SEASIDE, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos men's basketball team (5-8, 4-3 CCAA) fell 93-88 at Cal State Monterey Bay (5-7, 3-4 CCAA) on Saturday at the Otter Sports Center.
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Edwyn Collins – 29 points | 6 rebounds | 2 assists | 2 blocked shots
Charlie Henderson – 26 points | 7 rebounds | 5 3FG
Mike Pope – 11 points | 3 rebounds | 2 assists
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The game began with four consecutive 3-pointers by the Cougars and Otters, tying at 6-all with 18:43 to go in the period.
• Up 15-14 at the 16:03 mark, CSUSM got a layup by Bing Huang and a 3-pointer by Pope to take their largest lead of the half at 20-14 with 15:25 remaining.
• CSUMB scored three consecutive baskets to knot the game at 20-20 after a Jordan Archie jumper with 13:45 left in the half.
• The Cougars upped their lead to five at 29-24 on a 3-pointer by Collins with 9:05 remaining in the period.
• An 8-2 run by the Otters gave them the lead at 32-31 as Joey Billelo got a 3-pointer to go at the 6:16 mark of the period.
• Trailing 35-34, the Cougars scored six unanswered points to go back up 40-35 after a pair of Jayden White free throws with 2:10 left in the half.
• CSUMB ended the half on a 7-2 run and got a 3-pointer by Javon Johnson to go with 20 seconds remaining to knot the game at 42-all.
• Tied at 42 after 20 minutes, CSUSM shot 47.1% (16-of-34) from the field in the first half while knocking down six 3-pointers on 10 attempts (60%). The Otters were 54.8% (17-of-31) from the field and went 6-of-15 (40%) from beyond the arc.
• CSUSM and CSUMB matched each other basket for basket in the first two and a half minutes of the second half to make it a 49-49 game, but a 3-pointer by Charles Johnston and a pull-up jumper by Jailen Nelson gave the Otters a 54-49 lead with 16:29 to go.
• The Cougars came back to knot the game at 58-all after Pope was fouled on a good layup and converted the free throw with 13:14 remaining.
• Tied at 61, CSUSM took its final lead of the game on a Henderson 3-pointer to make it 64-61 with 12:09 to go.
• CSUMB retook the lead for the last time at 65-64 as Ameere Britton made a driving layup with 11:03 left.
• The Cougars kept the deficit to four points or less until a 3-pointer by the Otters' Joe Wall gave CSUMB its largest lead of the game at 82-75 with 4:15 to play.
• A five-point run by CSUSM whittled CSUMB's lead down to 82-80 after a 3-pointer by Henderson with 2:13 remaining, but that was as close as the Cougars came to the Otters' lead as CSUMB kept a cushion of at least three points the rest of the way.
• The Cougars shot 53.3% (16-of-30) in the second half while the Otters shot 51.5% (17-of-33).

 
FAST BREAKS

• The Cougars ended the game shooting a season-high 50% (32-of-64) from the field while the Otters shot slightly better at 53.1% (34-of-64).
• CSUSM was a season-best 11-of-21 (52.4%) from beyond the arc while CSUMB was 11-of-29 (37.9%).
• Collins and Henderson each had career highs in scoring with 29 and 26 points, respectively.
• The Otters won the rebound battle at 37-29.
• The Cougars one more assist (18-17) and one less turnover (8-7) than the Otters.
• CSUSM scored 15 points off CSUMB's eight turnovers.
• The game featured 11 lead changes and nine ties.

 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will play the third game of its four-game road trip when it visits Cal State San Bernardino on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.