TURLOCK, Calif. - The San Francisco State men's basketball team dropped a road contest to Stanislaus State 80-69.
- SF State falls to 2-13 and 1-8 in conference. Stanislaus State improves to 8-7 and 4-5 in the CCAA
- Milandev Chatha had a season-high 21 points to lead the Gators. Diego Martinez also reached double figures with 15 points.
- The Gators kept up shooting wise with the Warriors in the first half but cooled off in the second. SF State shot 48.4 percent in the first and 38.5 percent in the second. In contrast, the Warriors shot 50 percent in the first and 58.6 percent in the second.
- The Warriors had a 21 to 14 advantage on assists.
- Malachi Johnson led the Warriors with 19 points and ten rebounds.
Parsa Hadjighasemi banked a three-point shot to give the Gators a 15-10 lead in the first half with 13:49 on the clock. An 8-0 run swung the lead back to the Warriors but Hadjighasemi responded with a three and Martinez scored on a lay-up to reclaim the lead. The Gators led by seven with 6:22 to go but the Warriors outscored the Gators 14-6 to close out the half with Martinez the only Gator able to score field goals.
Down 38-37 to start the second half, the Warriors scored on their first two possessions to extend the lead to five. Markees Williams engineered back-to-back scoring plays to tie the game up. Tied at 45-45, the Warriors used a 6-0 scoring to take the lead back. Williams would get fouled and make both shots at the line but the Warriors scored on the next possession and led by no less than six the rest of the way.
The Gators will play nearby and play its newest conference opponent UC Merced on January 17 at 3 p.m. Live stats will be available at sfstategators.com and fans can watch at home on FloCollege.
