CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA
Bronco Sports News
For Immediate Release
Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004
Contact: Paul Helms
(909) 869-2812
MEN’S BASKETBALL
MEDIA NOTES
2004-05 CPP Record: 2-3. CCAA Record: 1-1
Broncos Will Get Break After
Opening CCAA Play: Cal Poly Pomona’s men’s basketball team, after splitting
its first two California Collegiate Athletic Association contests of the
season, will be off until hosting Seattle
University in a key NCAA Division
II West Region contest on Tuesday, Dec. 14, in Kellogg Gym. The Broncos will
also be at Grand Canyon on Saturday, Dec. 18, before
hosting Dominican University
on Wednesday, Dec. 29 in Kellogg Gym. Cal Poly Pomona, which has made the NCAA
Division II playoffs in consecutive years for the first time in the program’s
history, went 21-7 last season and notched its second straight 20-win season
for the first time ever. The Broncos were 17-5 in the California Collegiate
Athletic Association last year and set a new program standard for most conference
wins in a season. The Broncos had a successful follow-up to their 2002-03 season, which ranks as one of the best in the program’s
history. Cal Poly Pomona won the 2003 West
Regional and advanced to the national quarterfinals for only the second time in
the program’s history and the first since the 1964. The 23 wins tied the
program mark for most victories, also set by the 1964 squad. Cal Poly Pomona
returns three starters and seven players overall from last year’s squad,
including preseason All-American Jeff Bonds (Sr., Compton, Mayfair
HS) and All-CCAA and All-West Region selection David Sybesma
(Sr., Corona, Corona Centennial
HS).
About Last Week:
The Broncos opened California Collegiate Athletic Association play last weekend
with mixed results. Cal Poly Pomona dropped its CCAA opener and lost for the
first time in 12 home contests in a 64-61 loss to Sonoma
State last Friday. The Broncos
struggled from the free-throw line, missing 10 of 23 attempts, including an
erratic 5-of-13 performance in the second half. Dion
Cook (So., Canoga Park,
Chaminade HS) led the
Broncos with 14 points, Jeff Bonds (Sr., Compton, Mayfair HS) had 12 points and
Hervey Malone II (Jr., Pittsburg,
Pittsburg HS) had 11 points and four rebounds. The Broncos led by as many as
seven points in the first half, but the Seawolves
rallied to tie the game by halftime. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Malone gave the
Broncos a 51-46 advantage with 5:53
left, but the Seawolves battled back again. A free
throw by David Sybesma (Sr., Corona, Corona Centennial
HS) tied the game at 58-58 with 1:45 remaining, but the Seawolves
scored the next six points to take a 64-58 edge with 27 seconds left. Cook
nailed a 3-pointer to make it 64-61 with 18 seconds to go and the Broncos got
the ball back again after a quick steal by Malone with 10 seconds left. After a
Bronco timeout, Sybesma had a good look at a
3-pointer, but the shot didn’t fall and the Seawolves
prevailed. Cal Poly Pomona bounced back with a 70-62 win over San
Francisco State on
Saturday. Sybesma scored 20 of his game-high 26
points in the first half to spark the Broncos. Cal Poly Pomona held a 38-26
lead at halftime and kept the Gators at bay the rest of the way. Bonds scored
12 points and Jonathan Boyd (Jr., Fontana,
Etiwanda HS) had 11 points and a team-high five
rebounds.
Head to Head: Cal
Poly Pomona has no games scheduled
for this week.
The Kamansky File: Cal Poly
Pomona Head Coach Greg Kamansky is beginning his
fifth season as the leader of the Broncos. Kamansky
has guided the Broncos to an 81-36 overall record. His winning percentage of
.692 is the best in the program’s history. He led the Broncos to a 21-7 record
last season and into the NCAA Division II playoffs for the second straight
season. That was a successful follow-up to the sensational season in 2002-03
when he guided the Broncos to the West Region championship and the program’s
first appearance in the national quarterfinals in 39 years. In the 2001-02 season, Kamansky guided the
Broncos to an 18-9 overall record and a 15-7 mark in the CCAA, which was good
enough for third place in the conference. As the interim coach four years ago, Kamansky guided a team picked to finish ninth in the CCAA
to a 17-10 record and the brink of an NCAA playoff berth. The 17-10 record was
the best-ever for a first-year coach in the program’s history. Kamansky was an assistant coach at Cal Poly Pomona for two
seasons before succeeding Tim Rapp.
