SAN MARCOS, Calif. – Cold second-half shooting by the Cal State San Marcos men's basketball team (10-10, 7-8 CCAA) played a key role as it fell 74-69 to Cal Poly Pomona (12-9, 7-8 CCAA) on Thursday night at The Sports Center.
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Dexter Stratton – 16 points | 3 rebounds | 1 assist | 1 steal
Chris Camarillo – 12 points | 3 rebounds | 3 assists | 3 steals
Keavie Love – 11 points | 1 rebound | 1 assist
Remington Rofer – 9 points | 5 rebounds
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Broncos began the game on a 7-0 run, but the Cougars countered with a 13-3 run and took their first lead at 13-10 on a Remington Rofer layup with 12:09 remaining.
• Up 25-24, CSUSM took its largest lead of the half with a 9-0 run as Veljko Munitlak made a layup to make it 34-24 with 3:36 to go.
• The Cougars took a 41-35 lead into halftime after shooting 53.3% (16-of-30) from the field and 53.8% (7-of-13) from deep, while the Broncos shot 52% (13-of-25) from the field and 53.3% (8-of-15) from three.
• CSUSM capitalized with 14 points off CPP's seven first-half turnovers.
• The Broncos retook the lead at 57-56 thanks to a 10-0 run that was capped by an Edric Dennis 3-pointer with 9:07 left in the game.
• Aaron Ragen ended CPP's run with a 3-pointer to give CSUSM the lead again at 59-57 with 7:16 to go.
• Tied at 64-all with 4:05 to play, the Broncos took the lead for good on a Michael Saba jumper to go up 66-64 with 3:33 remaining and eventually went up by five at 72-67 on a Malcolm Bell second-chance layup with 1:23 to go.
• The Cougars shot just 27.6% from the field in the second half, while the Broncos clocked in at 56.5% (13-of-23)

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM ended the game shooting 40.7% (24-of-59) from the field and 36% (9-of-25) from deep, while CPP finished at 54.2% (26-of-48) from the field and 46.2% (12-of-26) from three.
• The Cougars outrebounded the Broncos, 34-28, and had a 15-6 advantage on the offensive glass.
• CPP heavily outblocked CSUSM at 7-0.
• The Cougars ended up scoring 17 points on the Broncos' 11 miscues.
• Dexter Stratton led all scorers with 16 points.

 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will wrap up its four-game homestand on Saturday when it faces Cal State San Bernardino (10-12, 7-8 CCAA) at 3 p.m. in The Sports Center.