Thursday, February 28
San Luis Obispo, CA
7:05 PM
University of California, Riverside
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70
Cal Poly
MEn's Basketball Takes Cal Poly To Overtime, But Falls 70-63
2/28/2008 3:40:00 PM | Men's Basketball
San Luis Obispo, CA—UC Riverside got a career-high 17 points from junior Arron Scott and senior Larry Cunningham also put up 17 but the Highlanders (7-18, 3-10 Big West) suffered an 70-63 overtime loss to Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA Thursday night.
UCR produced another solid defensive effort, limiting the Mustangs (11-15, 6-7 Big West) to 8-of-25 (32.0%) first-half shooting and also forced 17 turnovers. But Cal Poly rallied back from a six-point half time deficit and scored the final five points in regulation to send the game into overtime.
The Highlanders used eight first-half points from Cunningham to take a 25-19 lead at the half. Cal Poly opened the second half with an 11-5 run to regain the lead, 32-30 for the first time since the 12:10 mark of the first half.
Both teams would trade baskets for most of the half, before a small 6-2 UCR spurt, capped by a Cunningham free-throw, matched their largest lead of the game 45-38 with just over eight minutes left in regulation. The Mustangs then started to rally back, slowly chipping away at the UCR lead as the Highlanders missed three of their six free-throw attempts in the final minutes.
Junior Christian Soto's two free-throws at the 1:53 mark re-opened up a five-point lead for the Highlanders, 57-52. Poly then made three of their next four trips to the line after forcing UCR missed shot and a Riverside turnover to get ball for the final shot. Titus Shelton's jumper with just three seconds remaining sent the two teams into overtime tied at 57-57.
Cal Poly outscored the Highlanders 11-6 in the extra session, limiting UCR to 36.8% shooting in the extra five minutes to pick up the Big West victory.The Mustangs took advantage of 52% second-half shooting to close the gap and eventually hold on for the win.
Scott also grabbed a game-high nine boards and junior Cleavon Barlow added 11 points for the Highlanders who despite the loss, stay in seventh place and continue to hold a spot for the Big West conference tournament after eighth place, Long Beach State fell to UC Irvine earlier in the night.
UCR continues on the road with a match-up at UC Davis on Saturday at 7:00 p.m.
UCR produced another solid defensive effort, limiting the Mustangs (11-15, 6-7 Big West) to 8-of-25 (32.0%) first-half shooting and also forced 17 turnovers. But Cal Poly rallied back from a six-point half time deficit and scored the final five points in regulation to send the game into overtime.
The Highlanders used eight first-half points from Cunningham to take a 25-19 lead at the half. Cal Poly opened the second half with an 11-5 run to regain the lead, 32-30 for the first time since the 12:10 mark of the first half.
Both teams would trade baskets for most of the half, before a small 6-2 UCR spurt, capped by a Cunningham free-throw, matched their largest lead of the game 45-38 with just over eight minutes left in regulation. The Mustangs then started to rally back, slowly chipping away at the UCR lead as the Highlanders missed three of their six free-throw attempts in the final minutes.
Junior Christian Soto's two free-throws at the 1:53 mark re-opened up a five-point lead for the Highlanders, 57-52. Poly then made three of their next four trips to the line after forcing UCR missed shot and a Riverside turnover to get ball for the final shot. Titus Shelton's jumper with just three seconds remaining sent the two teams into overtime tied at 57-57.
Cal Poly outscored the Highlanders 11-6 in the extra session, limiting UCR to 36.8% shooting in the extra five minutes to pick up the Big West victory.The Mustangs took advantage of 52% second-half shooting to close the gap and eventually hold on for the win.
Scott also grabbed a game-high nine boards and junior Cleavon Barlow added 11 points for the Highlanders who despite the loss, stay in seventh place and continue to hold a spot for the Big West conference tournament after eighth place, Long Beach State fell to UC Irvine earlier in the night.
UCR continues on the road with a match-up at UC Davis on Saturday at 7:00 p.m.
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