ARCATA, Calif. – Capping off a perfect weekend in Northern California, the Cal State San Marcos men's basketball team (8-7, 7-3 CCAA) took care of business with a 68-63 victory over Cal Poly Humboldt (9-7, 7-3 CCAA) on Saturday night at Lumberjack Arena.
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Quinn Denker – 21 points | 4 rebounds | 4 assists
Greg Milton III – 18 points | 8 rebounds | 2 assists | 2 steals
Jayce McCain – 11 points | 3 steals | 3 assists
Joel Mensah – 11 rebounds | 9 points
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cougars began the game up 4-0 with a layup by Mensah and a jumper by McCain.
• The Lumberjacks followed with a 12-1 run to go up 12-5 after a Malek Davis jumper with 11:50 left in the half.
• CSUSM then went on a 13-2 run of its own as a Mensah layup with 6:59 to go in the period gave the Cougars an 18-14 lead.
• A Milton layup with 2:59 left in the half gave the Cougars their largest lead of the period at 27-19.
• CSUSM went to the locker room with a slight edge at 29-26.
• The Cougars ended the first half shooting 48% (12-of-25) while the Lumberjacks came in at 43.5% (10-of-23).
• CSUSM and Humboldt began the second half with six lead changes and three tie scores.
• A fast-break layup by Milton finally put the Cougars ahead for good at 39-38 with 14:01 to play.
• The Lumberjacks kept their deficit to five points or less until a 3-pointer by McCain with 1:20 left in the game put the Cougars up by eight at 63-55.
• CSUSM took its largest lead of the game at 67-57 following a pair of good free throws by Denker with 48 seconds remaining.
• Humboldt ended the game on a 6-1 run, but it wasn't enough to overcome CSUSM's lead.
• The Lumberjacks' 46.2% (12-of-26) from the field in the second half was slightly better than the Cougars' 45.2% (14-of-31).
• The majority of CSUSM's 39 second-half points came off the 3-ball as the Cougars went 8-for-13 (61.5%) from beyond the arc.

 
FAST BREAKS

• CSUSM ended the game shooting 46.4% (26-of-56) from the field while Humboldt finished at 44.9% (22-of-49).
• Denker's 21 points were a career high.
• CSUSM tallied its second-most rebounds this season with 36 as Humboldt finished with 27.
• The Cougars also tallied their second-most steals of the year with 12 as the Lumberjacks tallied nine.
• CSUSM's four blocked shots tied its season high.
• The Cougars' 20 turnovers and 26 fouls were their most in both categories this season.
• CSUSM had the lead for 28:29 while Humboldt had it for 8:35.
• This was the Cougars' five straight victory in Arcata dating back to Feb. 15, 2018.
• CSUSM is now 7-5 in the all-time series against Humboldt and is 5-2 on the road.
• The Cougars' 68 points were the fewest by the winning team in all 12 meetings.
• The win put CSUSM into a three-way tie for second in the CCAA standings with Humboldt and Sonoma State.

 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will return to The Sports Center to begin a four-game homestand on Thursday as it hosts Cal State East Bay at 7:30 p.m.