Toros Send Seniors Out With 67-58 Men's Victory Over San Francisco State in Regular Season Finale
Antoine Griffin and Saul Lankster lead four Toros in double-figure scoring
March 6, 2004

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Carson, CA -- Cal State Dominguez Hills senior Antoine Griffin (Long Beach, CA/Millikan HS) and sophomore Saul Lankster (Long Beach, CA/Centennial HS) each scored 13 points as CSUDH ended the regular season with a 67-58 win over visiting San Francisco State.

Cal State Dominguez Hills senior Antoine Griffin scored 13 points in his last game at CSUDH in a win over San Francisco State.

Cal State Dominguez Hills ends its regular season at 8-19, 6-16 CCAA, while the SFSU concludes its season at 10-16, 8-14 CCAA.

The visitors jumped out quickly, taking a 7-2 lead with 2:47 elapsed in the opening frame. The Toros would keep the Gators in striking distance, using Lankster's 11 points on 4-for-4 shooting from the field in the first 20 minutes of play.

Behind a Michael Roche (Lakewood, CA/LB Poly HS) jumper with just less than two minutes remaining in the first half, CSUDH would take its first lead of the ballgame at 24-22, increasing it to seven points on four Lankster points and two by Roche. A Chris Tabarez jumper as time expired cut into CSUDH's lead, sending the Gators into the locker room trailing 29-24.

CSUDH would seize momentum to begin the second half, extending its lead to seven on a Charles Logan (Moreno Valley, CA/Valley View HS) jumper at the 18:01 mark. The Toros would keep the Gators at arm's length over the next 10 minutes, until a Jamar Collins jumper would cut the SFSU deficit to 46-45 with 9:16 left in regulation. The Gators would take their first lead of the second half on a Collins layup, but the Toros would quickly rebound as Ryan Meilleur (Lakewood, CA/Artesia HS) would sink two free throws at with just under three minutes left to give CSUDH the lead for good.

Stellar free throw shooting by the Toros would seal the victory, as six-consecutive foul shots by Griffin with under one minute remaining would bring CSUDH's lead to 64-56. After two free throws by SFSU's Oscar Edwards would narrow the margin to six, a buzzer-beating three-pointer by senior Malik Harris (Oakland, CA/Berkeley HS) fittingly would conclude the scoring as the Toros sent six seniors off with a victory in their final game in Cardinal Red and Gold.

Roche's 12 and Harris' 11 points rounded out the four Toros who scored in double digits, while Logan and Roche shared team-high honors with seven boards apiece.

SFSU's Mychal Lynch tallied game-high honors with 19 points, while Tabarez's 10 points and game-high 13 boards gave the Gator the only double-double on the evening.

CSUDH ends its season increasing both its overall and conference win totals by two games each.