TURLOCK, Calif- The Sonoma State men continued their strong play down the stretch with a 77-62 win over Cal State Stanislaus in CCAA basketball action Thursday night in Turlock. The win avenges a loss to the Warriors earlier in the year as the Seawolves win for the 13th time in their last 17 games and improve to 14-11, 13-8 CCAA.
All-time scoring leader
J.T. Tipton continued his strong play with a 24 point performance to lead four Seawolves in double figures.
Jeff Fuller had 11 as did
Kyle Shandera in a career-high performance.
Andrew Kochevar had ten, including two three-pointers which move him to within one trey of tying Ryan Hensel's career record. SSU also got seven assists from
Patrick Mitchell.
Despite being out-rebounded by a 37-24 margin, the Seawolves used better shooting and ball handling to stick the Warriors with their fifth loss in the last seven games. SSU also outshot the Warriors 53% to 40%.
SSU never trailed, though Stanislaus was able to keep the game close for the first few minutes. After the score was tied at 14, the Seawolves used a 15-1 run to put some distance between the teams. CSUS would never really threaten again.
The Seawolves will close out the regular season on Saturday at rival Chico State.
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