BOX SCORE Sonoma State 62, Humboldt State 58 -- Box Score

ARCATA, Calif. -- Will Olsem became the 12th player in program history to exceed 1,000 career points as the Sonoma State men's basketball team earned a monumental comeback victory over Humboldt State on Saturday night at Lumberjack Arena in Arcata.  The Seawolves (6-8, 4-6 CCAA), went on a 23-9 run over the final 10 minutes of the game, including a 17-1 run that spun a 10-point deficit into a six-point lead with 2:58 left in regulation, and held off the host Lumberjacks (6-8, 2-8 CCAA) for the 62-58 win to snap a three-game skid.

Olsem, a senior out of Sacramento, Calif. and El Camino HS, scored 12 points in Saturday's win to reach 1,010 in his career at SSU.  He is now 12th on the program's all-time scoring list, just five points back of former teammate Ben Washington for 11th place.  In fact, should Olsem score at least 70 more points in the team's final 12 games of the regular season, it would move him all the way to sixth place on the career scoring list.  Former Seawolf Steven Pratt was the last player to top the 1,000-point milestone; Pratt is fourth all-time with 1,164 career points.

After making the 680-mile trip after Thursday night's game at Cal Poly Pomona, Sonoma State got off to a slow start on Saturday night, netting just 23 points on 7 of 23 shooting (30.4 percent) in the first half.  Meanwhile, Humboldt State came out on fire, draining 14 of 27 shots (51.9 percent), but the Seawolves managed to remain close and trail by just eight points at 31-23 at the intermission.

A layup by Patrick Scott and a pair of free throws by Steve Lackey opened up the scoring for both teams in the second frame as Sonoma State got to within four points at 31-27 a minute into the half.  The teams would trade buckets for several minutes, but Humboldt State would extend its lead to as much as 11 points at 48-37 with 10:33 left in the game.  That's when the Seawolves would make their move.

A layup by Brandon Glanz cut the SSU deficit to nine (48-39) before HSU's Brandon Woods pushed the hosts' lead back to double-digits (49-39) with a made free throw at the 9:58 mark.  Six seconds later, a Jason Walter layup would become the start of what became the game-changing 17-1 run over the next 6:54, a span of which SSU went 6 for 11 from the field, including two three-pointers, and HSU missed 13 straight shots as the Seawolves took a 56-50 lead on a three-pointer by Scott with 2:58 left.

Finally, with 1:15 left in the game, Humboldt State made a shot, ending a drought of more than nine minutes without a field goal, to come within four points at 56-52.  After a Lumberjack free throw to cut their deficit to three, Olsem knocked down a pair of free throws to push the Seawolf lead back to five.  Humboldt's Austin Bryan came back down the floor and hit a three-pointer to put the hosts within two points (58-56) with 13 ticks remaining in the contest, but Olsem and Scott would seal the victory at the free throw line, making all four attempts down the stretch.

Scott led all scorers with 17 points, despite shooting just 4 for 17 from the floor.  Walter turned in a double-double effort with 15 points and a career-high 14 rebounds, adding three steals and two assists.  As a team, the Seawolves connected on 38.3 percent of their shots on 18 of 47 from the floor, hitting just 3 of 15 attempts from long range.  At the free throw line, SSU made 23 of their 31 attempts (74.2 percent) on the night.

Humboldt State was led by the 16 points of Rakim Brown, followed by nine points from both Bryan and Darren Turpin off the bench.  The 'Jacks hit 24 of their 61 shots (39.3 percent) and was just 2 of 15 (13.3 percent) from downtown.

Sonoma State will look to ride the momentum into Friday's home game against second-place Cal State San Bernardino (10-3, 8-2 CCAA).  Tip off from The Wolves' Den is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.