The Name Is Bonds; Jeff Bonds: Cal Poly Pomona’s Jeff
Bonds is well on his way to
becoming one of the best players in the history of the program. Bonds
(Sr., Compton, Mayfair HS) became the program’s all-time
leading scorer during a 26-point performance against Western
Washington on Nov. 27. Bonds surpassed the old
mark of 1,302 held by Lucas LeCour and now has
1,341 points in his Cal Poly Pomona career. Bonds led the Broncos in scoring for
a second straight year last season with a 17.3 point per game average. He
earned first-team All-CCAA honors for the second straight season and also
earned first-team NABC All-West Region honors as well. He was at his best once
again in the postseason, pouring in a team-high 26 points in the Broncos’
first-round loss to Humboldt State.
In 2003, Bonds averaged 19.5 points per game in the Broncos’ four playoff
contests. The highlight was a career-high 31-point outburst that helped the
Broncos upend Cal State San Bernardino, 91-84, in
double overtime in the regional championship game. He also scored 20 points in
a semi-final victory over Cal State Bakersfield. He was named the West Regional
Most Outstanding Player after averaging 19.7 points and 5.8 rebounds in the
three regional contests. Bonds led the team in scoring (14.4 points) and
rebounding (5.8 per game) for the season and was named to the All-CCAA first
team. He was the only CCAA player to receive honorable mention All-America
honors this season by Street & Smith’s, the second year he has been honored
by the publication.
Fired Up About Sybesmania: Cal Poly Pomona forward David Sybesma (Sr., Corona,
Corona Centennial HS) returns for his fourth season
with the program and he, too, will go down as one of the best players in the
program’s history. He is currently second on the team in scoring with 16.6
points per game average. He has also climbed to ninth on the all-time scoring list
with 969 points in his career. Sybesma earned
first-team All-CCAA honors last season after finishing second on the team with a 14.0 points per game average. He was also second on
the team in rebounding with 5.6 boards per game. He also continued his knack of
hitting big-time shots for the Broncos, sinking a 3-pointer in the final
seconds to send a critical home game against Cal State Stanislaus into
overtime. In 2003, he made one of the biggest shots in the program’s history. Sybesma hit a 14-foot leaner in the lane to beat the buzzer
and send the West Regional championship game against Cal State San Bernardino
into overtime. Cal Poly Pomona eventually won the game in double overtime to
advance to the Elite Eight. He was the only player to start all of the Broncos’
first 30 games, only to miss the Elite Eight game against Kentucky Wesleyan
because of a severely infected toe. Sybesma was second
on the team in scoring that year with a 10.7 points
per game average and was another player who stepped up his production in the
playoffs. He averaged 16.3 points per game and led the Broncos with 7.3
rebounds per game. Sybesma was named to the All-CCAA
second team in 2003.
Look Who’s
New: The Broncos are welcoming five players to their program this season
and four of the five are freshman. The lone upperclassmen is
Matt Nelsen, a 6-foot-4 senior guard from New Mexico Highlands. The Broncos are
also excited about first-year players Kevin Neveu
(Fr., San Leandro,
St. Joseph Notre Dame HS), Bill Forelli (Fr., Gig
Harbor, WA, Gig Harbor HS),
Ryan Chisholm (Fr., Richmond, Marin
Catholic HS) and Kyle Kraus (Fr., Wasco, Wasco HS). In addition, Kaelen Daniels (Fr., Compton, Artesia HS), who redshirted last year, is expected to make major contributions
this year in his first season on the active roster.
Where We Left Off: Cal Poly
Pomona’s men’s basketball team finished the 2003-04 season with a 21-7 record
and advanced to the NCAA Division II playoffs for the second straight season.
The Broncos, the No. 6 seed, lost a heartbreaking 86-83 decision to eventual
regional champion Humboldt State.
