Cal Poly men hold on for win
By Michelle Gardner
Staff Writer
POMONA - All season long Cal Poly Pomona basketball coach Greg Kamansky has been waiting to get some points out of someone other than Larry Gordon or Austin Swift. They finally did and the end result was a 54-51 win over visiting UC San Diego Saturday at Kellogg
Gymnasium.
Senior standout Larry Gordon had scored in double digits for 40 straight games before being held to eight on Thursday by Cal State San Bernardino. He had just five against the Tritons but delivered a pair of clutch free throws with nine seconds left to secure the win.
``He's drawing a lot of attention right now,'' Cal Poly Pomona coach Greg Kamansky said of Gordon. ``He has to make some passes and he needs to finish better. But it's not like he's not trying. And he have to put it in perspective. He had 14 rebounds. He leads us doing
other things.''
The lead changed hands seven times in the second half, doing so for the last time when Swift hit a free throw to give the Broncos a 46-45 lead with 5:11 left. They later led by four at 52-48 on a putback by Dwayne Fells with 2:24 to go.
But the Tritons (6-6, 3-3) have several players capable of hitting from long distance and it was Alan Husted draining his third of the night with 1:18 to play to pull San Diego into striking distance at 52-51.
Cal Poly (7-4, 3-3) turned the ball over on its next possession but the Tritons failed to capitalize as Brett Stuckey missed a 3-pointer from the top of the key. He grabbed the carom off his own miss and Jordan Lawley lofted up a short runner over the outstretched arms of Tobias Jahn.
Stuckey was called for a holding foul on the play, sending Gordon to the free-throw line. He made both but the Tritons got the ball back. An off-balance 3-pointer from the to of the key by Husted wasn't even close and was pulled down by Gordon as time expired.
``Teams have just beat us physically,'' Kamansky said. ``They (San
Diego) were doing it to us in the first half and I challenged them.
We came out in the second half and started winning some battles.''
Jahn and Walter Thompson had 10 each to lead the Broncos, who shot 40.4 percent (19-for-47). Fells chipped in with nine and Dahir Nassir added eight. Cal Poly had a huge 37-20 lead on the boards led by Gordon.
San Diego, which shot 41 percent (16-for-39), got 14 fromn Husted and Shane Poppen.
The Broncos hit the road for games next weekend against Sonoma State and Humboldt State.
Staff Writer
POMONA - All season long Cal Poly Pomona basketball coach Greg Kamansky has been waiting to get some points out of someone other than Larry Gordon or Austin Swift. They finally did and the end result was a 54-51 win over visiting UC San Diego Saturday at Kellogg
Gymnasium.
Senior standout Larry Gordon had scored in double digits for 40 straight games before being held to eight on Thursday by Cal State San Bernardino. He had just five against the Tritons but delivered a pair of clutch free throws with nine seconds left to secure the win.
``He's drawing a lot of attention right now,'' Cal Poly Pomona coach Greg Kamansky said of Gordon. ``He has to make some passes and he needs to finish better. But it's not like he's not trying. And he have to put it in perspective. He had 14 rebounds. He leads us doing
other things.''
The lead changed hands seven times in the second half, doing so for the last time when Swift hit a free throw to give the Broncos a 46-45 lead with 5:11 left. They later led by four at 52-48 on a putback by Dwayne Fells with 2:24 to go.
But the Tritons (6-6, 3-3) have several players capable of hitting from long distance and it was Alan Husted draining his third of the night with 1:18 to play to pull San Diego into striking distance at 52-51.
Cal Poly (7-4, 3-3) turned the ball over on its next possession but the Tritons failed to capitalize as Brett Stuckey missed a 3-pointer from the top of the key. He grabbed the carom off his own miss and Jordan Lawley lofted up a short runner over the outstretched arms of Tobias Jahn.
Stuckey was called for a holding foul on the play, sending Gordon to the free-throw line. He made both but the Tritons got the ball back. An off-balance 3-pointer from the to of the key by Husted wasn't even close and was pulled down by Gordon as time expired.
``Teams have just beat us physically,'' Kamansky said. ``They (San
Diego) were doing it to us in the first half and I challenged them.
We came out in the second half and started winning some battles.''
Jahn and Walter Thompson had 10 each to lead the Broncos, who shot 40.4 percent (19-for-47). Fells chipped in with nine and Dahir Nassir added eight. Cal Poly had a huge 37-20 lead on the boards led by Gordon.
San Diego, which shot 41 percent (16-for-39), got 14 fromn Husted and Shane Poppen.
The Broncos hit the road for games next weekend against Sonoma State and Humboldt State.
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