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Greg Milton III
Greg Siller
51
San Fran. St. SFSU 4-5,0-3 CCAA
70
Winner Cal St. San Marcos CSSM 3-5,3-1 CCAA
San Fran. St. SFSU
4-5,0-3 CCAA
51
Final
70
Cal St. San Marcos CSSM
3-5,3-1 CCAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
San Fran. St. SFSU 23 28 51
Cal St. San Marcos CSSM 30 40 70

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Cougars Tame Gators in CCAA Home Opener, 70-51

SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos men's basketball team (3-5, 3-1 CCAA) earned a 70-51 victory over San Francisco State (4-5, 0-3 CCAA) in its CCAA home opener on Thursday night at The Sports Center.

TOP PERFORMERS
Greg Milton III - 21 points | 10 rebounds | 5 assists
Joel Mensah - 14 points | 6 rebounds | 5 steals| 2 assists
Jayce McCain - 12 points | 4 rebounds | 2 assists
Lyle Sutton - 10 points | 1 assists
Zack Perlstein - 7 assists | 6 rebounds | 3 points

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • After the Gators took an 11-7 lead at the 13:10 mark, the Cougars went on an 8-0 run capped by a Donovan Watkins 3-pointer at the 8:40 mark to make it 15-11.
  • The Gators closed in once again on a Parsa Hadjighasemi 3-pointer to make it 17-16 at the 6:35 mark.
  • CSUSM closed out the first half on a 10-0 run to take a 30-23 lead into the locker room.
  • The first half featured seven lead changes with CSUSM on top for 11:23 and the Gators for 7:10.
  • CSUSM had a slight edge in field goal percentage in the opening half, shooting 40.7% (11-of-27) to SF State's 38.1% (8-of-21). The Cougars went 5-of-9 (55.6%) from behind the 3-point line while the Gators were held to 2-of-7 (28.6%).
  • McCain led all scorers in the first half with nine points.
  • CSUSM maintained a double-digit lead for the remainder of the contest after a Milton 3-pointer put the Cougars up 38-27 with 17:31 to play.
  • The Cougars took an 18-point lead at 49-31 following another 3-pointer by Milton with 13:23 to go.
  • An 11-3 run by Gators cut the deficit to 10 at 52-42, but it was as close as they came to the Cougars' lead.
  • With just over a minute remaining, CSUSM took its largest lead of the game on a second-chance layup by Sutton to give the Cougars a 19-point lead at 67-48.
  • Jack Schultz made the final bucket of the game with CSUSM's 12th 3-pointer of the night to lead 70-51 with 25 seconds left.
  • The Cougars shot 70% (7-of-10) from beyond the arc in the second half and came in at 57.1% (16-of-28) from the field.

FAST BREAKS
  • The Cougars' 19-point margin of victory was its largest of the season as the Gators were held to their lowest point total of the season.
  • CSUSM ended the game shooting 49.1% (27-of-55) from the field while SF State came in at 33.3% (17-of-51).
  • The Cougars' 63.2% (12-of-19) effort from beyond the arc was the third best in program history.
  • CSUSM tallied a season-high 21 assists to SF State's seven.
  • The Cougars won the battle of the boards with a season 34 to the Gators' 32.
  • Milton's double-double was his first as a Cougar as he played a game-high 38 minutes and posted a career-high 10 rebounds.
  • This was Milton's fourth game of the season with 20-plus points, and he's scored double figures in all eight games this season.
  • Perlstein's seven assists were the most by a Cougar this season and set a career high.
  • Mensah's five steals and two assists were both career highs.
  • CSUSM improved its winning streak against SF State to four games and is now 6-6 in the all-time series.
 

UP NEXT
The Cougars will close out the weekend by hosting Cal State Monterey Bay (2-5, 0-2 CCAA) on Saturday at 3 p.m. in The Sports Center.
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