Oregon Tech - Men's Basketball
2008
NAIA DIVISION II NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
THE DANNY MILES ERA
2004, 2008
NAIA II NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1998, 2004, 2008
NAIA II NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME APPEARANCES
1998, 2004, 2005, 2008
NAIA II FINAL FOUR
1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008
NAIA II ELITE EIGHT
1987, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
NAIA II SWEET SIXTEEN
Last Year Oregon Tech was a Perfect 18-0 at Danny Miles Court and set a New Paid Attendance Record of Just Under 45,000 (Photo by Kelly Caleb).jpg) |
2008-09 Season Review
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After coming off a national championship in 2008, The Oregon Tech men's basketball team put together another magnificent season in 2009. The Owls finished tied for first place (15-5) in the Cascade Conference standings, sharing a conference championship with Eastern Oregon. The Owls held the tiebreaker, and as a result, headed to the postseason as the CCC tournaments number-one seed. Tech hosted all three playoff games, beating Corban College in the quarterfinals, Northwest Christian in the semifinals and Evergreen State in the finals. With the three wins, Oregon Tech finished their regular season home schedule undefeated (18-0) for the first time since the 1986-87 season. The 2009 CCC Tournament title earned the Owls an automatic berth to the NAIA Division II tournament in Point Lookout, MO. At the NAIA Division II tournament, the seventh-seeded Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls handed Iowa Wesleyan College a 69-47 defeat in first round action. The Owls then advanced to the tournaments "Sweet 16" for the twelfth time. In a rematch of last years tournament finals, versus Bellevue (Neb.), the Owls were unable to overcome a cold shooting effort and fell to the Bruins, 78-64, ending their bid for back-to-back national championships. Tech finished the season with an overall 29-6 record, while also maintaining an NAIA top-10 ranking the entire season. Their win in game one of the NAIA tournament gave the Owls the record for most games won at the national championships with 26 (26-8). Oregon Tech has also advanced to the national championship 11 times and is a perfect 11-0 in first round games. Jguwon Hogges and Justin Parnell were CCC 1st team all-conference selections, while Christian Cavanaugh was named to the CCC honorable mention team. Hogges was also selected to the CCC all-defensive team, while Parnell was named the CCC Newcomer of the Year.Cascade Collegiate Conference all-academic team selections went to Myles Daley (Jr. Medford, OR), Nate Lewis (Sr. Culver, OR), Mike Nieraeth (Bonanza, OR), Will Sargent (So. Klamath Falls, OR) and Scott Snodgrass (So. Buckley, WA).Danny Miles moved up to sixth on the all-time basketball wins list, tied with Adolph Rupp, with 876 wins in his 38th season with the Owls.National awards went to Jguwon Hogges who became the Owls' sixth player to be named to the 1st team NAIA All-American squad. Justin Parnell was selected NAIA honorable mention All-American. Both Mike Nieraeth and Nate Lewis were named NAIA Academic All-American scholar athletes.
2008-09 CCC Newcomer of the Year Justin Parnell will Lead the 2009-10 Hustlin' Owls.JPG) |
2009-10 Outlook
Tech will lose five seniors off the 2008-09 team, returning only two starters to the hardwood next season. The Owls will have good experience off the bench, but will need to replace both Josh Wetzler and Christian Cavanaugh who gave the Owls scoring, rebounding and defense inside and Tech’s top scorer and defender in Jguwon Hogges. Still look for Tech to be one of the coach’s favorites to win a league title and make another return trip to the NAIA Division II tournament next season.
11.07.2009 - Tech Knocks Down Multnomah 118-80
No. 3 Mike Nieraeth Led Tech with 9 Rebounds in 118-80 Win (Photo by Kelly Caleb) |
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Oregon Tech's Men's basketball team continued their winning streak against Multnomah University in championship fashion, outscoring M.U. by as many as 53 points on their way to a 118-80 victory.
Against the much bigger Oregon Tech team, Multnomah could see no daylight as the Tech defense held M.U. to only 29 points by the end of the first half the Hustlin' Owls also held a 33-4 rebound advantage at the break.
Launched by an impressive start by Junior Joseph Foster, going 4-4 from the field, along with fellow teammate Andy Siverly's impressive 5-5, every OIT player was able to make their mark against Multnomah. By game's end, Oregon tech illustrated a team effort notching 24 assists in the books, shutting down M.U.'s offence to only five.
Multnomah could not find the lane, forcing numerous shots from the outside and only connecting on 34% in the first half and only slightly improving to just 48% by game's end. Oregon Tech's consistent 58% throughout, showed why they are ready for round two today at Danny Miles Court.
Dunking the basketball more than once, guard Justin Parnell elevated Tech's 118-80 victory over Multnomah University with two high flying slams. Leading the team with 22 points, 9 assists and 3 steals, the senior from Sutherlin was unstoppable, shooting 7-11.
OIT finished with six players scoring in double digits. M.U's Connor Hambelton and fellow teammate Nicolaas Kamlade fought hard, scoring 23 and 28 points.
Oregon Tech will host Multnomah University Saturday at 2:00pm before they along with the Lady Owls hit the road next weekend playing in the William Jessup Classic next Friday and Saturday. The men will face Cal Baptist on Friday at 4:00pm with the women playing Division I Fresno Pacific at 2:00pm. On Saturday the women play host William Jessup at 6:00pm with the men taking on the host team at 8:00pm.
Story by Oregon Tech Athletics Intern David Buchanan
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11.03.2009 - No. 11 Oregon Tech Blasts Simpson, 78-57
Myles Daley, tonight's Applebee's Player of the 'Game, was 6-of-10 from the floor, netted 13 points and grabbed six rebounds in 78-58 win. (photo by Kelly Caleb) |
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Oregon Tech had three players in double figures, led by a game-high 18 points from Joseph Foster, as the Hustlin' Owls dropped Simpson University tonight at Danny Miles Court by the final of 78-57. Tech improves to 2-0 overall and extended their home winning streak to 20-straight. Simpson is 0-1 on the season with the loss.
Foster was 3-for-6 from the 3-point line and added five assists to go with his 18 points. Myles Daley knocked in 13 points, followed by Andy Siverly with 11. Both Daley and Siverly grabbed a team-high six rebounds, while Justin Parnell added six points, four rebounds and handed out a game-high six assists.
Oregon Tech trailed by five points with 14 minutes remaining in the first half before a Myles Daley jumper with just over 10 minutes to go gave the Owls their first lead of the contest, 13-12. An ensuing Foster 3-point field goal put the Owls up four points, and another Foster trey would give Tech their first 10 point lead of the night, 22-12. Tech would eventually take an 11 point lead to the locker room, 35-24.
A Foster jumper with 14:02 remaining in the game gave the Owls a 19 point lead at 49-30, but the Red Hawks would cut their deficit to 12 points with 7:19 on the clock, 57-45. Simpson would get no closer; however, as Tech would pull away to eventually take a 24 point lead, their largest of the night, before settling for the 78-57 win.
Oregon Tech will play Multnomah Bible on back-to-back dates beginning with the first game this Friday evening at 7:30 pm and a Saturday afternoon game at 2:00 pm.
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