Men's Basketball 2020 - 2021

Monday April 5, 2021

The Dallas Athletic Conference Tournament kicked off the NJCAA Region 5 Playoffs with the Cedar Valley Suns defeating the Bears of Brookhaven 93-86 in a hard-fought contest on the campus of Cedar Valley. The Suns were led by Tyrese Taylor's double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds. He was followed by Neyland Block's 19 point, 8 rebounds and Kolby Adams sparked the Suns of the bench with 18 points on 7-11 shooting from the floor including 4-7 from three-point range and Chase Theard (Thee-ard) also blitz the Bears with 15 points off the bench with 6-7 shooting including 2-3 beyond the arc. The Suns controlled the game from start to finish. The Suns shot 59.4% from the floor and 44.4% from three-point range. Other contributors were Tyren Miller with 8 points, Kolby Greene with 4, Marcus Tate and Amande Uchime with 3, Kobyachi Flowers with 2. Next up for the Suns will be Mountain View.

Wednesday April 7, 2021

The second night of the Dallas Athletic Conference / Region 5 Tournament had a match up of Mountain View versus Cedar Valley. It was the first time that fans could watch games because of the pandemic and the gym was filled with excitement from the fans and players!! The Suns defeated the Lions by the score of 81-70. Cedar Valley had 5 guys in double-figures led by Neyland Block's 21 point and 5 rebound performance, followed by Tyrese Taylor's 19 point 8 rebounds, Chase Theard (Thee-ard) had 13, followed Tyren Miller's 12 and Amande Uchime's 10 points and 7 rebounds. An all-around team performance for the Suns has catapulted them to the final four of the Region Tournament where they next face Richland Thunderducks.

Friday April 9, 2021

The third night of the tournament had Cedar Valley Suns facing Richland Thunderducks for the fourth time of the season. This was a hard-fought battle in which the Suns fell short in their bid to move to Regional Finals by a score of 70-56. The Thunderducks made things difficult for the Suns as the team shot a putrid 35% from the floor. The Suns had four guys in double-figures, but it wasn't enough to overcome Richland. Tyren Miller led the scoring with 13 points, followed by Tyrese Taylor's 11. Neyland Block collected a double-double with a 10 point and 10 rebound performance and Amande Uchime also chipped in 10 points. The Suns finished the season with an 11-7 record and third place finish in conference.

DALLAS ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS

The Dallas Athletic Conference held its annual end of the season basketball meeting and made all conference selections. The Cedar Valley Suns were well represented by having 3 selections. Neyland Block and Tyrese Taylor were voted to 1st Team All-Conference. Amande Uchime was voted to 2nd Team All-Conference. There were also individual awards awarded to players.

Tyrese Taylor was voted as the NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

Amande Uchime was voted DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR