Cal Poly Pomona Comes Away with 71-62 Victory Over CSUDH Men
February 13, 2003

Complete Box Score

Carson, CA -- Cal State Dominguez Hills junior Eric Crookshank and sophomore Saul Lankster led the Toros (6-14, 4-11 CCAA) with 11 points apiece, but visiting Cal Poly Pomona's Jeff Bonds led all scorers with 21 points, propelling the Broncos to a 71-62 victory on Friday night at the Torodome.

CSUDH falls to 6-14, 4-11 CCAA, while CPP improves to 15-5, 11-4 CCAA.

The visiting Broncos stormed to a 22-5 lead in the game's first eight minutes of action. The Toros would respond, scoring 12-consecutive points over the next five minutes to narrow the gap to 22-17 with 8:31 remaining behind two three-pointers by Antoine Griffin (Long Beach, CA/Millikan HS) and one three-ball by Lankster.

Cal Poly Pomona, however, led by Bonds' 11 first-half points, would take a 34-27 lead entering the locker room.

Cal State Dominguez Hills would use a Rodney Terrell (San Jose, CA/Gunderson HS) jumper to get within striking range at 34-29 to open the second half, but a David Sybesma jumper and a three-pointer by Hervey Malone II would boost the Bronco advantage back to double figures at 44-32, deflating the Toro momentum.

Sybesma would continue to connect, scoring eight of his 10 points after intermission to keep the Bronco lead in double digits. A Bonds layup with 4:59 left in the contest gave the Broncos their biggest lead at 69-46, but the Toros used five-consecutive buckets by Lankster and Geovanny Aispuro (Long Beach, CA/LB Jordan HS) to outscore CPP 14-2 over the final five minutes, bringing CSUDH to within 11 at 71-60.

A Jamel Gay (Carson, CA/Artesia HS) jumper with :39 would finish the scoring as the Broncos would leave the Torodome with a 71-62 victory.

Aispuro contributed 10 points to round out the Toros' double-figure scorers, while CPP's Jonathan Williams' 11 and Sybesma's 10 points rounded out the CPP players who scored at least 10 points.

Crookshank tied Bonds with a game-high nine boards, while Griffin's five assists was good for game high.

The Broncos used a second-half 53.6% to 44.8% shooting advantage from the floor to seal the victory.

The Toros host Cal State San Bernardino tomorrow night at the Torodome, with tipoff scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. start