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MBB | Gators Win, Inglima Earns 100th Career Victory in San Marcos

| By: Brandon Davis
John Bakke matched a career-high with 22 points in Thursday's win at Cal State San Marcos.
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SAN MARCOS, Calif. — The San Francisco State men's basketball team completed the season sweep of Cal State San Marcos with an 88-75 win on Thursday night inside the Sports Center. In doing so, Gators Head Coach Vince Inglima earned his 100th career head coaching victory.

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 By the Numbers
 
 
  • SF State improves to 9-12 overall and 7-8 in CCAA play, tied with Cal Poly Pomona for sixth place. Cal State San Marcos slips to 3-17 and 3-11 in conference action.
  • John Bakke led the Gators with 22 points and 11 rebounds, both career-highs – his previous career high came on January 4 when he scored 21 points in a win over CSUSM.
  • Pearse Uniacke added 19 points, also a career-high. Caden Flowers added 16 points and was a perfect 7-of-7 at the free throw line, and dished out seven assists.
  • As a team, the Gators shot a season-high 56.1 (32-of-57) percent, though the Cougars also shot over 50 percent at 52.9 percent (27-of-51).
  • Dexter Stratton led the Cougars with 19 points and Micah Boone scored 18 points in the loss.
 
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 How It Happened


The lead bounced around constantly in the first half and finally settled into the Gators' hands on Bakke's bucket at 1:23. That gave him 10 points in the half and a 38-37 SF State lead. Neither team scored the remainder of the half and the Gators took that lead into the locker room.

However, the Cougars came out firing in the second half and used an 8-2 run to turn the tables, 45-40. The Cougars still led at the 14-minute mark but the Gators used a 12-2 run over the next three and a half minutes. Over that span, the Gators forced three turnovers and only allowed the one Cougars bucket, a Donovan Watkins layup. CSUSM pulled to within three points with inside six minutes to play but the Gators stretched the lead back to double digits by the two-minute mark and to as many as 15 in the final minute.
 

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 Up Next

The Gators head to Sonoma State (9-11/5-9 CCAA) on Saturday, February 8 for a 3 p.m. in what is sure to be an emotionally-charged game as it marks the final regular-season contest between the two programs after SSU announced the discontinuation of its athletics program nearly two weeks ago. Additionally, both Inglima and Assistant Coach Andrew Kochevar played together at and are graduates of Sonoma State. Live stats will be available at sfstategators.com, and fans can watch the action on FloCollege. Admission for Sonoma State's final games is free.
 

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