SAN FRANCISCO– Before a packed house for Spirit Night at The Swamp at The Don Nasser Family Plaza, the SF State Gators improved to 12-8 overall and 6-8 in the CCAA with a 85-69 win over the visiting Humboldt State Lumberjacks. The Gators held their guests to just 33% shooting from the field including just 15% from three-point land.
The Gators are now 12-2 when they score 70 points or more this season and their 85 points scored this evening tied for the most in a game this season. SF State shot 47% from the field as the Gators had four players score in double digits led by
Jon McMurry's 16 points off the bench. McMurry was 6-for-12 from the field including connecting on 4 of 8 attempts from beyond the ar.
Warren Jackson added 15 points with
Floyd Wormley chipping in 14 and
Brantley Bynum added 10 points.
The game was evenly played in the first 14 minutes of the second half with the Gators holding a slim 22-20 lead. SF State ended the half on a 20-7 run to take a 42-27 lead into the locker room with Jackson scoring 9 points and Wormley 6 during that six minutes.
The Lumberjacks (14-6, 8-6 CCAA) scored the first three points of the second half to cut the hosts' lead to 42-30, but that is the closest they would get as the Gators went on a 23-5 run capped by a
Damien Rance three off an assist from
Nick Calcaterra to give them a 65-35 lead. They increased their lead to 77-45 (their largest of the game) on a lay-up by
Treaven Duffy as they cruised to a 85-59 victory over the Lumberjacks.
Justin Everett and Malik Morgan each had 10 points to lead the visitors.
SF State forced 16 turnovers including 9 by steals (two each by Bynum and
Coley Apsay). The Gators also had 17 assists on their 28 made field goals with Apsay leading the way with four and Duffy and Rance each dishing out three.
With the win, the Gators stay all alone in seventh place one game out of the sixth spot held by Sonoma State and two out of the fourth spot which is held by Humboldt State and Cal State Monterey Bay. The top eight teams at the end of the regular season will receive a bid to the CCAA Basketball Championships which start on March 1. Cal State San Marcos is not eligible for the tournament this season.
The Gators will host No. 18 Cal Poly Pomona tomorrow night with a scheduled tip-off of 7:30pm PST. The Broncos defeated Sonoma State 68-62 in Rohnert Park this evening.
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