SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The San Francisco State men's basketball team's season came to an end on Thursday night in the CCAA Tournament Quarterfinal game, 84-62, versus No. 3 seed Cal State LA.
- San Francisco State's second comes to an end at 17-14. The third-seeded Golden Eagles, who are receiving votes in the NABC Top 25 Coaches Poll, advance to the semifinals versus the second seed, No. 25 Cal State Dominguez Hills.
- Prior to the game, junior Alex Gilat was recognized with the Elite 13 Award. The award recognizes the student-athlete with the highest academic standard among his peers at the conference tournament.
- Jailen Daniel-Dalton was also recognized for earning All-CCAA Second Team Honors, and Jonah Roth was recognized for garnering Honorable Mention.
- SF State had four players in double digits. Tyjean Burrell had a team-leading 15 points, John Bakke scored 13 points, Roth had 11, and Daniel-Dalton scored 10 points. Roth and Daniel-Dalton were both a rebound shy of a double-double with nine rebounds apiece.
- Roth, who entered the game leading the league with 32 blocks (1.1/game), added another to his tally. He finishes his career fourth all time with 64 blocks.
- Corey Cofeld led all players with 21 points and a team-high eight rebounds for Cal State LA. Eche Okeke scored 20 points against his former team. Shane Bell scored 15 points and A'Jahni Levias scored 11 points.
- The Gators won the rebounding battle 40-27.
- The Gators made just two of their first 10 baskets but ended going 10-of-25 (40 percent) in the first half. However, SF State finished with its lowest three-point percentage of the season at 12.5 percent (3-of-24).
- The Gators kept things close in the first half by drawing 12 fouls and going 12-of-14 at the free throw line. However, SF State made it to the free throw line for just two tries in the second half.
SF State led 3-2 after a Burrell but the Golden Eagles started the game on a 13-3 run to take a 10-point lead in the first six minutes. Six consecutive Gators free throws and Caleb Oden's driving layup cut the lead to three with seven minutes to go and that forced Cal State LA to call timeout. However, turnovers allowed the Golden Eagles to stretch its lead back to nine. SF State scored the last three points of the half to trim Cal State LA's lead to 39-33.
After Levias hit a three to push the LA lead to nine to open the second half, SF State responded. Back-to-back layups from Roth and a Daniel-Dalton layup cut the lead to three. Bell stopped the bleeding with a jumper and the Gators turnovers mounted, which allowed the Golden Eagles to build their lead to 15 with 13:33 to go. The Gators' 18th turnover of the night led to an uncontested layup for Bell and a 20-point deficit with under 12 minutes to go. A 6-0 run got the Gators to within 13 with eight minutes to go but the Golden Eagles put the game out of reach at the free throw line.
