shane graves, clay herreld, austin lefler and bryan forbes all averaged between 10 and 11 points per game. bc might b ba little small, but they'll put up points. "we just got to be the more feisty team, the mo^e aggressive team and just get aer those 50-50 balls because we know we're not going to win all the rebounding battles," said junior guard austin lefler. "we're not going to out- muscle people but we can out-quick them and out-hustle them definitely." "if you asked our guards a style we could pick it would definitely be this one," said junior guard shane graves. "we're run and gun and in your face pressure defense, which is the way we have to play." "a question for our team is how are we going to be e en we match up against big, physical, methodical teams and there are some of those teams in our league who play that way," said head coach nic nelson. "whether or not we can defend and rebound with those teams is really going to determine how far this team can go." the chargers open the season at william penn on october 29th. the home opener is november 4th. here is the gpac men's

bcu has a trio of playmakers returning in all- conference guards shane graves, austin lefler and bryan forbes, but even with that talent, the chargers know they have a lot of work left to do. nic nelson--"number one i think it makes me question the judgement of the other coaches in the league, but you know i think it's just a reflection that we've got a lot of guys back from a national tournament team a year ago. we've got good experience, we've got good experience in the back court. i think our guys understand that after today that preseason poll doesn't really mean anything." shane graves--"i don't think any of us are looking at that and saying that makes us feel expected to win games or win a conference championship or anything like that. every year the gpac's good and there's tons of good teams out there, but right now it's just about getting better every day." austin lefler--"i definitely think it's an honor, you know that other teams are thinking of us like that, but the team that we have this year is a totally different team than the one we had last year. i don't think this team

bcu has a trio of playmakers returning in all- conference guards shane graves, austin lefler and bryan forbes, but even with that talent, the chargers know they have a lot of work left to do. nic nelson--"number one i think it makes me question the judgement of the other coaches in the league, but you know i think it's just a reflection that we've got a lot of guys back from a national tournament team a year ago. we've got good experience, we've got good experience in the back court. i think our guys understand that after today that preseason poll doesn't really mean anything." shane graves--"i don't think any of us are looking at that and saying that makes us feel expected to win games or win a conference championship or anything like that. every year the gpac's good and there's tons of good teams out there, but right now it's just about getting better every day." austin lefler--"i definitely think it's an honor, you know that other teams are thinking of us like that, but the team that we have this year is a totally different team than the one we had last year. i don't think this team

balls because we k kw we're not going to win all the rebounding battles," said junior guard austin lefler. "we're not going to out- muscle people but we can out-quick them and out-hustle them definitely." "if you asked our guards a style we could pick it would definitely be this one," said junior guard shane graves. "we're run and gun and in your face pressure defense, which is the way we have to play." "a question for our team is how are we going to be when we match up agaginst big, physiial, memehodical teamm and thehee are some of those teams in our league who play that way," said head coach nic nelson. "whether or not we can defend and rebound with those teams is really going to determine how far this team can go." the chargers open the season at william penn on october 29th. the home opener is november 4th. here is the gpac men's preseason poll -- with b bar cliff at the top with five first place votes. dordt is second with three first place ballots. northwestern is picked fifth and morningside -- who tied for the gpac title last year is 8th. morningside is the favorite in the women'

shane graves, clay herreld, austin lefler and bryan forbes all averaged between 10 and 11 points per game. bc might be a little small, but they'll put up points. "we just got to be the more feisty team, the more aggressive team and just get after those 50-50 balls because we know we're not going to win all the rebounding battles," said junior guard austin lefler. "we're not going to out- muscle people but we can out-quick them and out-hustle them definitely." "if you asked our guards a style we could pick it would definitely be this one," said junior guard shane graves. "we're run and gun and in your face pressure defense, which is the way we have to play." "a question for our team is how are we going to be when we match up against big, physical, methodical teams and there are some of those teams in our league who play that way," said head coach nic nelson. "whether or not we can defend and rebound with those teams is really going to determine how far this team can go." the chargers open the season at william penn on october 29th. the home opener is november 4th. here is the gpac men

austin lefler - "oh just getting a taste of it was an unreal experience. unfortunately for us we got knocked out in the first round by two. such a closeseame. could have gone either way. i think that kind of set a fire underneath us." the chargers open up with william penn on the road october 29th. there home opener will be the third game of the season november 4th against peru state. here's the restof the gpgp presesson mens basketball poll. dordts and northwestern are picked to finish 2nd and 5th respectively. while morningside is picked to finish 8th. she's a five time national champion in the discus, 3 time iowa high school state record holder and she's threatening to break the national record this year too. you name a division one track and field prograra theyeyant kingsley pierson woodbury central senior kiana phelps. and she has decided where she will be going to college next fall. the first place you'll here it is right here on siouxland news at 5 when kiana joins us live in studio to tell us where she'll be throwing next year. that's it for your m