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Jayce McCain
Rich Langdon
59
Winner Cal St. San Marcos CSSM 9-10,5-8 CCAA
46
Sonoma St. Sonoma 3-15,2-11 CCAA
Winner
Cal St. San Marcos CSSM
9-10,5-8 CCAA
59
Final
46
Sonoma St. Sonoma
3-15,2-11 CCAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Cal St. San Marcos CSSM 28 31 59
Sonoma St. Sonoma 19 27 46

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Cougars Complete Season Sweep of Seawolves on the Road

ROHNERT PARK, Calif. - The Cal State San Marcos men's basketball team completed the season sweep against Sonoma State with a 59-46 win in California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) action at The Wolves' Den on Thursday night.

TOP PERFORMERS
Blake Seits - 15 points | 2 rebounds
Jayce McCain - 13 points | 6 steals | 3 assists | 3 rebounds
Khalil Fuller - 10 rebounds | 8 points
Alex Gil-Fernandez - 8 points | 3 rebounds | 2 steals

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • CSUSM jumped out to an early 6-0 lead, but SSU stormed back with a 9-0 run to go up 9-6 with 11:48 remaining in the first half.
  • Tied 11-11 with 9:55 to go, Gil-Fernandez's good free throw put CSUSM back on top at 12-11.
  • The Cougars proceeded with a 10-0 run of their own to lead 19-11 with 5:12 to play after a Sean Dunn layup.
  • CSUSM ended the first half with a 28-19 lead behind Gil-Fernandez's eight points.
  • The Cougars shot 45.5% (10-of-22) from the field in the first 20 minutes while the Seawolves came in at 40.9% (9-of-22).
  • McCain had four steals in the first period alone.
  • CSUSM had at least a seven-point lead for the entirety of the second half with its largest lead of 14 points coming on four different occasions in the period.
  • Seits led the Cougars' second-half scoring efforts with 10 points while SSU's Isaac Davidson led the period with 12.
  • The Cougars ended the game shooting 42.6% (20-of-47) from the field while the Seawolves shot 38.5% (20-of-52).

FAST BREAKS
  • CSUSM improves to 9-10 (5-8 CCAA) while SSU drops to 3-15 (2-11 CCAA).
  • The Seawolves were dealt their 11th consecutive loss.
  • CSUSM capitalized on SSU's 18 turnovers by scoring 18 points.
  • The Cougars had the lead for 35:38 while all of the Seawolves' time with the lead (2:05) came in the first half.
  • With his eight points, Fuller passed former Cougar Quincy Lawson (2012-14) for the fifth-most career points in program history with 608.
  • Seits' two 3-pointers for the evening moved him into a tie with Blake Nash (2014-15) for the ninth-most 3-point field goals in program history with 54.
  • With the win, CSUSM moves into a three-way tie with Cal State Dominguez Hills and San Francisco State for eighth place in the CCAA standings.

UP NEXT
CSUSM will round out its trip to Northern California by visiting San Francisco State on Saturday at 3 p.m.
 
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