Former CLU head coach and now
@Bucks
assistant Mike Dunlap lifting the NBA Eastern Conference championship trophy tonight. Coach Dunlap led the Kingsmen to SCIAC titles the first 3 years we were in the league (92,93,94).
#GoKingsmen
We would like to officially welcome
@CoachDagemAsfaw
`15 to the CLU men's basketball staff. He has coached at the high school level at Harvard-Westlake and Alemany since graduating from CLU. Happy to have his CLU pedigree/enthusiasm in the office and on the court!
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Roster is solidified for 21-22 season 💛💜 We will announce the new players next week. Players report to school next Thursday/Friday. 1st day of school August 30. 1st practice Oct. 15. 1st game Nov. 10 at North Central (IL). 1st home game Nov. 20 vs. Colorado College.
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Jacob Alonzo's 14 assists last night was 2nd best single game total in CLU history. Mark Caestecker and Mike Adams both notched 16 assists in early 80's. We need to find out if Mark and Mike had 21 pts, 7 rebounds, and 5 steals to go along with the assists.
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Staff "retreat" in the mountains after working
@AllAcademicBB
camp in Utah. We are ready to make the most of this year whatever it brings us. School starts on Monday.
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Got together for the first time with the squad now that everyone is back....and so it begins! Representing Texas, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, Guam, and of course Cali!
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Mike Dunlap going to be hoisting a different trophy tonight! Congrats to coach and the
@bucks
.
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. and shoutout to Pomona-Pitzer grad Mike Budenholzer as well!
#GoSCIAC
The Kingsmen are HOSTING the first weekend of the DIII Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament for the first time in program history! 🎉
The journey continues in Gilbert THIS Friday🏀
Stay tuned for more information about Friday’s game time against Whitworth.
#gokingsmen
We hurt and are mourning the passing of Kobe 😭. We are thinking of and praying for his family.
@PalmerChaplin
(our lone senior) had the privilege of going 1 on 1 vs. Kobe at his camp in 2011. Spoiler alert...Palmer scores at the 4:50 mark of the video. 😇
Our plan was to release the names of our 11 commits today. We are postponing. Not because we aren't ready to do so, but because there are more pressing issues. We appreciate your patience.
#timeforchange
We cannot wait to kickoff the DIII NCAA Tournament in Gilbert Arena this Friday🏀
The Cal Lutheran Kingsmen will tipoff against the Whitworth Pirates at 6:05pm ⛹️🔥
#gokingsmen
Your # 13 ranked Cal Lutheran Kingsmen complete the regular season sweep against Redlands over the weekend. Once again, Gilbert was jumping all thanks to your support. Endless gratitude for the people that have continued to show up and show out!
Big win on the road today vs.
#25
Chapman. 1st round of SCIAC tournament at home on Wednesday night at 7pm vs. Cal Tech. First SCIAC playoff game since 2017. Let's fill Gilbert Arena.
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Excited to announce our incoming class tomorrow on social media. We will announce one player on the hour each hour starting at 8am. We will be introducing 8 new players!
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Great crowd tonight! Thanks to everyone who came out. Next game is 1 week from today vs. UC Santa Cruz in the Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz at 2pm.
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Now that's a home opener!!
@CLUmBasketball
scored 61 first-half points, broke the century mark, and cruised to 5-0!!
5 Kingsmen scored in double-digits and every player scored!
#GoKingsmen
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#OwnTheThrone
We closed the books on the season tonight. Appreciate our seniors being committed and leading us on and off the court. Program moved forward this year thanks to you!
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We will release the names and info on our incoming recruits next week. We promise! 💜💛🏀Trying to lock in a couple more hoopers this week and we would like to share them all at the same time.
#GoKingsmen
Great news! We are scheduled to practice outdoors on Wednesday. No games scheduled yet but soon. Team bonding and "olympics" are fun but getting on the court: 🙏🏻 We are grateful to administration/school for supporting this endeavor. A lot of hard work has been put in
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Our squad would be returning home right about now from a 3-game trip to Chicago if it weren't for this little thing called a pandemic. This too shall pass and we will be ready when it does.
#GoKingsmen
#KeeptheFaith
#TimeforChange
Kingsmen stay perfect, open conference with a win!
Four Kingsmen scored in double-figures as Desi Burrage (15 points), Tommy Griffitts (14, pictured), Ryan Grande (13) and Jacob Alonzo (11) led the way!