Jeff Bonds (Sr., Compton, Mayfair HS) had a
sensational game, pouring in 26 points and leading four Broncos in double
figures. Jonathan Boyd (Jr., Fontana,
Etiwanda HS) had a career-high 17 points and knocked
down five 3-pointers, while David Sybemsa (Sr., Corona,
Corona Centennial HS) and Jonathan Williams had 16 points each. Sybemsa also had a career-high nine assists. Humboldt
State hit an amazing 15 of its 20
attempts from behind the 3-point arc. The Broncos set a new program standard by
winning 17 California Collegiate Athletic Association games while finishing
third in the conference with a 17-5 mark. The Broncos also notched their second
straight 20-win season for the first time ever.
PLAYER NOTES
5 JASON
BURRELL (G, So., Rancho Cucamonga, St.
Mark’s Prep)
Last Week: Went scoreless with two rebounds and one
assist against San Francisco State on Saturday; went scoreless against Sonoma State on Friday.
2004-05: Averaging 0.0 points,
0.6 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game.
Season Highs: Points
– None; Rebounds – 2 vs. San
Francisco State (12-4-04); Assists – 1 vs. San Francisco
State (12-4-04), vs. Western Washington (11-27-04).
Career Highs: Points
– 5 at Cal State
Stanislaus (1-31-04); Rebounds
– 3 vs. UC San Diego (3-6-04); Assists – 5 vs. Grand
Canyon (3-5-04).
10 BILLY HOFMAN (G, So., Sierra Madre, La Canada HS)
Last Week: Had six points and two assists against San
Francisco State on
Saturday; had two points and four assists against Sonoma
State on Friday.
2004-05: Averaging 3.8 points, 1.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists per
game.
Season Highs: Points – 8
vs. Vanguard (11-23-04); Rebounds – 4 vs. Vanguard (11-23-04); Assists – 4 vs. Sonoma State
(12-3-04), vs. Vanguard (11-23-04).
Career Highs: Points – 8 vs. Vanguard (11-23-04); Rebounds
– 4 vs. Vanguard (11-23-04);
Assists – 4 vs. Vanguard (11-23-04).
11 JONATHAN
BOYD (G, Jr., Fontana, Etiwanda HS)
Last Week: Had season-high 11 points, five rebounds and two assists
against San Francisco State
on Saturday; had five points, three rebounds and one assist against Sonoma
State on Friday.
2004-05: Averaging 7.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists per
game.
Season Highs: Points –
11 vs. San Francisco State
(12-4-04); Rebounds – 5 vs. Sonoma
State (12-3-04); Assists
– 3 at Western Washington (11-27-04), vs. Saint Martin’s (11-26-04).
Career Highs: Points – 17
vs. Humboldt State (3-12-04); Rebounds
– 5 vs. San Francisco State (12-4-04), vs. Chico State (1-2-04), vs. Western
Washington (12-17-03), vs. North Dakota State (11-28-03), at San Francisco
State (2-28-03); Assists – 4 at UC
San Diego (1-9-04).
20 HERVEY MALONE II (G, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pittsburg HS)
Last Week: Had season-high 11 points and four rebounds against Sonoma
State on Friday; had five points,
five rebounds and two assists against San Francisco
State on Saturday.
2004-05: Averaging 8.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists per
game. Is fourth on the team in scoring.
Season Highs: Points – 11
vs. Sonoma State
(12-3-04); Rebounds – 7 vs. Saint
Martin’s (11-26-04);
Assists – 3 at Western
Washington (11-27-04).
Career Highs: Points – 16
vs. Western Washington (12-17-03); Rebounds
– 7 vs. Saint Martin’s (11-26-04), vs. Sonoma
State (2-21-04), vs. Cal State Stanislaus (2-6-04); Assists – 5 at Hope International (11-22-03), vs. Alaska Fairbanks (3-14-03).
22 DION COOK (G, So., Canoga Park, Chaminade HS)
Last Week: Had career-high 14 points against Sonoma
State on Friday; had five points,
three rebounds and four assists against San Francisco
State on Saturday.
