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Cal Poly
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Cal Poly's Second-Half Run Sends Men's Basketball To 68-62 Defeat
3/7/2013 10:17:00 PM | Men's Basketball
San Luis Obispo—The UC Riverside Men's Basketball Team built a 17-point lead early in the second half, but a furious Cal Poly comeback helped the Mustangs to a 68-62 win over the Highlanders (Box Score).
UCR (6-24, 3-14) led by 14 at the half, and by 17 with 15:11 remaining in the game, but Cal Poly turned up the defensive pressure and found their offensive stroke en route to a 22-4 run midway through the period. Chris Eversley's three-pointer with 8:52 to go gave the Mustangs their first lead since early in the first, 53-52.
UC Riverside scored six of the next seven points to led by four, 58-54 with 7:15 on the clock, but Cal Poly (16-12, 11-6) closed the game on a 14-4 run to seal the victory.
The Highlanders made just four of their final 19 shots from the floor to finish out the second half, while the Mustangs were connecting on 57.7 percent of theirs including seven of 10 from three-point range.
Eversley led all scorers with 19 points. He was joined in double digits by Reese Morgan, who scored 16 points, all of which came in the second half, and Brian Bennett, who added 10. Chris O'Brien was a perfect four for four from the field off the bench for eight points as the Mustangs reserves outscored the Highlanders' 27-8 on the night.
Chris Patton's 18 paced the Highlanders, but only four of those came in the final 20 minutes of play. Taylor Johns added a career-high tying 14, and Chris Harriel chipped in with 10.
Patton scored the first six points of the game for the Highlanders, eight of their first 11 and 10 of their first 15 as UC Riverside built an early 15-13 lead midway through the first period.
It was still a 23-21 UCR advantage with 6:48 to go in the half, when the Highlanders went on a 17-3 run over a five-plus minute stretch. The Mustangs scored the final basket of the period, as UCR took a 40-26 lead into the locker room.
It was perhaps the team's best half of basketball during conference play this season as the Highlanders shot 18 of 26 from the floor (69.2 percent). Patton made seven of nine shots in the firs while Johns added nine points on a perfect four-for-four effort from the field.
UC Riverside continued its hot shooting from the floor early in the second half, particularly from three-point range where they made two of three in the first five-plus minutes of the period to build their biggest lead of the game at 17 points, 50-33.
The Highlanders conclude the 2012-13 season this Saturday on the road at UC Santa Barbara. Tip time is slated for 7 pm PT.
UCR (6-24, 3-14) led by 14 at the half, and by 17 with 15:11 remaining in the game, but Cal Poly turned up the defensive pressure and found their offensive stroke en route to a 22-4 run midway through the period. Chris Eversley's three-pointer with 8:52 to go gave the Mustangs their first lead since early in the first, 53-52.
UC Riverside scored six of the next seven points to led by four, 58-54 with 7:15 on the clock, but Cal Poly (16-12, 11-6) closed the game on a 14-4 run to seal the victory.
The Highlanders made just four of their final 19 shots from the floor to finish out the second half, while the Mustangs were connecting on 57.7 percent of theirs including seven of 10 from three-point range.
Eversley led all scorers with 19 points. He was joined in double digits by Reese Morgan, who scored 16 points, all of which came in the second half, and Brian Bennett, who added 10. Chris O'Brien was a perfect four for four from the field off the bench for eight points as the Mustangs reserves outscored the Highlanders' 27-8 on the night.
Chris Patton's 18 paced the Highlanders, but only four of those came in the final 20 minutes of play. Taylor Johns added a career-high tying 14, and Chris Harriel chipped in with 10.
Patton scored the first six points of the game for the Highlanders, eight of their first 11 and 10 of their first 15 as UC Riverside built an early 15-13 lead midway through the first period.
It was still a 23-21 UCR advantage with 6:48 to go in the half, when the Highlanders went on a 17-3 run over a five-plus minute stretch. The Mustangs scored the final basket of the period, as UCR took a 40-26 lead into the locker room.
It was perhaps the team's best half of basketball during conference play this season as the Highlanders shot 18 of 26 from the floor (69.2 percent). Patton made seven of nine shots in the firs while Johns added nine points on a perfect four-for-four effort from the field.
UC Riverside continued its hot shooting from the floor early in the second half, particularly from three-point range where they made two of three in the first five-plus minutes of the period to build their biggest lead of the game at 17 points, 50-33.
The Highlanders conclude the 2012-13 season this Saturday on the road at UC Santa Barbara. Tip time is slated for 7 pm PT.
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