Box Score SANTA BARBARA, Calif. --- Saturday night in Santa Barbara was a game featuring two big extremes. Both the No. 3 Biola Eagles and the No. 7 Westmont Warriors had double-digit leads at points throughout the contest, but long scoring runs on both sides led to a more closely contested finish. Westmont ended up improving to 8-0 at home this season with a 93-81 win.
 
The Eagles were the far better team for much of the first half, but the home team, the Warriors, went on a 23-9 run to end the first 20 minutes and take a 37-34 lead into the half. They then went on to shoot ridiculously well in the second period and would not trail again in the game.
 
The dagger heading into halftime came from Westmont's Zac Jervis. The freshman found himself alone in the corner with no defender and hit the wide-open three to push the Warriors to a 37-34 lead. It was Westmont's first lead of the game and Jervis' first three-point make of his collegiate career.
 
The Warriors extended to as large of a lead as 14 points in the second half, because of red-hot shooting. As they built to that large lead they had one particular stretch where they made six field goal attempts in a row despite Biola's top-ranked defense forcing some uncomfortable shots.
 
Thanks to some hot shooting from Trevor Treinen and a Westmont technical foul, the Eagles tightened the game all the way down to two possessions with just a minute and a half to play. Five points was as close as it would get though as the Warriors made 11 out of 12 free throws down the stretch to ensure the win.
 
Treinen was the Eagles' most potent weapon on the floor tonight. He ended up tying his career-high with 21 points. He made four threes and shot 5-of-5 from the charity stripe. He, Tiongson (18) and Jeff Gonzalez (13) ended up with double-digit scoring for the Eagles.
 
On the other side, Westmont had a complete team effort with seven players reaching double-digits, led by forward Sean McDonnell leading the way with 14. The Warriors shot 59 percent from the field, including 68 percent (17-of-25) in the second half. That was the highest shooting percentage this year by any Biola opponent. The Eagles had previously held all their opponents under 46 percent.
 
The implications of this contest could be huge for the 2016-17 Golden State Athletic Conference standings. The Warriors improved to 15-1 (4-0 GSAC) and Biola fell to 15-2 (1-2 GSAC).
 
The Eagles return to action on Tuesday when they host another challenging test in Hope International (12-4, 2-1 GSAC).