Tag: basketball
Winter break dining leaves student athletes seeking alternative options
During winter break, Occidental’s campus remains open for select students, including members of the men's and women's basketball and swim and dive teams. Due...
‘He was always kind of superhuman’: Occidental athletes react to Kobe...
Over quiet Marketplace breakfasts and late-morning practices on the field, iPhone news alerts and Twitter notifications lit up the screens of Occidental students across...
Maylene Hughes and Caleb Yellin-Flaherty score The Occidental’s Athlete of the...
Caleb Yellin-Flaherty Occidental forward Caleb Yellin-Flaherty (senior) led the Occidental men's basketball team to an 87–73 win over Pomona-Pitzer Jan. 25. The game was a rematch of last...
The Kobe Dilemma: How should we remember the Mamba?
Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault In 2003, Kobe Bryant was charged with one count of felony sexual assault following an alleged rape of a 19-year-old hotel employee in...
Winter sports athletes take center stage as this week’s Athletes of...
Sydney Shipp Occidental men's basketball guard Sydney Shipp (first year) scored 15 points off the bench in Occidental’s 88–76 win over West Coast Baptist University...
Tough on and off the field, student athletes work and heal...
When Kulaea Tulua (sophomore) is not busy in class, playing on Occidental's women's basketball team or running with the women's track and field team, she...
Duffy, Adler dominate as The Occidental’s Athletes of the Week
Lauren Duffy Volleyball middle Lauren Duffy (senior) played the last game of her college career Nov. 1 in a 0–3 loss to California Lutheran University. As...
Occidental winter sports prepare for 2019-2020 competition
The fall sports season is coming to an end, but winter sports teams have been preparing since the early fall for their fast approaching...
Behind-the-scenes: games management student employees set the stage for Occidental athletics
Students who earn their work study awards by working in games management are often the ones who set up and run sports games at...
The NBA is bending to China’s will, proving that money trumps...
Houston Rockets' general manager Daryl Morey was treated to raised eyebrows from China and NBA executives after tweeting in support of Hong Kong amidst the widespread...