2004-05: Averaging 9.0 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per
game. Is third on the team in scoring.
Season Highs: Points –
14 vs. Sonoma State
(12-3-04); Rebounds – 5 vs. Vanguard (11-23-04); Assists – 4 vs. San Francisco
State (12-4-04), at Western Washington (11-27-04).
Career Highs: Points – 14
vs. Sonoma State
(12-3-04); Rebounds – 5 vs. Vanguard (11-23-04), vs. Cal State Dominguez
Hills (1-24-04); Assists – 4 vs. San Francisco State
(12-4-04), at Western Washington (11-27-04), at UC Davis (2-27-04).
23 MATT NELSEN (G, Sr., Santa Clarita, New Mexico Highlands)
Last Week: Had five points, three rebounds and four assists against
San Francisco State
on Saturday; went scoreless against Sonoma
State on Friday.
2004-05: Averaging 3.0 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.8 assists per
game.
Season Highs: Points – 5
vs. San Francisco State
(12-4-04), vs. Vanguard (11-23-04); Rebounds – 3 vs. San Francisco
State (12-4-04); Assists
– 4 vs. San Francisco State
(12-4-04).
Career Highs: First year with Broncos.
32 JEFF BONDS (F, Sr., Compton, Mayfair HS)
Last Week: Had 12 points, three rebounds and two assists against Sonoma
State on Friday; had 12 points,
three rebounds and one assist against San Francisco
State on Saturday.
2004-05: Averaging 18.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per
game. Leads the team in scoring and rebounding.
Season Highs: Points –
26 at Western Washington (11-27-04); Rebounds
– 14 vs. Saint Martin’s (11-26-04); Assists
– 3 at Western Washington (11-27-04), vs. Vanguard (11-23-04).
Career Highs: Points –
31 vs. Cal State San Bernardino (3-17-03);
Rebounds – 14 vs. Saint
Martin’s (11-26-04);
Assists – 6 vs. Montana
State-Billings (12-30-02).
33 DAVID SYBESMA (F, Sr., Corona, Corona Centennial HS)
Last Week: Had season-high 26 points, two rebounds and one assist
against San Francisco State
on Saturday; had seven points, six rebounds and three assists against Sonoma
State on Friday.
2004-05: Averaging 16.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists per
game. Is second on the team in scoring and rebounding.
Leads the team in assists and steals.
Season Highs: Points –
26 vs. San Francisco State
(12-4-04); Rebounds – 7 vs. Saint
Martin’s (11-26-04);
Assists – 6 vs. Saint
Martin’s (11-26-04),
vs. Vanguard (11-23-04).
Career Highs: Points –
27 at Cal State Stanislaus (1-31-04); Rebounds
– 10 vs. Cal State Stanislaus (2-6-04), at Cal State Stanislaus (1-31-04), vs.
Cal State Dominguez Hills (1-24-04), at San Francisco State (1-17-04), vs. Cal
State Bakersfield
(3-15-03), vs. Cal State
Dominguez Hills (1-3-03); Assists –
9 vs. Humboldt State (3-12-04).
34 KAELEN DANIELS (C, Fr., Compton, Artesia
HS)
Last Week: Had four points, seven rebounds and three assists
against Sonoma State
on Friday; DNP-CD against San Francisco
State on Saturday.
2004-05: Averaging 5.3
points, 3.8 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game.
Season Highs: Points – 8
vs. Vanguard (11-23-04); Rebounds – 7 vs. Sonoma
State (12-3-04); Assists
– 3 vs. Sonoma State
(12-3-04).
Career Highs: First year with Broncos.
44 KEVIN NEVEU (F, Fr., San Leandro, St. Joseph Notre Dame HS)
Last Week: Had six points and two rebounds against Sonoma
State on Friday; went scoreless
with one rebound against San Francisco
State on Saturday.
2004-05: Averaging 2.2
points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.0 assists per game.
Season Highs: Points – 6
vs. Sonoma State
(12-3-04); Rebounds – 2 vs. Vanguard (11-23-04); Assists – None.
Career Highs: First year with Broncos.