POMONA, Calif. - The Cal Poly Pomona men's basketball team cruised to an 80-40 victory in Friday's exhibition home game against CETYS.
With the Tijuana-based team visiting Pomona on Friday afternoon, it marked the first time that CPP men's basketball hosted an international basketball team for an exhibition contest.
Junior
Daylan Lawrence, a Rancho Cucamonga native, led the way with a team-best 18 points in just 20 minutes of action. He shot 6-for-11 from the field. Also scoring in double digits for CPP were
Nikhil Peters with 17 points and
Jordan Ogundiran contributing 10. Peters knocked down five three-pointers while the team went 15-for-34 from beyond the arc overall.
Sophomore
Chris Sullivan nearly earned a double-double as he grabbed 10 rebounds and tallied eight points. Also helping the CPP offense was
William Christmas, who dished out a team-high six assists. The Broncos' defense limited CETYS to 26.7-percent shooting through the 40 minutes of action.
CPP jumped out to an 8-0 run to start the game with that stretch being capped off by a
Jordan Ogundiran layup. The lead widened to double digits just six minutes into the contest. A tip-in from
Chris Sullivan with 1:36 left in the opening half put the Broncos' lead at 41-16 and a late three-pointer from CETYS brought the score to 41-19 heading into the break.
The Broncos' offense continued to stay strong in the second half, which started with an Ogundiran three-pointer and then two treys from
Daylan Lawrence immediately after. The final basket for CPP came from
Henry Cornelious as the team reached the 80-point mark.
Up next for the Broncos will be another exhibition game on Monday. Tipoff is at 5 p.m. as CPP hosts Chapman.
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