THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — California Lutheran University men's basketball is off to a hot start and now receiving votes in the D3hoops.com Top-25 Week 1 poll. The Kingsmen earned 21 votes, tying them for the 29^th-best team in the country.

The Purple and Gold have started the season 6-0, defeating opponents by an average score of 84.3 to 68.3. Five of their wins, have come on the road. 

The Kingsmen are shooting 47-percent from the field and 39.9 from three. They are getting to the free throw line 23.5 times per game, and are nearly grabbing 10 offensive rebounds with 9.2. Cal Lutheran is dishing out 14.8 assists per game while only committing 12 turnovers. 

Senior Mason Johnson averages 22 points per game, shooting 50.5-percent from the field. Johnson is all over the court, adding 6.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.8 steals.

Senior Jacob Alonzo has also been a spark plug for the Kingsmen. Alonzo is averaging 16.7 points, and has been extremely efficient from everywhere. He is shooting 61.1-percent from the field, 50.0 from three and 95.8 from the free throw line. He adds 5.0 assists, 4.5 rebounds, 4.0 steals. 

Tommy Griffitts is next with 8.8 points per game and Ryan Grande avearges 8.0. Griffits is 53.8-percent from the field and Grande is 66.7 from three.

The Kingsmen are back in action on Wednesday and host Occidental in their conference opener at 7 p.m. 

The D3hoops.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.

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Release by Ryan Jorgenson, Sports Information Director