SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco State men's basketball team had its poorest shooting night of the season in a 67-55 setback on Thursday night inside the Main Gym at Don Nasser Family Plaza.
- SF State slips to 5-8 overall and 3-4 in CCAA play, into a tie for sixth place. The Warriors improve to 8-6 and into third place in the CCAA at 5-3.
- SF State shot a season-low 34.4 percent (21-of-61) from the field. The Warriors went 51.1 percent (24-of-47) from the field, including 10-of-20 from deep.
- The Gators' top five scorers combined for just 40 points, led by apiece 15 from Pearse Uniacke and John Bakke.
- The bulk of Stanislaus States's scoring came from three players. Jeremiah Jones, the CCAA's second leading scorer, led all players with 29 points on 10-of-16 shooting, including a career-high five three-pointers. Jonathan Tchengang aded 17 points on 5-of-8 shooting and Jason Cibull scored 11 points on 4-of-9 shooting for the Warriors. Daniel Ameyaw scored six points and Lloyd French was the only other Warrior to score with four points.
- The Warriors dominated the rebounding battle, 40-27, led by 11 from Mahda Fallay. Caleb Oden and Uniacke led the Gators with seven apiece.
- Uniacke added two more blocks to his season total, bringing the CCAA's blocks leader to 28 (2.2/game).
- SF State continued to distribute the ball well with 14 assists on the night, one of the team's season-high. Caden Flowers dished out a career-high eight.
- The Gators also committed a season-low six turnovers while forcing 16 by the Warriors.
Around the eight-minute mark, SF State led 22-13 after Caden Flowers connected with Uniacke for a layup. However, a Tchengang dunk at the other end triggered a 14-0 run for the Warriors that spanned the next five minutes. Ten of those points came from Tchengang and the Warriors were in control, 27-22. Despite the offensive drought, the Gators headed into halftime trailing by just three, 32-29, after Bakke beat the shot clock with a three-pointer with 1.1 seconds remaining on the game clock.
Uniacke and Alex Gilat powered a 10-2 Gators run that pulled SF State to within one, 42-41, with 13:37 to go, and the Gators eventually evened the game at 45-45 on Devon Jackson's driving layup. However, Jones pulled up for another basket inside the 12-minute mark to give the Warriors the lead back for good. That sparked a 16-3 Warriors run that lasted nearly eight minutes and put Stan State up 61-48 with 4:23 to play, and the Gators would get no closer than 10 points the rest of the way.
The Gators host Cal State Monterey Bay (3-9/0-7 CCAA) on Saturday, January 11 at 3 p.m. Live stats will be available at sfstategators.com, and fans can tune in to the action on FloCollege.
