Six Future Lions Nominated as All-Americans

  • 17 January, 2017

This may be a first in the history of LMU basketball.  All six incoming Lions men’s and women’s recruits  has been nominated as McDonald All-American nominees.   With five graduating men’s  seniors, there will be plenty of opportunity for such a talented class to push for immediate playing time and an immediate impact on the court.

The incoming women’s recruits who are ranked in 50 and 53 in the top 100 recruits in America, will be joined by McDonald’s All- America Gabby Green who transferred from Cal,  and 6-5 Minnesota transfer Josie Buckingham.

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Turk’s Take WCC preview.

  • 3 January, 2017

Once again, Gonzaga, St. Mary’s and BYU should finish at the top of the West Coast Conference standings.  After that trio of teams, it could be anybody who fills spots 4-8.  In fact, I changed the order of finish about six times.  The first part of the schedule is favorable to a couple of those teams, and a few early wins could breed some unexpected confidence and propel one of those teams to a top-5 finish in what we know to be yet another poor year for the WCC past the top 3 spots.

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Catching Up with Tower Pizza’s Tony Seruto and Muralist Jonas Never

  • 30 October, 2016

muralBy Andy Hui

In the 1980’s, the highly successful television sitcom, Cheers, opened its show with an immediately recognizable theme song about the neighborhood bar, “where everybody knows your name, and they’re always glad you came.  You want to be where you can see, the troubles are all the same, you wanna be where everybody knows your name.”  For every city, town, and hometown in America, there lies a watering hole, bar, or restaurant that fits the Cheers theme song perfectly and in Westchester, that establishment is undeniably Tower Pizza.

 

 

 

 

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Aquira DeCosta LMU top 2018 recruit

  • 20 September, 2016

adAquira DeCosta, a 6-2 wing from Sacramento, California is ranked as one of the best players in nation in the 2018 class. She is the # 6 prospect overall and ranked #1 at her position. Undoubtedly DeCosta has a very long list of schools from across the nation recruiting her. Recently, she cut her this list down to 14 schools and LMU was included.

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LMU WBB stellar 2017 recruiting class

  • 19 September, 2016

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The 2017 LMU WBB recruiting class is the best in program history. Head Coach Charity Elliott and Associate Head Coach April Phillips, and the rest of the staff have put together an astounding class. There have been some really excellent players to suit up for the Lions, but this group is nothing like I have ever seen in 20 years following the women’s program.  Continue reading

Erik Johansson joins the Lions

  • 14 September, 2016

 

Erik Johansson

Erik Johansson a 6-5 shooting guard from Sodertalje, Sweden has signed with LMU.

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Elizjah Scott commits to LMU

  • 12 September, 2016

Elizjah Scott

Elizjah Scott as 6’5 SF has committed to LMU. Scott is the third  player from southern California who has committed to the Lions for the 2017 class. The recent success of recruiting local players can be attributed to assistant coach Reggie Morris, who Eric Sondheimer wrote about in the LA Times- story can be read here.

Kelvin Amayo is transferring to Loyola Marymount

  • 8 September, 2016

Kelvin Amayo

Kelvin Amayo will transfer to LMU for sixth year of eligibility. Amayo is know has a strong and athletic defensive stopper who will bring toughness and senior leadership to the Lions.

Here  is a impressive dunk Amayo had during his time at Iona.

Zafir Williams and Ryse Williams commit to LMU

  • 21 July, 2016

Zafir Williams, a 6-6 PF from Long Beach and Ryse Williams a 6-2 SG from Redondo beach  have committed to LMU.

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Zafir Williams

Anthony Ireland Annual Skills Academy

  • 25 June, 2016

AI_2000Earlier this month Andy Hui had a great story about Anthony Ireland hosting a skills academy in his hometown of Waterbury, Conn. A local news station has a nice follow up story the success of the event. The story to can be accessed here.

Great to see Anthony giving back, and having such a great impact on these kids.