CSUDH Men's Basketball Weekly Release
February 4, 2002

THIS WEEK IN CSUDH MEN'S BASKETBALL
Feb. 8 CSUDH vs. Cal Poly Pomona The Torodome, 7:30 pm
Feb. 9 CSUDH vs. CS San Bernardino The Torodome, 7:30 pm

WHAT'S ON TAP: CSUDH enters the week with a 7-12 overall record and a 6-8 mark in CCAA play. The Toros are riding a four-game winning streak with victories over UC Davis and Chico State this past weekend. CSUDH will host Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State San Bernardino this weekend.

TOROS PULL OFF OVERTIME VICTORY OVER CHICO STATE: Cal State Dominguez Hills got a career-high 30 points from Jacob Poole for the second night in a row as the senior guard led the Toros to an 89-86 overtime CCAA conference victory over Chico State Saturday night in the Torodome. The win gives CSUDH their first 4-game win streak since the 1995-96 season. Chico State took a two-point lead into the intermission 49-47 shooting a blazing 66% from the field. The Toros tied the game 49-49 with the first basket of the second half but the Wildcats would begin a 9-2 run taking a 58-51 lead with 17:03 left in regulation. Over the next three minutes, CSUDH would trim the lead to 58-57 on a layup by Ernie Burries with 14:41 remaining. Both teams would trade baskets over the next nine minutes before the Toros took the lead 71-70 on a 3-point basket by Justin Goree with 5:57 on the clock. After a free throw by Kevin Blunt and another 3-pointer from Goree gave the Toros a four point lead at 2:15, the Wildcat defense would hold Cal State Dominguez Hills to one point over the final 2+ minutes. With an 80-77 CSUDH lead and 4.8 seconds left, Chico's Ben Perak ran the distance of the court and nailed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to send the game into overtime. In the extra period, Blunt got a put-back on an offensive rebound to give the Toros an 82-80 lead at 3:36. Jon Henderson gave Chico the lead for the last time 85-84 on an 8-foot jumper with 2:03 on the clock. With :23 second left, Jacob Poole was fouled and converted both of this charity shots to give CSUDH the lead for good 86-85. In Chico's next possession, Poole would steal the ball at midcourt and was fouled sending him to the line where he converted both free throws with :12-seconds remaining to seal the win. Poole led everyone with a game-high 30 points and 9 assists. It was the second night in a row that the senior guard scored 30 points after pouring in 30 on Friday in the Toros 76-70 win over UC Davis. Freshman Earl Rowland came off the bench to score 19 points on 8-16 shooting from the floor. Blunt came close to a double-double with 17 points and a game-high 9 rebounds. Justin Goree chipped in with 12 points while hitting two crucial three-point baskets in the game for the Toros.

POOLE LEADS TOROS TO FIRST EVER WIN OVER UC DAVIS: CSUDH got a career-high 30 points from Jacob Poole to post their first-ever win over UC Davis 76-70 in CCAA action on Friday night in the Torodome. UC Davis had won the first 10 meetings dating back to the 1984-85 season. CSUDH came out hot shooting 58% in the first half to take a 10-point lead into the intermission. In the first period, the game was tied 17-17 at 10:48 before the Toros went on a 18-6 run to take a 12-point lead 35-23 with 2:33 left in the first half. UC Davis opened the second period on a 19-5 run to forge their first lead of the game 48-44 with 14:17 remaining. In the run, the Aggies took their first lead on a three-pointer by Dominic Callori at 14:43 then took a four-point lead in the next possession on a 3-point basket by Tyler Boyd. CSUDH's Brandon Erquhart tied the game 48-48 at 13:28 then took the lead for good on a layup by Jacob Poole at 13:07 making it 50-48. The Toros defense held Davis scoreless over the next 6:40 going on a 16-0 run capped by a free throw by Poole at 8:46 making it 60-48. In that stretch, Poole scored six of the Toros 16 points. UC Davis would trim the lead to five points in the final minute but that was as close as the Aggies would get as CSUDH would convert on 13-15 from the charity stripe over the final six minutes of the game. Poole erupted for a career-high 30 points, 20 of them coming in the second half. For the game, Poole shot 11-18 from the floor in 37 minutes of play. Michael Crawford chipped in with 15 points on 6-8 from the field. Lamar Lawrence came off the bench to pull down a game-high nine rebounds on the night.

