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Miki Gacic at Western Oregon
Eddie Bruning/WOU Athletics
64
Central Wash. CentWA 3-2,0-0 Great Northwest
76
Winner Cal St. Monterey Bay CSMB 2-0,0-0 CCAA
Central Wash. CentWA
3-2,0-0 Great Northwest
64
Final
76
Cal St. Monterey Bay CSMB
2-0,0-0 CCAA
Winner
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Team 1 2 F
Central Wash. CentWA 28 36 64
Cal St. Monterey Bay CSMB 42 34 76

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Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Kevin Gilmore (@OtterKevin)

Otters Beat Central Washington To Complete Sweep

Deng scores 25, Sow has double-double in 76-64 victory

MONMOUTH, Ore. — Cal State Monterey Bay completed a sweep of its trip to the Pacific Northwest by defeating Central Washington, 76–64, Saturday night in the Wolves Athletics Complex on the campus of Western Oregon.

Fifth-year swingman Chol Deng (Sydney, NSW, Aust.) led the way with another career high, this time scoring 25 points. He had help from senior forward Cheikh Sow (Theis, Senegal), who posted his first collegiate double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds.

Sophomore guard Miki Gacic (Belgrade, Serbia) joined them in double figures with 13 points.

The Otters trailed for the first time all season when Garrett Marrs knocked down a three to give Central a 3–2 lead. It would prove to be the only time CSUMB would trail all weekend. A Joey Bilello (Littleton, Colo./ThunderRidge HS) hook shot and a pair of Sow fast-break layups on the next three Otter possession put them back on top and CSUMB led the rest of the way. The Otters extended their lead to as many as 19 points in the second half before settling on the 12-point final margin.

For the second consecutive game defense played a major role in the CSUMB victory. The Otters collected 11 steals and four blocks while out-rebounding the Wildcats 54–37. In fact, six different Otters pulled down at least five rebounds in Saturday's win.
 

THE GAME WAS STATISTICALLY OVER WHEN… As is tradition, we use the Bill James Safe Lead Formula in this space to determine when the game was over statistically. That moment came when Chol Deng made a driving layup with 2:31 remaining to extend the Otter lead to 67–50.

HOW SWEEP IT IS, PART I: With Saturday's 76–64 win over Central Washington, the Otters swept their season-opening tournament for the second consecutive season. It marks the first time ever that the Otters have swept their opening weekend in consecutive seasons.

HOW SWEEP IT IS, PART II: By sweeping both games at the CCAA/GNAC Challenge, the Otters opened the season by winning two road games for the first time in program history.

ROAD SWEET ROAD: Dating back to the 2025-26 regular-season finale, the Otters have won three consecutive road games. The last time they won four consecutive road games came at the NAIA level, when they won four straight away from home by defeating Cal-Maritime (75–53), Bethany College (55–42), Pacific Union (64–53) and Simpson College (85–55) from Jan. 27-Feb. 13, 2004.

OTTERS ON THE REBOUND: The 54 rebounds pulled down by the Otters in Saturday's 76–64 win over Central Washington are the most ever pulled down in a regulation game against NCAA competition in program history. They rank No. 6 all-time for most rebounds in a game in program history regardless of opponent or length of game.

LEADERS OF THE RAFT…POINTS: Chol Deng 25; REBOUNDS: Cheikh Sow 10; ASSISTS: Chol Deng/Miki Gacic 2; BLOCKS: Miki Gacic 2; STEALS: Jeremiah Hunt 3.

THEY'VE GOT NEXT… The Otters continue their 5-game, season-opening roadtrip by heading to Hawaii for the Big Island Invitational Nov. 20-21 in Hilo. CSUMB will take on host Hawaii-Hilo on the 20th and Fort Lewis College on the 21st.


 
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Players Mentioned

Joey Bilello

#2 Joey Bilello

F
6' 8"
Junior
Chol Deng

#10 Chol Deng

G
6' 6"
Senior
Miki Gacic

#24 Miki Gacic

G
6' 3"
Freshman
Jeremiah Hunt

#21 Jeremiah Hunt

G
6' 3"
Freshman
Cheikh Sow

#11 Cheikh Sow

F
6' 7"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Joey Bilello

#2 Joey Bilello

6' 8"
Junior
F
Chol Deng

#10 Chol Deng

6' 6"
Senior
G
Miki Gacic

#24 Miki Gacic

6' 3"
Freshman
G
Jeremiah Hunt

#21 Jeremiah Hunt

6' 3"
Freshman
G
Cheikh Sow

#11 Cheikh Sow

6' 7"
Senior
F