SAN FRANCISCO - Cal Poly Pomona was tested after building a double-digit halftime lead, but fended off San Francisco State, 61-54, in California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) men's basketball action inside Main Gym at Don Nasser Family Plaza on Saturday.

In completing a sweep of its Bay Area road trip, Cal Poly Pomona moved to 10-3 overall and 6-2 in the CCAA. San Francisco State lost its fifth in a row to fall to 5-9 overall and 2-6 in league play.

The Broncos remain tied for third with Cal State San Bernardino (11-3, 6-2 CCAA), as the Coyotes and Chico State (11-3, 7-2 CCAA) both also pulled out narrow road victories on Saturday afternoon. League-leading UC San Diego (12-1, 6-1 CCAA) hosts Cal State East Bay in primetime.

Nikhil Peters' difficult, driving layup as the shot clock expired got the Broncos on the board, down 3-2 with over two and a half minutes gone off the clock. Fellow senior Justin Young gave the visitors their first lead in a low-scoring opening segment, 4-3 at the first timeout at 15:06.

The run grew to 11-0 as Phoenix Shackelford scored, BJ Standley found a third junior in Tavian Henderson for an easy layup underneath, and on the ensuing possession, Standley knocked down the Broncos' first three-pointer of the game off a short feed from Henderson, forcing a timeout.

The CPP run continued through the second media timeout, with Standley drilling his second triple from around the same spot, this one from Mason Dickerson. The stretch finally concluded at a final tally of 14-0.

A catch-and-shoot three by Peters off a pass out to the top of the key by Henderson brought with it a second Gator timeout, down 20-5 at 8:21. The Bronco advantage was its highest for the game at 22-5 following a turnaround Young jumper in the paint, and still grew back to 16 at 29-13 on a late triple by Standley. The score settled at 32-17 at the break when senior Riley Schaefer connected on a deep ball just prior to the buzzer.

SF State shot just 25 percent (7-28) over the first 20 minutes.

The home side opened the second half with a 12-1 run. The Gators shaved the deficit back down to single digits at 33-24 on a Jacob Huynh triple, then got a pair of DJ Sylvester free throws, and three more from the line by Huynh, around the first media timeout to close to 33-29. Henderson finally stopped the bleeding momentarily on a dunk, assisted by Standley following a Shackelford steal.

SF State got its deficit down to as few as two points at 37-35 on a Jordan Balser three, before the Broncos built it back up to 44-37 by the media timeout at the 9:50 mark. Schaefer came out of the under-eight timeout, gathered a Standley pass and made his baseline three for a 50-39 lead.

Despite twice missing the front end of one-and-one free throws down the stretch, CPP was able to hang onto its eighth win over the last nine.

Standley finished with a season-high 18 points to go along with six assists, matching his single-game best of four made three-pointers. Schaefer joined him in double figures with 11 points, and grabbed seven rebounds. Shackelford had 10 points with two tough, deep jumpers late. Peters contributed eight points, all but one in the first half, and a big fast-break block with under a minute to go in the second. Henderson had season bests of eight boards and three assists while scoring six.

Cal Poly Pomona played its second-straight game without leading scorer William Christmas.

Linton Acliese had a double-double with game highs of 19 points and 12 rebounds, alongside two assists, two blocks and a steal to guide SFSU.

Cal Poly Pomona returns to home action in the week ahead. The Broncos face a pair of area rivals in Cal State LA on Thursday, Jan. 9, and Cal State Dominguez Hills on Saturday, Jan. 11. Both tipoff times inside Kellogg Arena are slated for 7:30 p.m., following the CPP women at 5:30 p.m. All four games are free to watch on the CCAA Network, either online (ccaanetwork.com), or by downloading the channel on Android, Roku, Apple TV or Amazon Fire TV. Admission is free for Cal Poly Pomona students, faculty and staff.

Bronco Bits: BJ Standley earned his second-straight start in place of the unavailable William Christmas, alongside Nikhil Peters, Riley Schaefer, Phoenix Shackelford and Justin Young ... Young has played in each of the past 88 contests ... The last game that Christmas had missed prior to Thursday at Sonoma State, was an 88-76 loss at Cal State San Marcos as a freshman on Jan. 12, 2017 ... The Broncos are now 8-1 outside of Pomona for 2019-20, including a perfect 6-0 in true road dates ... CPP swept the regular-season series with the Gators in each of the last two years, including a 78-71 overtime decision in San Francisco in its 2018-19 CCAA opener, and has won seven meetings in a row overall ... The Broncos have taken three-consecutive road matchups ... CPP will face SF State again on Thursday, Jan. 30, in Pomona ... Having achieved career win No. 400 on Dec. 5, 20th-year CPP head coach Greg Kamansky is closing in on another milestone of 300 CCAA wins, currently at 298 ... Kamansky is now 404-162 (.714) over his career and 298-116 (.720) in CCAA games.