UC San Diego Bests Cal Poly Pomona to Advance to West Region Semifinal
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SAN DIEGO - Like deja vu all over again, the UC San Diego Tritons and Cal Poly Pomona Broncos had a date in the postseason, and tonight's game came less than a week after the CCAA Tournament final. In the regular season, the Broncos were the victors, but in the last two iterations the Tritons came out on the right side of the scoreboard. After reigning victorious in Friday's 61-50 contest, UC San Diego now advances to the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball West Region semifinals to face off with No. 1 seed and region host Point Loma.
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| No. 4 UC San Diego 61, No. 5 Cal Poly Pomona 50 |
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For the second time this week, the UC San Diego men's basketball team defeated conference rival Cal Poly Pomona with a 61-50 decision in an NCAA West Regional quarterfinal Saturday at Point Loma's Golden Gymnasium.
Fourth-seeded UC San Diego (26-7), which won its eighth-straight game, advances to take on sixth-ranked and top-seeded Point Loma in a semifinal on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Guard Tyrell Roberts scored a career-high 24 points on 9-for-19 shooting with four 3-pointers. It was the sixth 20-plus point performance for the redshirt freshman. Senior guard Christian Bayne finished with 15 points, eight rebounds, and five assists while redshirt junior center Chris Hansen recorded his 12th double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 boards. Hansen was named to the Division 2 Conference Commissioners Association All-West Region First Team earlier on Friday.
The Tritons scored the first 11 points of the game and led by 10, 26-16, at halftime.
Down by 11, 37-26, with 12:47 left in the second half, the fifth-seeded Broncos went on a 13-2 run that had the contest tied at 39-39 with 8:18 on the clock. UC San Diego responded with a 14-4 run over the next six minutes to go back up by 10 points, 53-43, with just over two minutes left. Hansen put an exclamation point on the run with a dunk. Cal Poly Pomona got no closer than seven the rest of the way and UC San Diego's Jeremy Johnson put down a double-handed slam to close out the night's scoring.
The Tritons shot 41.2 percent (21-51) for the game and made eight 3-pointers. Cal Poly Pomona shot 32.8 percent (20-61).
William Christmas led the Broncos with 19 points.
UC San Diego defeated Cal Poly Pomona, 71-62, on March 9 in the championship game of the California Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament.
Point Loma (27-4) punched its ticket to the semifinals with a 70-58 victory against Western Oregon Friday night. It was the Sea Lions' first-ever NCAA postseason win.
UC San Diego and PLNU met early in the season on November 14 with the Sea Lions taking a 75-73 overtime win at Golden Gymnasium.
The Tritons are playing in the NCAA Division II Tournament for the fourth-straight year and fifth time overall.