POOLE GARNERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS AGAIN: For the second consecutive week, Jacob Poole has been named the Rawlings California Collegiate Athletic Association Men's Basketball Player of the Week as announced by the league office today for the week of Jan. 28 - Feb. 3. Poole, a 5-9 senior from San Diego, earned the award after leading the Toros to their third and fourth straight win with a precedent-setting weekend. He scored a game-high 30 points on 61 percent shooting and added 3 rebounds and 2 assists to lead the Toros to a 76-70 win over UC Davis. Poole sparked a 16-0 second-half run with six points that erased a four-point deficit and the Toros went on to defeat UCD for the first time in the 12-game series' history dating back to 1984. The following night, Poole again scored a game-high 30 points to lead CSUDH to a thrilling 89-86 overtime win over Chico State. The back-to-back 30-point performances was a first-ever accomplishment for a Cal State Dominguez Hills player. Poole added a game-high 9 assists, 6 rebounds and 4 steals. For the week, he averaged 30 points on 49 percent shooting overall (22-45) and 87 percent free throw shooting (13-15). Poole also averaged 5.5 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals.

SCOUTING CAL POLY POMONA: Cal Poly enters the week in third place in the CCAA with a 10-4 league mark and a 13-6 overall record. The Broncos are coming off a sweep this weekend with wins over Cal State Bakersfield (70-65) and CS Stanislaus (86-57). Senior guard Lucas LeCour leads a trio of players scoring in double figures with 13.8 ppg. Freshman Jeff Bonds follows with 11.9 ppg and leads the Broncos on the boards grabbing 5.3 rpg. Senior Raymond Hubbard is pouring in 11.0 ppg and is second on the squad with 5.0 rpg.

ABOUT CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO: The Coyotes enter the week atop the CCAA standings with a 13-1 conference record and an 18-1 overall mark. CSUSB is now ranked No. 4 in the latest NCAA II polls. CSUSB was upset this past weekend by Cal State Bakersfield (60-62) and posted a win over Cal State Stanislaus (76-52). San Bernardino is led by senior forward Glenn Summerall who is averaging 13.9 ppg. Junior forward Bobby Burries follows with 13.8 ppg while James Taylor is also in double figures with 10.6 ppg. Seniors Tellys Knight and LeRoy Mayo pace the team defensively with 4.5 rpg.

LEADING THE TOROS: Senior point guard Jacob Poole leads a quartet of CSUDH players in double figures averaging 20.3 ppg. Poole also paces the squad with 35 steals and dishing out a team-best 5.1 assists per game. Kevin Blunt is second on the team averaging 16.3 ppg and leads the team in rebounding grabbing 8.1 rpg. Freshman Earl Rowland is scoring at a 10.7 ppg clip while junior forward Michael Crawford is knocking in 10.5 ppg. As a team, the Toros are shooting .446 from the field while holding their opponents to .430 from the floor.

TOROS ON A ROLL: The Toros have won four straight games after sweeping CCAA schools UC Davis and Chico State this past weekend. It is the first 4-game win streak for coach Larry Hauser and the first since former mentor Dave Yanai was guiding the program during the 1995-96 season.

TOROS MATCH 2000-01 MARK: With eight games left in the season, the Toros have already posted as many victories as last year's team. In 2000-01, CSUDH finished with a 7-19 overall record and 6-16 mark in CCAA play. Currently, the Toros are 7-12 overall and 6-8 in league play.

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HEAD COACH LARRY HAUSER Coach Hauser begins his fifth season on the sidelines for Cal State Dominguez Hills. Hauser has compiled a 34-70 career record in four seasons on the Carson campus. During his first campaign in the 1997-98 season, Hauser led the Toros to a second place league finish.

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