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Cal State Fullerton can’t keep up with Cal Poly in 11th straight loss

March 7, 2025

SAN LUIS OBISPO — The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team found itself on the wrong end of another lopsided result Thursday night as Cal Poly made 20 3-point shots and handed the Titans their 11th consecutive loss, 100-61.

The penultimate game of the season went the way so many have lately for Fullerton (6-25 overall, 1-18 Big West), which suffered its ninth straight loss of 15 points or more, the last five of which have been decided by 37, 30, 25, 45 and 39 points.

Antwan Robinson scored a career-high 17 points on 6-of-16 shooting (4 for 12 from 3-point range) to pace Fullerton, which had 24 turnovers and took 19 fewer shots than the Mustangs (72). Kendrick De Luna added a career-high 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting and Zach Visentin had 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting and two blocked shots.

Owen Koonce scored 21 points to pace Cal Poly (13-18, 7-12), which is trying to secure one of the last spots in the eight-team field next week’s Big West Tournament. Jarred Hyder added 16 points and Isaac Jessup scored 15 (all on 3-pointers) for the Mustangs, who can secure the seventh or eighth seed with a win in their regular-season finale on Saturday at Long Beach State.

Richardson hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Titans an early 10-8 lead, but Cal Poly started consistently converting on turnovers and offensive rebounds and unleashed a 21-0 run. The Mustangs had a commanding 35-12 lead less than 12 minutes into the game. The rest of the half was fairly even, but Cal Poly made 12 of its first 22 3-point shots and held a 52-30 lead at the intermission.

De Luna, Visentin and Robinson tried to keep their team in the fight, but Cal Poly’s perimeter shooting and fast-break points were too much to handle. The Mustangs used a 16-0 surge to extend their lead to 70-36 on a Koonce jumper with 13:54 remaining.

The motivated Mustangs – who shot 20 for 44 from behind the arc and fell one short of tying a 28-year-old program record for 3-pointers in a game – kept pushing the pace and closed out their Senior Night win on an 18-9 run.

Fullerton shot 21 for 53 from the field (39.6%), 5 for 22 from 3-point range and 14 for 22 from the free-throw line. Cal Poly shot 48.6% overall (35 for 72) and had 16 steals, converting Fullerton’s 24 turnovers into a 36-7 advantage in points off turnovers.

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Fullerton closes its season at home against UC Riverside on Saturday at 6 p.m.

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Through Thursday, March 6

UC San Diego – 27-4, 17-2

UC Irvine – 26-5, 16-3

CS Northridge – 21-9, 13-6

UC Riverside – 20-11, 13-6

UC Santa Barbara – 19-11, 11-8

UC Davis – 15-15, 9-10

CS Bakersfield – 14-18, 8-12

Hawaii – 15-15, 7-12

Cal Poly (SLO) – 13-18, 7-12

Long Beach State – 7-24, 3-16

CS Fullerton – 6-25, 1-18

Orange County Register

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