Donovan Cooks battles for a loose ball with Jalen Flanagan.
Box Score SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco State men's basketball team had its poorest three-point performance of the season in a 64-54 loss to Cal State San Bernardino on Thursday evening at the Main Gym at Don Nasser Family Plaza.
- SF State slips to 14-10 overall and to a tie for seventh place in the CCAA with Cal State San Marcos at 8-10. The Gators are now a game back of Sonoma State, who picked up 63-60 road win at Cal State LA.
- With the win, CSUSB, who is receiving votes in the latest Top 25 coaches poll, clinches a berth to the CCAA Tournament. The Coyotes stand at 19-5 overall and in second place at 14-4.
- The Gators' two lowest three-point performances have come against the Coyotes. On Thursday night, the Gators shot a season-low 18.2 percent (4-of-22). SF State shot the ball well at the free throw line, where the Gators were 85.7 percent (12-of-14).
- CSUSB shot 50 percent (25-of-50) from the field, including 37.5 percent (6-of-16) from deep.
- Donovan Cooks led the Gators with 14 points. Devon Jackson added nine points and a team-high five rebounds.
- Sedrick Altman led all players with 16 points. Robby Robinson added 13 points, Christopher Mitchell notched a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 11 rebounds, and LeAndrew Knight chipped in 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting.
- CSUSB won the rebounding battle, 34-24.
SF State went scoreless over the first four minutes as CSUSB amassed an 11-0 lead.
Pearse Uniacke's free throw broke the seal at 15:44. The Gators pulled to within six but had a hard time slowing the Coyotes, who shot 53.6 percent (15-of-28) in the first half and took a 37-21 lead into the break.
The deficit grew to 20 before the Gators threatened late in the second half. A pair of Daniel-Dalton free throws with 5:30 to go cut the lead to nine. The Gators couldn't come up with a stop though and the Coyotes pushed their lead back to 17. Roth hit a three-pointer with 1:08 to go and the Gators called timeout.
John Bakke fouled with under a minute to go and Robinson missed both free throws, then Cooks hit a three with 50 seconds remaining. With time dwindling, the Gators were forced to foul.
Jalen Flanagan hit a pair of free throws and
Jake Paxton, making his first appearance back since December 31, scored a three-point play but the Gators still trailed by 10 with no timeouts remaining and let the Coyotes run out the clock.
The Gators host Cal Poly Pomona on Saturday, February 17 at 3 p.m. Fans can stream the game live on the CCAA Network. Live stats will be available at sfstategators.com with updates also available on X at @sfstate_mbb. Tickets for home games are available at sfstategators.com/tickets.