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#OwnTheThrone
We are planning to release the identities of our commits on twitter and instagram
@cluhoops
this Thursday starting at 8am. We will introduce them in order of their commitment to our program. One each hour on the hour.
@clusports
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#TimeforChange
We are hosting a full day of high school games this Saturday in Gilbert Arena. Each game will feature a Ventura County squad vs. a non-Ventura County squad.
Good luck to former Kingsmen head coach
@CoachMikeDunlap
who is now an assistant with the
@Bucks
as they begin their much anticipated series with the Brooklyn Nets today.
#GoKingsmen
Grateful for the awesome crowd in Gilbert Arena tonight. Thank you to all including former Kingsmen head coach and CLU legend Don Bielke who made it out. Kingsmen are at Pomona-Pitzer on Friday to play the
#1
seed Sagehens. Who is up for a road trip?
#goKingsmen
After a successful month of outdoor clinics in February, our spring clinics have been extended into March and April. We will host one hour clinics on campus outdoors on Sunday afternoons. You can sign up right here:
After giving up over 100 points per game in Washington.....we got our 1st win of the season tonight at Johnson and Wales University in Denver 64-46. Back at it tomorrow night at Colorado College in Colorado Springs.
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Introducing the 2022-2023 Kingsmen Basketball captains!
With season almost underway, we are excited to announce our captains for this year, Logan and Miles. Looking forward to a great season with more updates to come!
#cluhoops
#callutheran
#kingsmen
90-82 victory today puts the Kingsmen at 8-1 going into an 8 day break. Kingsmen are back in the gym on the 26th and the next game is at home on Dec 28 vs. University of Northwestern from St. Paul, MN at 6pm.
Let the games begin! Fall Olympics 2021. 12 week competition. Purple vs. Gold. Event 1: Disc Golf.
@lmccullough02
wins the individual for Purple team, but gold otherwise dominates. After 1 event, Gold 70.5 points; Purple 29.5.
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#TimeforChange
We have another winner on board... Tony Angelo, a 5'9 PG from Central Catholic HS in Portland, OR, has committed to the Kingsmen!
Tony, a 3x all conference selection, led his Rams to a State Championship at the 6A Level (Highest in the State of Oregon) this past season.
Big congrats to Brooks Mallory `22 who just locked in a paid internship next summer at the accounting firm of Green Hasson & Janks in downtown Los Angeles. Big things coming!
#GoKingsmen
We are happy and proud to see Coach D take this position. Thank you coach for the hard work this past year helping our program move forward. Good luck to you as do the same at Cleveland HS.
#goKingsmen
NEWS: Cleveland High is set to hire Dagem Asfaw (
@CoachDagemAsfaw
) as its new boys basketball coach. Asfaw is a ‘09 graduate and has been an assistant at Harvard-Westlake and Alemany before this last season at Cal Lutheran University.
Young, knowledgable, energetic. He’s ready.
Finishing our 2024 Freshman class with a Hometown Hero..Please help us welcome Ryder Mjoen to the squad!
Ryder averaged 22.8 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 3.3 apg this year. Was Coastal Canyon league MVP (2x) and 1st team all county.
Can't wait to get Ryder in the Purple and Gold.
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Happy Birthday to Kameron Burris Garofalo. Kameron is our newest commit and will be joining the Kingsmen this coming season. He is from Bakersfield, CA.
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Not sure if we are gonna play, but the show goes on. Scheduled our first game for the 21-22 season and we got our shorts for the new home jerseys and practice gear.
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Our team is fully registered to vote. 5 states represented including MN, HI, WA, AZ, and of course Cali. We will spend the next couple weeks making sure they are informed voters in the national as well as local elections.
#GoKingsmen
#NationalVoterRegistrationDay
After honoring the 1962 team that drove to Camarillo for practice/games on Saturday, we had to show the current team where CLU played from the 1960's-2006. Always good to think about those that came before you. Present team pictured at old gym/old weight room.
#IYKYK
#goKingsmen
After a tough loss yesterday, the guys were able to hang with our Kinder Buddies from Ceres Elementary. Great to come out of the locker to these smiling faces! Thank you to
@LoomisCathy
for helping us get this done. It was fun to exchange cards, messages, and goodies!
