HAYWARD, Calif. – Playing the third game of its five-game road trip, the Cal State San Marcos men's basketball team (10-16, 9-11 CCAA) suffered an 89-83 loss at Cal State East Bay (17-9, 13-7 CCAA) on Thursday night in Pioneer Gymnasium.
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Edwyn Collins – 23 points | 7 rebounds | 3 assists | 2 steals
Max Tengan – 22 points | 6 assists | 3 rebounds | 3 steals
Uriah Foster – 15 points | 2 steals
Jack Schultz – 9 points | 6 assists | 4 rebounds
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Up 15-12, CSUSM went on a 9-2 run to go up 24-14 on a Schultz 3-pointer at the 11:17 mark of the half.
• CSUEB battled back with a 10-0 run to tie the game at 24-all on a Tyree Campbell layup with 7:55 remaining in the period.
• The Pioneers went up 36-29 with a Teiano Hardee layup with 3:14 to go in the half.
• CSUSM then scored eight consecutive points to knot the game at 36-all with a Mike Pope 3-pointer with 1:39 left in the period.
• East Bay's Daeshawn Eaton gave the Pioneers a 40-39 lead heading into halftime as he made a layup with three seconds remaining in the half.
• The Pioneers had the hotter hand in the first half with a 51.4 (18-of-35) field-goal percentage while the Cougars shot 48.3 (14-of-29).
• CSUSM went 6-of-13 (46.2%) from beyond the arc in the first period.
• In the second half, CSUSM took a 56-50 after two good free throws by Collins with 14:10 to play.
• With the Cougars still up by six at 61-55, the Pioneers went on a 7-0 run to retake the lead at 62-61 on a 3-pointer by Hardee with 10:10 remaining.
• CSUSM retook the lead for the final time with 7:36 to play on a 3-pointer by Pope to put the Cougars up 68-67.
• East Bay soon went back up by seven at 80-73 on a Dimitrios Klonaras fast-break layup with 3:24 left.
• The Pioneers maintained a cushion of four or more points for the remaining three minutes of the contest.
• CSUEB shot 60.7% (17-of-28) in the second half while CSUSM came in at 48.6% (17-of-35).

 
FAST BREAKS

• The Pioneers ended the game shooting 55.6% (35-of-63) while the Cougars shot 48.4% (31-of-64).
• The loss moved the Cougars back into a tie with Sonoma State for seventh in the CCAA standings.
• CSUSM made 12 3-pointers on 26 attempts (46.2%).
• The Cougars posted fewer turnovers (15-11) and more steals (9-5) while the Pioneers had the advantage in rebounds (40-26), assists (25-16) and blocked shots (3-0).
• East Bay scored 24 fast-break points while CSUSM ended with nine.
• The game featured nine lead changes and eight ties.
• CSUSM led the game for just a minute more than CSUEB (18:32-17:32).
• With the victory, the Pioneers swept the season series against the Cougars for the very first time.

 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will look to keep its CCAA Tournament hopes alive on Saturday as it travels to sixth-place San Francisco State (16-12, 10-10 CCAA) for a 3 p.m. game.