{"id":23639,"date":"2023-02-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=23639"},"modified":"2023-02-23T12:23:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T20:23:48","slug":"chargers-basketball-teams-ready-to-host-provincial-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2023\/02\/22\/chargers-basketball-teams-ready-to-host-provincial-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers basketball teams ready to host provincial championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Camosun Chargers men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball teams are ready to host the PACWEST Championships in March. The provincial championships will take place from March 2 to 4 at the Pacific Institute for Sports Education (PISE).<\/p>\n

Chargers men\u2019s basketball coach Geoff Pippus says it\u2019s important to finish the season off strong and carry that momentum into the playoffs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is huge, and it is huge for seeding as well,\u201d says Pippus. \u201cThere is a group of us sort of competing for the second spot, and just in terms of the bracket and seeding, finishing second gives you a huge advantage because you get a bye in the first round. So that would mean you only have to win one game to get to the provincial championship game, and also the national tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Camosun Chargers women\u2019s basketball player Sophie Leslie (photo by Camosun Chargers).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The men\u2019s team has a current record of 11-5 with a five-game winning streak, and they\u2019re sitting in second place with only two more games left. Their strong defence has helped them win many games this season, as they hold their opponents to only 70.8 points per game on average. However, Pippus thinks they still need to improve on some aspects to meet their full potential going into the championships.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are still having moments of being inconsistent, where we will have great stretches of a quarter or a couple of quarters in a row, and the stretches where we lose focus a little bit,\u201d says Pippus. \u201cOffensively, the whole year I have just said to the guys, \u2018Trust your talent, trust your ability to make decisions and go up and play free,\u2019 and I think having that ability to make decisions on the fly… is an advantage when things get tough in the playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Similarly, the women\u2019s team is having a strong end to their regular season. They currently have a 9-7 record with two games left, and they recently took over third place after beating Douglas College twice at home. Nonetheless, Sophie Leslie, a fourth-year guard, believes the team has yet to show their full potential.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the best is still yet to come from us,\u201d says Leslie. \u201cWe\u2019ve done really well so far, but I know that we have a special team and at any moment when it all comes together we can beat anyone. We\u2019ve had moments of that throughout the season, but I still think we have more to give, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the women\u2019s team had a bumpy stretch in the middle of the season, as of press time they are on a four-game winning streak and have the possibility to extend it, as they face Langara College for their last two games.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re excited, like I said, the opportunity is there for us to go and do something special at home in front of our families and friends,\u201d says Leslie. \u201cOur expectation is to win always, and we have been within six or seven points of beating the top two teams, so we know we can do it if everything comes together and goes our way on that night.\u201d<\/p>\n

At home, the men\u2019s team have an 8-2 record and the women\u2019s 6-4. Pippus says that the championships being at home could give the Chargers an advantage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope it\u2019s not a pressure environment, I think it should be a lot of fun,\u201d says Pippus. \u201cI\u2019m hoping that the community comes out and gives great support and the guys get a chance to play in an awesome supportive environment, and I think that is a huge advantage… It should be a lot of fun and we are really looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Camosun Chargers men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball teams are ready to host the PACWEST Championships in March. The provincial championships will take place from March 2 to 4 at the Pacific Institute for Sports Education (PISE). Chargers men\u2019s basketball coach Geoff Pippus says it\u2019s important to finish the season off strong and carry that momentum […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[238,8,15,283],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-sports","category-sports","category-campus","category-february-22-2023"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23641,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23639\/revisions\/23641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}