RIVERSIDE, Calif. --- Biola men's basketball adds 6-foot-7-inch forward Jeff Gonzalez from Riverside Poly High School to its 2015-16 roster.
 
Gonzalez joins the Eagles after spending two years playing community college ball at Riverside City College (2012-13) and Cerritos College (2014-15). He earned all-conference honors for his year at Cerritos and started all 28 games for the Falcons.
 
Gonzalez averaged 29.6 minutes-per-game this past season and was second on the team in scoring with 11.6 points-per-game. He led the team in rebounding, averaging 6.5 per game, about two-third defensive and a third offensive
 
"We like Jeff's size and versatility. He will be the kind of stretch forward we like, because he can shoot the ball and allows us to do a lot of different things on the offensive and defensive side of the ball," said Assistant Coach Julious Coleman. "He is a great spiritual fit and will potentially be a great teammate. Our guys really hit it off with him when he was here and we know he comes from a wonderful home."
 
Before his time at the two community colleges, Gonzalez shone in his time with the Bears. He was named All-CIF second team, all-area third team and All-Big VIII first team during his senior campaign, leading Poly to the CIF Quarterfinals, which was the program's best finish in 16 years.
 
He will come to Biola in the fall of 2015 and plans to study business. He hopes to become a business owner after he graduates.
 
"Everyone [at Biola] is friendly, the team is full of good guys and the education is first rate. Why not choose Biola?" said Gonzalez.