest team to beat Point Loma. The Sea Lions evened the season series at home in the regular-season finale before winning the rubber match in the PacWest Championships. Point Loma is now 4-3 in program history in the PacWest Tournament.
 
Team Records
#10 Point Loma (26-4), Concordia (23-10)
 
Turning point
After Concordia took the lead at 41-40, Point Loma answered with a quick 8-0 run, which not only gave them the lead but reestablished the Sea Lions as the aggressors in the game. Satterthwaite and Somers each hit tough lay-ups in the paint, before Satterthwaite and Hommes went 4-for-4 at the line to give PLNU its biggest lead of the game with 5:43 remaining.
 
Words from coach Looney and the student-athletes


Game Highlights

  > This is PLNU sixth championship in across all sports in its five years in the PacWest
> The Sea Lions have won four PacWest Championships in 2018-19 after having just two in the previous four years
> Concordia shot just .286 percent from the field, the lowest any opponent has shot against PLNU all season
> The PacWest Championships were the first time all season PLNU shot below .450 percent in back-to-back games
> PLNU is 22-1 this season when holding their opponents to 75 points or less
> The 58 points allowed to Concordia was the lowest PLNU had given up against the Eagles since holding them to 50 last season
> > Daulton Hommes scored in double figures in all 30 games this season, including eclipsing the 20-point plateau 14 times
> Preston Beverly has been in double figures in each of the last 14 games, and 24 of 30 games this season
 
Up Next
The Sea Lions will find out on tomorrow's selection show if they will be hosting the 2019 NCAA West Regional or going to Lacey, Wash. The NCAA Selection Show will be held at 7:30 p.m. on NCAA.com.