Chico State upends Cal Poly Pomona
By Michelle Gardner
Staff Writer
POMONA - For one game at least the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos reverted
back to their ways of last year. And that isn't a good thing.
Chico State jumped out to a big lead early and the Broncos never recovered, falling to a more physical Wildcat team 55-47 Friday in CCAA play at Kellogg Gymnasium.
The Broncos (5-3, 1-2) didn't do much of anything well. They shot just 36.5 percent (19-for-52) from the field and 50 percent from the line (5-for-10). They were also outrebounded 55-47 and had as many assists (11) as turnovers (11).
``They were hungry and they brought it,'' coach Greg Kamansky said. ``I thought we bottled them up on offense. You hold a team to 55 points you should win. But we were pretty much dysfunctional on offense.''
The Wildcats (4-6, 1-2) led 25-16 at the half and maintained a double-digit lead for most of the second half. They were up by 14 at 34-20 but the Broncos got within single digits again at 36-25 on a bucket by Robert Summers with 13:20 to go.
Chico then got a jumper from Andy Bocian that made it 38-27. After a pair of misses on the Bronco end, the Wildcats got a 3-pointer from Josh Jackson to go up 41-27.
The Broncos didn't cut the deficit to single digits again until it was too late. Down 47-37 Summers drained a 3-pointer with 1:40 left to make it 47-40.
Chico tried to help out by clanking free throws in the last
minute. Up 51-42 the Wildcats missed four straight attempts from the stripe
and the Broncos were able to close it to 51-45 on a putback by Larry
Gordon with 20 seconds left but that was as close the Broncos would get.
Summers, who just started seeing playing time recently because of academic issues early, was the bright spot, tallying a team-high 14 points an six rebounds.
Leading scorer Larry Gordon was held to 11 points and nine rebounds. He extended his streak of double-digit games to 39 but didn't get his last points to do so until a putback with a tenth of a second left in the game.
Cal Poly's three post men delivered a total of just two points and four rebounds.
``We just didn't make shots,'' Kamansky said. ``We had open looks too. And we missed easy ones inside ''
Bocian, the leading scorer in the conference, led the Wildcats with 17 but went just 7-for-22 from the field, including a 1-for-9 from long distance.
The Broncos host Cal State Stanislaus (4-4, 0-3) at 7:30 tonight. The Warriors lost to Cal State San Bernardino 92-67 on Friday.
CHICO STATE (55)
Andy Bocian 17, Nick Lonnegren 13, Junior Russell 9, Roderick Hawkins
6, Zach Graves 4, Josh Jackson 3, Justin Arengal 3.
CAL POLY POMONA (47)
Robert Summers 14, Larry Gordon 11, Walter Thompson 8, Jimmy
Miyasaka
6, Austin Swift 4, Dahir Nasser 2, Tobias Jahn 2.
Chico State 25 30 - 55
Cal Poly Pomona 16 31 - 47
Three-pointers: Lonnegren (Ch) 1, Russell (Ch) 1, Argenal (Ch) 1,
Jackson (Ch) 1, Miyasaka (CP) 2, Summers (CP) 2.
Staff Writer
POMONA - For one game at least the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos reverted
back to their ways of last year. And that isn't a good thing.
Chico State jumped out to a big lead early and the Broncos never recovered, falling to a more physical Wildcat team 55-47 Friday in CCAA play at Kellogg Gymnasium.
The Broncos (5-3, 1-2) didn't do much of anything well. They shot just 36.5 percent (19-for-52) from the field and 50 percent from the line (5-for-10). They were also outrebounded 55-47 and had as many assists (11) as turnovers (11).
``They were hungry and they brought it,'' coach Greg Kamansky said. ``I thought we bottled them up on offense. You hold a team to 55 points you should win. But we were pretty much dysfunctional on offense.''
The Wildcats (4-6, 1-2) led 25-16 at the half and maintained a double-digit lead for most of the second half. They were up by 14 at 34-20 but the Broncos got within single digits again at 36-25 on a bucket by Robert Summers with 13:20 to go.
Chico then got a jumper from Andy Bocian that made it 38-27. After a pair of misses on the Bronco end, the Wildcats got a 3-pointer from Josh Jackson to go up 41-27.
The Broncos didn't cut the deficit to single digits again until it was too late. Down 47-37 Summers drained a 3-pointer with 1:40 left to make it 47-40.
Chico tried to help out by clanking free throws in the last
minute. Up 51-42 the Wildcats missed four straight attempts from the stripe
and the Broncos were able to close it to 51-45 on a putback by Larry
Gordon with 20 seconds left but that was as close the Broncos would get.
Summers, who just started seeing playing time recently because of academic issues early, was the bright spot, tallying a team-high 14 points an six rebounds.
Leading scorer Larry Gordon was held to 11 points and nine rebounds. He extended his streak of double-digit games to 39 but didn't get his last points to do so until a putback with a tenth of a second left in the game.
Cal Poly's three post men delivered a total of just two points and four rebounds.
``We just didn't make shots,'' Kamansky said. ``We had open looks too. And we missed easy ones inside ''
Bocian, the leading scorer in the conference, led the Wildcats with 17 but went just 7-for-22 from the field, including a 1-for-9 from long distance.
The Broncos host Cal State Stanislaus (4-4, 0-3) at 7:30 tonight. The Warriors lost to Cal State San Bernardino 92-67 on Friday.
CHICO STATE (55)
Andy Bocian 17, Nick Lonnegren 13, Junior Russell 9, Roderick Hawkins
6, Zach Graves 4, Josh Jackson 3, Justin Arengal 3.
CAL POLY POMONA (47)
Robert Summers 14, Larry Gordon 11, Walter Thompson 8, Jimmy
Miyasaka
6, Austin Swift 4, Dahir Nasser 2, Tobias Jahn 2.
Chico State 25 30 - 55
Cal Poly Pomona 16 31 - 47
Three-pointers: Lonnegren (Ch) 1, Russell (Ch) 1, Argenal (Ch) 1,
Jackson (Ch) 1, Miyasaka (CP) 2, Summers (CP) 2.
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