Gama wins playoff for medalist honors

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Gama wins playoff for medalist honors

Kyle Souza finished in third place a 1-under par.

10/13/2009 12:18:31 PM

CHICO – The rain was dumping, the wind was howling, and Sylvester Gama stayed red hot. Gama defeated Holy Names’ Stephan Edman with a par on the second playoff hole to earn medalist honors to wrap up the InterWest Wildcat Classic at Butte Creek Country Club Tuesday morning. Playoffs between Gama and Edman and Olof Rosborg of Saint Martin’s and Bryan Kiss of Cal State Stanislaus (for fourth place) were the only golf played Tuesday due to wet and windy conditions.

Gama and the Wildcats shared the team title, the first at their host tournament since 2004, with Holy Names University. They each carded 3-over par 579s, which was 11 strokes better than Cal State Stanislaus and Saint Martin’s.

Kevin Rei carded a 68, the low round of the tournament Monday afternoon.

With medalist honors on the line, Gama and Edman played the par-4, 405-yard opening hole. They each parred it the first time around, and Gama’s par the second time was enough for victory. Kiss also won his playoff with Rosborg for fourth place the second time they played the first hole.

The Wildcats’ Kyle Souza finished third at 1-under par thanks to his 69 in Monday’s second round. Chico State’s Kevin Rei carded a 68 in the second round Monday, which was the best round of the tournament, and propelled him into sixth place. Fellow Wildcats Matt Williams and Eric Frazzetta tied for eighth, while Brandon Harkins and Bobby Bucey tied for 12th.

Chico State’s “White” team, led by the performances of Rei, Williams, and Bucey, finished tied for fifth with CSU Monterey Bay, which is ranked No. 25 in the country.

““I’m really excited about the depth of the team,” said Wildcats’ Head Coach T.L. Brown. “The future looks bright.”

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Amir Carraway

Men's Basketball

Amir Carraway capped a strong weekend with team highs of 16 points and seven rebounds in the Wildcats’ huge win against Humboldt State Saturday night to earn Wildcat of the Week honors for the second time this season.

The sophomore from Vallejo made two game-sealing free throws with 21 seconds left to finish the night 6-of-7 from the free throw line and pulled down key rebounds on two of the Lumberjacks’ last three possessions. He also set the screen on Jay Flores’ dagger 3-pointer with 40 seconds left.

Carraway finished with 10 points and four rebounds despite playing just 18 minutes due to foul trouble during the Wildcats’ loss to Sonoma State the night before.

The 6-foot-5 forward leads the team in rebounding at 5.5 per game and ranks second in scoring at 10.6 points per game a season after averaging just 1.4 points and one rebound in only 5.4 minutes a night. He’s now led the team in scoring five times and rebounding six this season.

Carraway and the Wildcats, among four teams tied for second in the California Collegiate Athletic Association standings, trail conference co-leaders Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State Dominguez Hills by just one game. They’ll welcome Cal Poly Pomona to town Friday night and San Francisco State Saturday.

Caressa Williams

Women's Basketball

For much of the season, redshirt freshman Caressa Williams has been sitting at the end of the Chico State women’s basketball team bench, seeing very little on-court action. But the former Paradise High School star continued to work hard on her game, and the extra effort has paid off in recent weeks with significantly more playing time. After a string of short but impressive relief roles, Williams delivered a breakout performance Saturday against Humboldt State, posting career highs in scoring and rebounding in the Wildcats’ 90-67 thumping of Humboldt State. Her strongest effort to date makes Williams the latest Wildcat of the Week.

Williams shot over 58 percent (7-of-12), averaging just under 10 points and five rebounds in Chico State’s two weekend contests. She began the weekend with a solid outing Friday against Sonoma State, contributing five points, two rebounds, one assist and two steals in 16 minutes of action. Saturday, though, she was a major part of the Wildcat reserves combining to score 51 in the team’s convincing 23-point win over Humboldt. Williams played 24 minutes, scoring 14 points and hauling in seven rebounds – both career highs – connecting on five of her seven field goal attempts. She also chipped in with an assist and a steal in addition to shining on the defensive end.

Williams’ productive weekend saw her season scoring average more than double, rising from 1.6 to 3.6 points per game. Overall, she is shooting 50 percent from the field and is averaging two rebounds a contest.

Chico State is back in action this weekend, hosting Cal Poly Pomona Friday and San Francisco State Saturday at Acker Gym. Both games are scheduled to tipoff at 5:30 p.m.

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