SAN FRANCISCO — The No. 17-ranked San Francisco State men's basketball team used a late 9-0 run to pull away in a 78-68 CCAA victory over Cal State Dominguez Hills on Friday night.

Coley Apsay's three-pointer gave SF State (21-3/14-3 CCAA) the lead to begin the game but the lead changed 22 times over the course of the night. The Gators clung to a 29-28 halftime advantage. Chiefy Ugbaja scored the first three points of the second half though the Toros answered with four points to even the game. The lead see-sawed back and forth until the seven-minute mark of the second half. Jash Kahlon laid one in and Warren Jackson found Derrick Brown for a three-pointer. Jackson followed with a pair of free throws and Nick Calcaterra topped off the offensive explosion with a layup off the pass from AJ Kahlon to make it 61-53 in favor of the Gators. The lead grew to as large as 13, though a six-point Toros run did trim the lead to single digits with under two minutes to play.

For the No. 3-regionally ranked Gators, Jackson led all players with 21 points and made all three of his three-point attempts. Apsay scored 11 points. Brown scored 10 points on a perfect 4-of-4 shooting, including two threes. Jash Kahlon reeled in a team-high nine rebounds.

Three players scored 15 points apiece for the Toros (12-11/8-9 CCAA) — Justin Sadler, Khalil Bedart-Ghani, and Vincent Golson. The Gators held the Toros to 43.6 percent shooting (24-of-55), including 37.0 percent (10-of-27) in the first half.

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The Gators host Cal State LA (13-14/8-10 CCAA) on Saturday, Feb. 18 in the team's final regular season home game. A pregame Senior Night ceremony honoring Aspay, Brown, Calcaterra, Israel Hakim, AJ Kahlon will take place shortly before the 7:30 p.m. start.