LA MIRADA, Calif. --- All week Biola Basketball has been practicing hard with one singular focus - revenge. The Eagles do battle with the Azusa Pacific Cougars in Azusa on Saturday in their only game of the week.

LAST WEEK: Biola def. Academy of Art, 62-54; Biola def. Dominican, 75-66; Holy Names def. Biola, 72-58 (2-1 weekly record, 9-7 overall record, 5-5 PacWest)

THIS WEEK: at Azusa Pacific (10-8, 7-4 PacWest) - Saturday, Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m.

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TICKETS: Biola home events are always free to Biola students, staff, faculty and alumni. Children 12 and under are also always free. General admission is $6 and discounted tickets for opposing school students, guests under 18 and seniors are $4. See ticketing information for road contests below each preview below.

ABOUT LAST WEEK: Biola Men's Basketball had its second great week in a row, picking up a pair of wins to keep at .500 in PacWest Conference competition. Biola ended its NorCal road trip with a sparkling 3-1 mark and has itself alone in sixth place in the conference standings. If the Eagles were NCAA postseason eligible they'd be in position to go dancing at the PacWest tournament right now. However, the Eagles will have to wait a year for that honor as they complete the NCAA Division II transition. Biola's biggest win of the week came at Dominican, where the Eagles took care of the Penguins, 75-66. Alex Talma had a historic night in that outing, putting up 23 points and nine rebounds without missing a single shot on the night. He went 10-of-10 from the floor and 3-of-3 for the line. He also played a huge role in Biola's ability to shoot an incredible 30-for-47 (.638) from the field, equating to its best single-game shooting percentage since 2006. Trevor Treinen had a team-high 26 points in that game, following up a 23-point effort in the weekly opener. Treinen missed stringing together three 20-point performances when he was held to 2-of-9 shooting and just five points in Biola's surprising loss to the Holy Names Hawks on Saturday. Talma did hit 20 points in that game, going 9-of-18 from the floor in the loss. Levi Auble also stepped up in a big way in the week's last game, giving 14 points off the bench on 7-of-9 shooting. The Eagles will need a bounceback from Treinen and similar levels of production from Talma and Auble to compete in the rivalry game this weekend.

BIOLA (9-7, 5-5 PacWest) at AZUSA PACIFIC (10-8, 7-4 PacWest): Saturday, Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m. \\ Live Stats \\ Live Video ($7.95/game) \\ LAST MEETING: APU wins 73-59 \\ Wear RED or BEAT AZUSA shirt
The first meeting of the year between Biola and Azusa Pacific certainly did not go how anyone had it planned (except maybe those inside of the APU locker room). The Eagles came in with a better record, better stats, home court advantage and the benefit of APU missing their best offensive contributor, Mandrell Worthy. However, the Cougars exploded from the opening tip, made 12 three-point shots, led by as much as 26 and completely dismantled this Biola team to spoil the first rivalry outing of the year. Now, Biola would like to return the favor inside the Cougars' home arena. Biola enters Saturday's game coming off a solid road trip and with a whole week of rest and preparation under its belt. APU finds itself in a similar situation, with a whole week of rest, but the Cougars have lost two of their last three. APU lost by nine to PacWest best Point Loma last Monday and then suffered a 14-point loss at Holy Names on Thursday before bouncing back with a 50-point win over winless Notre Dame de Namur last Saturday. Selom Mawugbe, who did everything for the Cougars in their win at Biola earlier this year, was the leading scorer in two of APU's three games last week. Since the injury to Worthy, Mawugbe has improved his points-per-game by three full points, increasing from just over six to just over nine as his role in the offense grows. He has seven consecutive double-digit scoring performances, which dates back to the Biola-APU matchup where he dropped 18 on the Eagles. Strangely enough, the 6-foot-10-inch Mawugbe has yet to post a double-double this season because he's had no double-digit rebounding game. That's one area where Biola should look for an advantage in this road contest. The Eagles came up short in rebounding in the last matchup, 34-40, but could use their more skilled rebounders to create some extra possessions on the road. Mawugbe is key for APU to repeat the success of its first go around. While Alex Wright, Levi Auble and Alex Talma are key for Biola. Talma was not himself in the first time against APU, getting almost completely neutralized on the offensive end and managing just four points. He's peaking at this point in the season and will be counted on for key contributions in this one. Wright's biggest responsibility will be taking care of the ball and finding the right shot at the right time for his teammates. Biola was not taking its best looks in that first game vs. Azusa Pacific, resulting in 28 missed shots and a +9 advantage for APU in made three-point shots. Auble will be key because Biola needs to be able to count on some kind of production off the bench. The Eagles' have averaged just about 15 points-per-game from bench players this season, equating to 22 percent of their total scoring. By comparison - APU averages 25.5 points-per-game from their bench, equating to 35 percent of their total scoring. This includes a season-best 63-point output from their bench in last game's 101-51 win over NDNU. Gerritt Beetstra has been the Cougars' most consistent scorer from the reserve ranks, averaging 6.2 points-per-game. He, Ben Taufahema, Tyson Kanseyo, Jake Spurgeon and Jonathan Davis are all strong contributors for Head Coach Justin Leslie when the starters need a spell.

