Linfield Christian senior guard Weston Taylor, who helped the Lions (21-9) to their first-ever CIF Southern Section championship game this winter, will be continuing his basketball career at Seattle Pacific University.

Seattle Pacific is an NCAA Division II program located in downtown Seattle. The Falcons are the two-time defending Great Northwest Athletic Conference champions and made the Division II Elite Eight in 2006.

"SPU has a really good reputation for academics and athletics," Taylor said in a statement. "I'm looking forward to participating in their high quality program."

Taylor, who averaged 12 points per game for Linfield, is planning to major in pre-law at SPU.

In college baseball,

UC Riverside 8, No. 21 San Diego 7 -- At USD, the Highlanders rallied from a 6-2 deficit to sweep their season series over the Toreros. With USD holding a 7-5 lead in the sixth UCR tied it in the seventh when Aaron Wible doubled off the left-center field wall and Joey Gonzales followed with another double to bring him home. Ryan Goetz came up next, singling home Gonzales for the tie and Riverside scored in the eighth and the ninth for the win.

Picking up the victory on the mound for the Highlanders (21-12) was sophomore reliever Stephen Penney, who went 2 1/3 innings, giving up only one hit and striking out three.