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Honolulu, HI (SportsNetwork.com) - The Wichita State Shockers seek to win an in-season tournament for the third straight season, as they clash with the Lions of Loyola Marymount in the annual Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center on Monday. The Shockers, who won the 2012 Cancun Challenge and the 2013 CBE Classic, have won all but one of their first nine games of the 2014-15 campaign, with that lone setback coming by a single point in overtime versus Utah earlier this month. Since the defeat, Wichita State has rattled off four straight victories, the most recent of which being a narrow 53-52 triumph over Alabama close to a week ago now. With the victory over the Crimson Tide, WSUs home winning streak was stretched to 23 in a row, the nations fifth-longest run entering this week. Meanwhile, the Lions are coming in flat as they deal with a four-game slide, the last three defeats all coming on the road. Last week, LMU followed up a disappointing 71-69 setback against Northern Arizona with a 67-58 defeat at the hands of Stanford. The Lions are now three games under .500, with one of their three victories coming against San Diego Christian. The Shockers won the only previous meeting between the programs by a score of 75-73 at home in 1983. Both teams will be back in action on Tuesday in the semifinals of the event, the winner taking on the survivor of the Nebraska/Hawaii contest and the losers competing against each other on the other side of the bracket. The Lions shot a solid 47.1 percent from the field against Stanford, including 6-of-14 behind the 3-point line, but at the same time the visitors turned the ball over 17 times and were outscored at the free-throw line by a 17-4 margin, en route to the nine-point loss. The only double-digit scorer for LMU was Evan Payne who delivered 14 points. Payne, a career 16.9 ppg scorer, leads the Lions this season with 21.7 ppg, the only player in double figures. The lack of a strong supporting cast in the scoring column may have something to do with the fact that the starting lineup has been juggled quite a bit in the early going. In fact, while Payne has started just five contests, the only player to appear in the starting lineup each time out is Ayodeji Egbeyemi who is shooting only 37.1 percent from the field as he generates 7.9 ppg for a team putting up 66.3 ppg, while allowing 69.8 ppg. Trailing by 11 points with just over six minutes left in regulation, the Shockers held Alabama without a field goal from that point on in order to capture the thrilling one-point win at home. Darius Carter led the way for Wichita State with 16 points, adding six rebounds, while Ron Baker tacked on 14 points as the team came out ahead despite shooting only 40.8 percent from the field, 27.8 percent beyond the arc, and a dismal 8-of-17 (.471) at the free-throw line. Baker is typically the go-to guy on offense for the Shockers, leading the team with his 18.0 ppg as he converts an impressive 46.6 percent beyond the arc. Carter is another solid source of offense with 12.7 ppg, hitting his field goal attempts (.565) at a higher rate than he does his free throws (.548). Fred VanVleet pitches in with 12.6 ppg, and although he is shooting only 39.6 percent from the field overall and 25.8 percent out on the perimeter, his presence on the floor is essential due to the fact that he has handed out 47 assists, more than twice what any of his teammates has issued. Fake Vans 2020 . -- The Detroit Lions made it crystal clear to Golden Tate that he was their top target in free agency. Fake Vans For Sale .C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes have activated defenceman Joni Pitkanen from injured reserve. https://www.vansfake.com/.Gasol had 16 points and 13 rebounds, and the Bulls beat the winless Orlando Magic 98-90 on Tuesday night.Jimmy Butler led the Bulls with 21 points and Taj Gibson added 16 for Chicago, which finally pulled away in the final minutes of a game that was tied after three quarters. Fake Vans Website .A. Happ. The Toronto Blue Jays will be looking to improve the starting rotation ahead of next season and pitchers like Happ have a chance to show they belong as the disastrous 2013 campaign draws to a close. Fake Vans From China . HEROES Alex Ovechkin – Scored a pair of goals in Washington’s 4-0 win over Pittsburgh. With 13 goals in the past 13 games, Ovechkin now has 29 goals on the season to lead the league. LAKE LOUISE, Alta. -- Manuel Osborne-Paradis and Jan Hudec didnt want to leave home without securing their spots on Canadas Olympic team. The two men bounced back from disappointing downhill races at the Lake Louise World Cup to finish in the top 12 in Sundays super-G. Calgarys Hudec was 10th and Vancouvers Osborne-Paradis finished 12th, which met the criteria to be nominated to the 2014 Olympic team. "We were both talking about how frustrated we were so Im glad I got that out of the way now," Hudec says. "It takes the pressure off. The longer you leave it, the more pressure you put on yourself on tougher courses." They followed Erik Guay of Mont-Tremblant, Que., in meeting the Olympic team standard in Lake Louise. Guay was eighth in Saturdays downhill to qualify for his third Winter Games. The 2014 Winter Olympics are in Sochi, Russia, in February. Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the super-G at Lake Louise for the third straight year. Hes won six World Cup races at the Alberta resort during his career. His fifth super-G win broke the record of four previously held by Austrian legend Hermann Maier. Svindals lone downhill victory was last year. "Lake Louise has been good to me," Svindal said. "I won my first World Cup ever here in 2005 and its the one destination where I have the most wins. The super-G just seems to suit me well. "The snow in North America, especially here, and the snow in Scandinavia is more similar than from Scandinavia to Central Europe. I think that has something do to with it. Norwegians tend to do well in North America." Austrians were second and third with Matthias Mayer .24 seconds back of Svindal and Georg Streitberger .38 seconds behind. The men head to Beaver Creek, Colo., and the second stop on the World Cup circuit this 2013-14 season. They trade places with the women, who are travelling from Beaver Creek to Lake Louise this week for downhill races Friday and Saturday and a super-G on Sunday. U.S. ski star Lindsey Vonn has won a record 14 times at Lake Louise and swept all three races the last two years. But the 29-year-old crashed in training last week and partially tore a reconstructed ligament in her right knee. Vonn free skied, but didnt participate in the womens races at Beaver Creek on the weekend. She told The Associated Press she wants to race in Lake Louise. The first of three womens training runs scheduled for Tuesday has been called off because the women were delayed travelling from Colorado to Alberta. In additioon to medals and prize money, medallists at Lake Louise were given white cowboy hats to wear for podium pictures and to take home.dddddddddddd "Its pretty hard to walk around in Europe and think youre a cowboy," Svindal said. "Its one of those things where you wear them here and think its really cool and you get off the plane in Germany and its not that sweet anymore unless you are a real cowboy." Total prize money at the World Cup was 100,000 Swiss francs ($117,000 Cdn) with 30,000 going to the downhill and super-G winners. The Canadian team departs without a medal at their home race. Osborne-Paradis was the last Canadian man to stand on the podium at Lake Louise when he won the super-G in 2009. "When you look at the results on paper, its not quite where we wanted to be, but for the most part the three guys, Erik, Manny and Jan have good speed and theyre going to be building through the season," said Paul Kristofic, Alpine Canadas vice-president of sports. "Its good to see Erik up to speed so quickly. We didnt actually expect that." Guay tied for 18th in the super-G. Knee surgery in July kept the 2011 world downhill champion off snow until November. The 32-year-old said Lake Louise gave him positive feedback on his progress. "It was to see how the knee reacted, how the back reacted, how the skiing is in race situations," Guay said. "Theres good things that came out of this weekend and I have to build off of that." Hudec and Osborne-Paradis were 22nd and 28th respectively in Saturdays downhill. Hudec rapped his knuckles on the side of his helmet after crossing the super-G finish line Sunday. "That was the old fashioned Im an idiot," Hudec explained. "Even though Im not on the podium today, I knew I could have been. "Even though Im not quite in there, Im happy because I was skiing towards a podium finish. I just made a huge mistake. The reason I was hitting my head is I didnt trust myself for a split second to take a tighter line than what I expected. I ended up out in the weeds as they say." Osborne-Paradis was at a disadvantage with a No. 45 start bib. Courses generally get beaten and chopped up by the first 30 racers down the hill. So finishing 12th was the performance of the day for Canada, according to Kristofic. "Thats great. I needed it," Osborne-Paradis said. "I was really bummed yesterday. Im super-pumped with today. Its good to walk away from here with that Olympic spot." ' ' '