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    Cal State Fullerton’s skid reaches 10 games after rout at UC San Diego
    • March 2, 2025

    SAN DIEGO — The losing streak is at 10 games, and the defeats are getting uglier as a frustrating season slogs toward the finish line.

    UC San Diego handed the Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team another blowout loss on Saturday night, shooting 18 for 40 from 3-point range and feasting on 20 Fullerton turnovers in a 100-55 victory over the Titans. It was the eighth straight loss of 15 points or more for Fullerton, the last four of which have been decided by 37, 30, 25 and 45 points.

    Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones had 21 points, five rebounds and three steals to pace UCSD (26-4 overall, 16-2 Big West). Tyler McGhie had 13 points and five rebounds and Justin Rochelin and Hayden Gray each scored 11 points as the first-place Tritons extended their winning streak to 11 games and moved a step closer to clinching the Big West regular-season title and the top seed in the conference tournament.

    Antwan Robinson had his first double-double of the season (13 points, 10 rebounds) to lead the last-place Titans (6-24, 1-17), who won the Big West Tournament in 2022 and lost in the title game in 2023 but failed to qualify for the eight-team event for the second consecutive year. Kobe Young added 11 points, five rebounds and three assists, and Donovan Oday had 10 points, six rebounds and two steals.

    UCSD opened the game with a 12-0 run, but Fullerton put together an 8-2 run after a timeout.

    The Titans scored 10 of their 17 first-half points in the paint, but UCSD caught fire and finished the half on a 25-4 run for a 49-17 halftime lead. Fullerton shot just 27% from the field (7 for 26) in the first half (2 for 10 from 3-point range), while the Tritons shot 53% overall (17 for 32) and 10 for 22 from behind the arc.

    Fullerton scored 38 points in the second half, but still shot just 37% for the night and 6 for 20 from long range while the Tritons remained hot and started the half on a 19-5 run for a 68-22 lead. UCSD finished 18 for 40 from 3-point range and had 28 assists on its 37 field goals with just four turnovers.

    UCSD is one game ahead of second-place UC Irvine (25-5, 15-3) with two games left. UCSD and UCI are already guaranteed of being the top two seeds in the Big West Tournament, with double byes into the semifinals of the event in Henderson, Nevada.

    UP NEXT

    Cal State Fullerton plays at Cal Poly on Thursday at 7 p.m.

    BIG WEST STANDINGS

    Through Saturday, March 1

    UC San Diego – 26-4, 16-2

    UC Irvine – 25-5, 15-3

    CS Northridge – 21-8, 13-5

    UC Riverside – 19-11, 12-6

    UC Santa Barbara – 19-11, 11-8

    UC Davis – 15-14, 9-9

    Hawaii – 15-14, 7-11

    CS Bakersfield – 13-18, 7-12

    Cal Poly (SLO) – 12-18, 6-12

    Long Beach State – 7-23, 3-15

    CS Fullerton – 6-24, 1-17

    ​ Orange County Register 

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