Toros Drop Men's Home Opener to Cal Baptist University, 92-81
Antoine Griffin leads all scorers with 28 points in non-conference loss
November 28, 2003

Complete Box Score

CARSON, Calif.-Cal State Dominguez Hills opened up its 2003-04 home schedule in unspectacular fashion with visiting Cal Baptist upending the Toros, 92-81, Friday night in the Torodome.

CSUDH drops below .500 on the year and is now 1-2, while Cal Baptist improves to 4-2.

Cal State Dominguez Hills took a 42-41 lead into the locker room after 13 first-half points by point guard Antoine Griffin (Long Beach/LB Millikan HS). The margin would have been four points, but the Lancers' Tyler Ojanen hit a buzzer-beating half court shot to send the visitors into the intermission on a high note.

CBU opened up the second half with an 11-3 run in the first two minutes to take the lead, 52-45. The Lancers built its lead up to as many as 10 points, 72-62, with 7:59 left before the Toros would mount a comeback.

Griffin scored five points during a 7-2 run to trim the deficit to 74-69 with 5:51 remaining. But Cal Baptist answered each Toro run tonight, this time going on a 8-3 spurt to take control with just three minutes left. The Lancers sealed the game making 8-9 of its free throws to account for the final margin, 92-81.

Griffin led all scorers with 28 points on 8-13 from the floor including 6-7 from beyond the 3-point arc. Eric Crookshank (Vallejo, CA) followed, pouring in 21 points while grabbing a game-high 12 boards. CSUDH shot well this evening making 56% (28-50) of its shots, but turnovers proved costly with Cal Baptist scoring 19 points off of 17 Toro miscues.

Seidel led three CBU players in double-digit scoring with 25 points, including 5-7 from behind the three-point line. Tevis Jones poured in 22 points and Ojanen chipped in with 17 on the night. Ronnie McMillan came off the bench to grab a team-high seven rebounds.

CSUDH is back in action on Monday traveling to Dominican University (CA). First tip is set for 7:00 p.m.