January 15, 2009
Box Score
SEASIDE, Calif. – The Cal State Monterey Bay men's basketball team extended their eight-game home winning streak, with a 73-72 victory over the San Francisco State Gators on Thursday at the Otter Sports Center.
CSUMB picked up their fifth California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) victory and improved to 11-3 overall.
Senior #Steve Monreal# scored a game-high 23 points, his fifth 20-plus night of the season. Senior #Jose Sanchez# added 10 points. In his first appearance in front of the home crowd, junior #Sean Jergo# added nine points, finishing 4-for-4 from the field and connecting on his only free throw chance. Senior #Joe Mitchell# pulled down a game-high seven rebounds.
Junior #Trevor Ray#'s 3-pointer and Mitchell's dunk put the Otters up 11-6 after the Gators made back-to-back 3-pointers.
CSUMB took their largest lead of the half, 18-12, on a layup by Mitchell at 11:51. SFSU tied the game at 22-22 after a 10-4 run.
After six lead changes and three tied scores, the Gators went on a 10-2 run for a 44-36 lead. Prior to the end of the first half, the Otters closed the lead to 44-40 on Sanchez's layup and two free throws by junior #Keith Wilson#.
With 14:50 remaining, Monreal knocked down a 3-pointer to give the Otters their first lead of the second half, 52-51.
With the Gators up by five, Monreal hit back-to-back three pointers put the Otters up once again, 64-63, at 7:56.
After both teams showed maximum effort on a loss ball on the floor, the Gators came up with the possession and missed an open 3-pointer. Sanchez sunk his 3-pointers from the corner to give the Otters a 69-68 lead. On their next possession, SFSU's Martin Flores drained a jumper from inside the paint, 70-69.
Monreal goes to the line and makes both of his free throws as the Otters retake the lead at 71-70 with 2:14 remaining.
Jergo's layup at 1:33 extended the Otters' lead to 73-70. SFSU's Will Logan scores on a second chance basket, 73-72, with 1:02 remaining.
Strong defense from the Otters in last 30 seconds prevented SFSU from scoring again.
“My hat goes off to San Francisco State tonight, for they are a good team,” said Otters head coach
Rob Bishop. “We knew we were in for a fight tonight, and we were able to once again get some big rebounds and timely shots down the stretch.”
CSUMB welcomes the UC San Diego Tritons to the Otter Sport Center on Friday, Jan 16. Tip-off is 7:30 p.m.
San Francisco State vs Cal State Monterey Bay
01/15/09 7:30 PM at Seaside, CA (Kelp Bed)
CAL STATE MONTEREY BAY 73, SAN FRANCISCO STATE 72
SAN FRANCISCO STATE (8-6 (2-5 CCAA))
HAYES, Robert 5-12 4-4 16; VISMAN, Brad 5-11 3-3 13; THOMAS, Alex 5-11 0-0
12; ROBINSON, Darryl 3-5 1-2 9; FLORES, Martin 4-7 1-3 9; LOGAN, Will 2-6
2-2 6; O'ROURKE, Phoenix 1-5 0-0 3; TRAMMEL, Daniel 1-1 0-0 2; FLETCHER,
Derek 1-2 0-0 2; WESSELS, Ryan 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-61 11-14 72.
CAL STATE MONTEREY BAY (11-3 (5-2 CCAA))
MONREAL, Steve 7-12 6-7 23; SANCHEZ, Jose 4-10 1-2 10; JERGO, Sean 4-4 1-1
9; RAY, Trevor 3-5 0-0 8; MITCHELL, Joe 3-5 1-3 7; GREEN, Dante 1-3 4-4 6;
BECKER, Stephen 1-2 1-2 4; WILSON, Keith 0-3 3-4 3; FREEMAN, Warren 1-1 1-2
3; MULLINS, Trey 0-1 0-0 0; WILLIAMS, Shaun 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-47 18-25
73.
San Francisco State........... 44 28 - 72
CSUMB......................... 40 33 - 73
3-point goals--San Francisco State 7-23 (THOMAS, Alex 2-6; ROBINSON, Darryl
2-4; HAYES, Robert 2-5; O'ROURKE, Phoenix 1-5; LOGAN, Will 0-2; VISMAN, Brad
0-1), CSUMB 7-13 (MONREAL, Steve 3-5; RAY, Trevor 2-3; BECKER, Stephen 1-2;
SANCHEZ, Jose 1-2; WILSON, Keith 0-1). Fouled out--San Francisco State-None,
CSUMB-None. Rebounds--San Francisco State 30 (LOGAN, Will 6), CSUMB 23
(MITCHELL, Joe 7). Assists--San Francisco State 9 (O'ROURKE, Phoenix 2;
VISMAN, Brad 2), CSUMB 12 (MITCHELL, Joe 3). Total fouls--San Francisco
State 20, CSUMB 16. Technical fouls--San Francisco State-None, CSUMB-None.
A-507