#GoKingsmen
BOOM! In the penultimate non-conference game of the season, the Kingsmen knock off the
#5
team in the nation, Tufts. It was the Jumbos first loss of the year and improved CLU to 7-3 overall.
The
#8
Kingsmen defend home court over the weekend and get a big win on senior day against Pomona-Pitzer. Seniors Tommy Griffits and Patrick Renane led the way with 14 points each. The purple and gold finish off the regular season:
•22-3 overall
•14-0 at home
•15-1 in SCIAC
Disappointing news on many fronts but certainly not unexpected. The Kingsmen ARE going to play games in February. We are working on schedule now. Shout out to our administration for committing the time/resources to make it happen! We still need to get out of the Purple Tier 🤞🏻
1-1 in Colorado this weekend. Slowly getting better. Home opener is Friday at 7pm vs. Hamilton College. Chick-Fil-A and the Cow will be in attendance. Sunday afternoon we will host College of Mt St Vincent at 2pm. Jack's Donuts (now open in TO) will be in attendance. Come by!
The Kingsmen opened conference play this Saturday with a huge win at Redlands. Devon Lewis exploded for 27 points including going 11/11 from the charity stripe. Brock Susko also had a career high, pouring in 24 points of his own, on 6/11 from three.
#gokingsmen
The Kingsmen have been approved to host small outdoor clinics during the month of February. We look forward to getting the local youth on a basketball court safely. Multiple hour-long sessions each weekend. You can sign up at this link:
We appreciate everyone coming out to our 2 home games this weekend. Stay with us!!! We are getting and will get better. SCIAC opener on Wednesday night at home at 7pm vs. Chapman.
#GoKingsmen
We were blessed to have Logan Wagener join us yesterday as our MVP team member on Childhood Cancer Awareness Day. We had a great time AND he brought some good luck.
@CancerFitInc
@CoachesvsCancer
Your 3-0 Kingsmen are at Cal Tech on Thursday night (officially a non-conference game) and the home opener is Saturday at 5pm vs. Colorado College.
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The 20-21 roster is now live on our website. No games confirmed yet, but hopefully soon! Check out the guys who will be representing us whenever we play in the coming weeks.
#GoKingsmen
Welcome Ze’ev Remer to your 2022-2023 Kingsmen basketball team!
Coach White on Ze’ev: “Ze’ev is an incredible competitor with a high level skill set. We are looking forward to immediate contributions”
@CLUSports
#gokingsmen
Cal Lutheran prevails 78-74 on the road led by Devon Lewis who canned 6 three-pointers en route to a career high of 31 points. It is only the second 30+ point performance for a Kingsmen since 2019🗓️
One week until we are on the court and officially playing a game. We play Redlands at home on Saturday at 2pm. Spectators not allowed....there are plans to live stream.
#GoKingsmen
Huge congrats to former head coach Rich Rider who has been selected to the CLU Hall of Fame. Coach Rider is the all-time winningest coach for the Kingsmen with 345 wins. Official induction is Homecoming weekend Oct. 22/23. Congrats Coach!
#GoKingsmen
photo credit:
@CLUechoSports
Last away game tonight for the 19-20 Kingsmen. We have had 3 of our best 4 offensive games of the season in our last 3 outings and we are looking to continue the trend as we finish the season strong. Last game is Senior Night next Tuesday!!!
@CLU_RoyalCourt
@PalmerChaplin
Our friend Logan is scheduled to have his 18 month scans tomorrow. Logan’s dad says Logan has been doing well but we know scanxiety can be overwhelming. Please send prayers & positive vibes! 💫🎗
The nationally ranked
#8
Kingsmen defend home court once again in front of a packed and raucous Gilbert Arena to send the squad back to the SCIAC championship game for the second year in a row. Five players scored in double figures for the purple and gold.
Youth Sunday Clinics!
Who: Coach Kyle Milligan
What: Skill sessions. Session 1: Ages 7-12. Session 2: Ages 13-18. Max 10 players per
Where: Gilbert Arena at CLU
When: Sundays through March and April
Why: Help local youth expand their games
More Details and Sign up Here ⬇️
Our day is over here at Gilbert Arena!
Agoura beat Crespi
Westlake beat Granada Hills
Canyon beat Buena
Rancho Mirage beat Hueneme
Oxnard beat Chaminade
LB Millikan beat St. Bonaventure
TO beat Santa Monica
Ventura beat Shalhevet
Thanks to all for coming!
#goKingsmen