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Derrick Claxton
65
Cal St. Dom. Hills CSUDH 3-5,1-3 CCAA
71
Winner Cal Poly Pomona CPP 6-1,3-0 CCAA
Cal St. Dom. Hills CSUDH
3-5,1-3 CCAA
65
Final
71
Cal Poly Pomona CPP
6-1,3-0 CCAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 F
Cal St. Dom. Hills CSUDH 35 23 7 65
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 16 42 13 71

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Ebony Macias, Assistant Director of Communications

31-0 Second Half Run Sets Broncos for Overtime Win Against Toros, 71-65

POMONA – The Cal Poly Pomona Broncos were down by 21 points in the second half against the Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros when CPP went on a 31-0 run to take the lead for the first time in the game. Freshman forward Derrick Claxton grabbed his first career double-double as he led the Broncos to the victory in overtime, 71-65.
 
The Toros were quick to take a substantial lead in the first half, outscoring CPP 35-16. CSUDH went 12-30 (40%) from the field and 5-15 (33.3%) from three-point range. The Broncos were unable to score from beyond the arc and shot only 17.86% (5-28) from the field in the first half.
 
A layup by the Toros put the Broncos down by 21 points in the second half with 17:51 on the clock. The Broncos then went on an astonishing 31-0 run kickstarted by a layup by sophomore forward Caleb Nelson at 17:35. CPP kept the run going until the Broncos had the lead 53-41 with 5:15 on the clock. The Toros climbed back to force overtime with the score, 58-58.
 
In overtime CPP went on a 13-0 run to down their third CCAA opponent in a row, 71-65. The Broncos rise to 6-1 overall and 3-0 in CCAA competition.
 
Leading the Broncos in points was Claxton who scored 20 points, and had 10 rebounds and five assists. Sophomore guard Christopher Mitchell collected 12 points of his own and had five rebounds. Rounding out the Broncos scoring double-digits was Chris Gayles Jr. who scored 11 points, and had three rebounds.
 
The Broncos' next game is Sunday, December 18th as they take on Cal State East Bay with tipoff set for 3:00 pm in Kellogg Arena.
 
Bronco Bits
  • Head coach Greg Kamansky moves to 436-176 in his 22nd season as a head coach at Cal Poly Pomona.
  • CSUDH is the most frequent OT opponent (11x) and the Broncos are now ahead 6-5 in OT games against the Toros.
  • CPP is now 9-1 in games that extend into more than 1 OT under coach Kamansky.
  • This OT is the second overtime win in a row for the Broncos.
  • The Broncos are now 52-43 in overtime games.
  • CPP improves to 52-43 against the CSUDH.
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