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PACKED-WEST: The PacWest Conference Men's Basketball standings are pretty settled at the top and bottom, but the middle is a mess. At 5-5 Biola is sitting alone in sixth, but it's within one game (in the loss column) of as high as fourth or as low as ninth. APU, Hawaii Hilo, BU, Holy Names, ART U and Fresno Pacific have all been searching for their identities throughout this PacWest season. HNU, Hilo and Biola are currently on an uptick, while APU, ART U and FPU are working through some things. This week should sort some of it out with Biola and APU going head-to-head and also featuring a matchup between ART U and Holy Names. Hilo has the tough draw of undefeated Point Loma, while FPU gets winless NDNU - which figures to tighten things at the top and bottom of this spread of middle teams.

KEEPING IT CLOSE: Biola is the number two team in the PacWest in terms of scoring defense, allowing opponents just 66.4 points-per-game on average. However, the Eagles do not score much more than that - averaging just 69.4 ppg themselves. That offensive output is sixth in the league, right behind APU who sits fifth with a 73.1 ppg average. Both teams are also back-to-back when it comes to scoring margin, APU sits fourth with a +3.3 margin, while the Eagles' +3.0 number is fifth. The numbers can be deceiving. Biola seems to either win by double-digits or lose by double-digits with it all ultimately evening out, playing in just four games this year decided by six points or fewer. The Eagles are 1-3 in those contests, with their most recent close result being a gut-wrenching 68-65 defeat at the hands of top team Point Loma. Five of APU's 18 contests have been decided by six points or fewer and the Cougars have had better luck in such contests, going 4-1.

YEAR 39: Dr. Dave Holmquist just keeps humming along. He's in his 39th season coaching his alma mater and is holding steady in fifth place in the all-time wins list among four-year college men's basketball coaches. Holmquist's 967 wins are third-most among active college coaches, only falling behind Mike Krzyzewski of Duke (1,100) and Herb Magee of NCAA Division II Jefferson University (1,074). Holmquist has averaged 22.8 wins-per-season, including his three years at Fresno Pacific when he first got started in the mid-1970s. This year he's on pace to help the Eagles get 16 (16-14) and end with 974.

MR. 1,300?: Trevor Treinen eclipsed 1,000 career points in his last game last season. The four-year senior comes into this week up to 1,232 points after a productive preseason and strong first half of conference play. He's averaged 334 points-per-season over his last three years, with a career-best 442 points last year. If he can get around 375 this season, he could move into the top-10 all-time among Biola Men's Basketball players. He's currently on pace for around 403 points this season. The current No. 10 is Bryan Weakley (1998-02) at 1,322. The highest spot he could likely reach would be seventh. He'd need 417 points to pass Roger Poppen (1960-63) for that spot. The senior is on a bit of a hot streak as of late, upping his season ppg by a full two points with his efforts over the last seven games. That includes his first two 20-point performances of the season during this last road trip. Treinen is also near the top of the Biola record books in three-pointers made. He comes into this season with 148 through his first three seasons, eighth all-time. He's within 50 of passing Marcus White, Dakari Archer, Nate Rakestraw, Pierre Zook and Doug Newby to move into third all-time behind Weakley (236) and Danny Campbell (203). The senior has scored in double-digits in all but three games this season. In his last game at the Felix Event Center he turned in a 32-point effort, making 11 shots and six free throws in 37 minutes. Biola was six points shy of a win in that outing.

NEXT WEEK: vs Fresno Pacific (7-8, 4-6 PacWest) - Saturday Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m.