POMONA, Calif. - Cal Poly Pomona got a big effort from BJ Standley early and withstood a challenge late to defeat Cal State East Bay, 67-54, in California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) men's basketball action Thursday night at Kellogg Arena.

The win moved Cal Poly Pomona to 20-6 overall and 16-5 in the CCAA. This is now a third-consecutive 20-win campaign for the Broncos, and 13th in all under 20th-year head coach Greg Kamansky's watch. Cal State East Bay dropped to 15-12 overall and 11-10 in league play.

Both teams were already assured of CCAA Tournament berths. With Cal State San Bernardino and Chico State also winning easily on Thursday night, the Broncos remain in a three-way tie for second with those programs. East Bay falls into a tie for fifth with Stanislaus State.

CPP had previously locked up a home tourney quarterfinal as well, and if the season ended Thursday, it appears with tiebreakers that it would turn around and entertain East Bay again on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

Standley, a junior newcomer out of Vallejo, equaled his best output of the season with his game-high 18 points, all coming over the first 23 minutes of the contest on a sizzling 6-of-8 shooting from beyond the arc.

Standley and Trent Warren traded three-pointers out of the gate after East Bay produced the night's first basket, as the visitors took a 5-3 edge into the first media timeout. Riley Schaefer's put-back layup tied the game at 5-5. Sophomore Finn Eckhardt found fellow reserve big Tavian Henderson for an easy slam two minutes later for 7-7.

Henderson laid it in on the following CPP possession after Phoenix Shackelford grabbed the rebound from William Christmas' second block, and pushed the fast break ahead to notch the assist. Standley's second triple gave the hosts a 12-7 lead at 11:22.

A third long-distance connection already for Standley made it 15-9, with a fourth three-pointer out of five tries giving CPP an 18-11 advantage.

The Broncos took a timeout with 2:14 to go after allowing a quick 7-0 Pioneer run late that left their lead at just two, 22-20. Cal Poly Pomona maintained a 26-22 score in its favor at the halftime break.

After being held scoreless in the first 20 minutes, it took less than 10 seconds for Christmas to get on the board coming out of the interval, as he curled around to the left wing and banged home a three off a Schaefer feed. Following a turnover, Standley fired in a fifth triple and just like that it was 32-22 with the Pioneers already calling a timeout just 1:04 in.

East Bay knocked down five free throws around an elbow jumper by Bronco senior Justin Young, but Standley stayed unconscious, drilling his sixth three-pointer from the left wing for 37-27.

A 5-0 personal run by Henderson, with a layup preceding a put-back dunk and free throw to complete the three-point play, gave the home side its largest bulge to that point, at 42-29. Shackelford's bucket extended the stretch to 7-0 before East Bay could put an end to it.

Another Henderson flush and a three-point play by Shackelford, had Cal Poly Pomona ahead 49-34 at the under-12 timeout with 10:33 to go. A corner three from Eckhardt made things even more comfortable.

A 9-0 spurt kept the Pioneers in the vicinity and necessitated a CPP timeout, at 55-45 with 5:22 left. Just as it looked like things could get further nervous, redshirt junior Mason Dickerson came up with a huge block on East Bay scoring leader Zafir Williams on the fast break after a steal. Williams did indeed grab the next basket, however, for 55-47.

Senior Nikhil Peters finally ended the 13-0 run, and largely any remaining drama, by hitting a corner three-pointer to make it 58-49 at the 3:06 mark. The Broncos used nine free throws to close it out, with Peters a perfect 4-for-4 to finish with seven points on the evening.

Christmas contributed six points alongside his team highs of nine rebounds, five assists, two steals and two blocks. Schaefer produced nine points, nine boards and three assists, including the decisive one to find Peters in the corner in front of the Brono bench. Henderson went 5-of-6 from the floor for 11 points, reaching double figures off the bench for the third time while grabbing five rebounds. Shackelford had nine points, six boards and four assists, also in a reserve role. The hosts shot 52.2 percent (12-23) as a team in the second half.

Williams paced the Pioneers with 16 points and six rebounds. Junior guard Nai Carlisle had 11 points, five assists and a pair of steals.

Cal Poly Pomona remains at home to round out the regular season this Saturday against Cal State Monterey Bay. Tip-off on Senior Night at Kellogg Arena is slated for 7:30 p.m., after the CPP women play at 5:30 p.m. Both contests 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. Entry is free for Cal Poly Pomona students, faculty and staff.

Christmas, Schaefer, Peters and Young, all fourth-year seniors with over 100 appearances as Broncos to date, will be recognized prior to the start.

Bronco Bits: For the fourth game in a row and fourth time this season, Cal Poly Pomona started the lineup of fourth-year seniors William Christmas, Nikhil Peters, Riley Schaefer and Justin Young, alongside junior BJ Standley ... Peters and Schaefer are the lone Broncos who have started all 26 contests ... Standley's previous season high in three-point makes was four, on three occasions, with a prior career best of five as a sophomore at Saint Martin's on Feb. 7, 2019, in Fairbanks, Alaska ... Standley had gone for 18 points twice before on the year, both times against San Francisco State ... Finn Eckhardt's second-half three-pointer was his sixth make of the season, now on 25 tries ... The Broncos are 8-2 at home in 2019-20 ... Cal Poly Pomona began the day sixth in Division II in scoring defense (63.6) and seventh in field goal percentage defense (40.3), and posted marks Thursday of 54 and 35.3, respectively ... Thursday marked the lone scheduled meeting this season between the teams ... The Broncos swept two-game sets in each of the past two years, winning 68-56 at home on Jan. 10, 2019 ... CPP has taken six-straight matchups in the series, with three in a row in Pomona, since a 78-69 loss at Kellogg Arena on Dec. 15, 2016 ... Greg Kamansky is 414-165 (.715) over his career and 308-119 (.721) in CCAA play.