Cal Poly men’s basketball lost in double-overtime to CSUN by a score of 83-78 on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 inside Mott Athletics Center. The Mustangs (5-16, 1-8 Big West) crawled back into the game against CSUN (6-16, 2-7 Big West) after being down eight points with just 25 seconds left in the game. Off the […]
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Men’s basketball falls 61-50 to Cal State Fullerton despite early lead
Cal Poly men’s basketball was defeated by CSU Fullerton 61-50 on Thursday, Feb. 4 at Titan Gym. The Mustangs (5-14, 2-6 Big West) controlled the game early, but the Titans (13-6, 7-1 Big West) were able to make a second-half comeback and win the game. Sophomore guard Brantly Stevenson and junior guard Trevon Taylor ignited […]
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Men’s basketball drops matchup with UC Irvine, 72-48
Cal Poly men’s basketball fell to UC Irvine 72-48 on Saturday, Jan. 29 inside Bren Events Center. The Mustangs (5-13, 2-5 Big West) couldn’t build off of a win earlier in the week while the Anteaters (8-7, 3-3 Big West) have now won back-to-back games. The teams exchanged leads at the start of the game, […]
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Men’s Basketball overcomes 13-point deficit, opens road trip with 59-55 win over UC San Diego
Cal Poly men’s basketball began their four game road trip with a 59-55, 13-point comeback win against the UC San Diego Tritons on Thursday, Jan. 27 at the RIMAC arena in La Jolla. The win helped the Mustangs (5-12, 1-4 Big West) snap a two game losing streak while the Tritons (8-11, 0-0 Big West*) […]
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Men’s basketball falters in the second half, falls to CSU Bakersfield 73-60
Cal Poly men’s basketball came up short against Cal State University Bakersfield and fell 73-60 on Tuesday, Jan. 18 inside the Icardo Center. Cal Poly (4-11, 1-3 Big West) dropped this game after ending a four-game losing streak in their previous matchup against UC Davis. With the win, Bakersfield (6-6, 1-2 Big West) got back […]
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Building relationships: How the Cal Poly men’s basketball program was able to recruit through the pandemic
Freshmen basketball players Daniel Esparza and Matur Dhal couldn’t take an official visit to Cal Poly before committing to the basketball program due to the pandemic. “We would do campus visits via Zoom and take the phone around and show them how beautiful Cal Poly is,” head coach John Smith said. Despite not having a […]
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Men’s basketball drops another close matchup to Portland, 78-77
Cal Poly men’s basketball lost a closely contested matchup against the Portland Pilots 78-77 on Monday, Dec. 13 at the Chiles Center. This loss was the Mustangs’ (3-7) fifth decided by three points or less. Between Cal Poly and the Pilots (8-3), the largest lead of the game was six points. The Mustangs started the […]
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Men’s basketball secures 61-58 victory over Portland State
Cal Poly men’s basketball secured a narrow 61-58 victory over the Portland State Vikings on Saturday, Dec. 11 inside Viking Pavilion. In the first half, the Mustangs (3-6) took an early 9-5 lead before the Vikings (3-5) took their first lead of the game at 11-9. After Portland State went ahead 13-11, the Mustangs responded […]
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Men’s basketball continues road trip with 64-55 loss to California Baptist
Cal Poly men’s basketball continued their longest road trip of the season with a 64-55 loss to the California Baptist Lancers on Thursday, Dec. 2 at the CBU Events Center in Riverside. After starting the season with a 33-point win, the Mustangs (2-5) have lost five of their last six games, while the Lancers (7-1) […]
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Men’s basketball loses heartbreaker to Sacramento State in final seconds, 58-57
Cal Poly men’s basketball dropped another close game to Sacramento State 58-57 on Monday, Nov. 15 inside Mott Athletics Center. For the second game in a row, the Mustangs (1-2) lost within a minute of play, this time to the Sacramento State Hornets (2-1). After a heartbreaking loss to North Dakota State on Friday, the […]