Toros Brought Back to Earth in 84-65 Men's Loss to 4th-Ranked Seattle Pacific University
CSUDH allows SPU to shoot 62.7% from field and 56.5% from 3-point land in blowout
November 25, 2006

Complete Box Score

Las Vegas, NV - One day after giving 2nd-ranked University of Montevallo all it wanted in the tune of a three-point Toro loss, CSUDH experienced a defensive lull of sorts as host and 4th-ranked Seattle Pacific shot a sizzling 62.7% from the field, including 56.5% from 3-point land, in taking an 84-65 decision on the second and final day of the SPU Las Vegas Thanksgiving Classic. With the loss, CSUDH drops to 0-2 to begin the 2006-07 basketball season.

The Toros kept things close in the opening minutes, tying the Falcons 5-5 at the 16:53 mark. That's as close as CSUDH would get, however, as SPU would outscore the Toros 26-7 over the next 10 minutes to seize control of the contest in taking a 31-12 lead. CSUDH would use two Jonathan Toliver (Inglewood, CA/Westchester HS) 3-pointers to cut the deficit to 13 with just over 6 minutes left in the opening period and would get as close as 36-31 on a Carlos Rivers (Long Beach, CA/LA Valley College) long range bomb with 47 ticks left on the clock, but SPU's Dustin Bremerman would connect on his own trey to give the Falcons a comfortable 39-31 lead entering the half.

After intermission, Bremerman put the Falcons up by 11 with another 3-pointer to open the second-half scoring, and another bucket from behind the arc by SPU's Drew Matsen would give the Falcons a 16 point lead at the 16:29 mark. CSUDH would shave 3 points off the lead on a Rivers 3-point basket, but the Falcons would hit their offensive stride in the second half, connecting for 70.8% of their shots in the second 20-minute session.

SPU's Dustin Bremerman gave the Falcons their then-largest lead at 23 on a 3-point heave, 3 of his game-high 23 points, before a Rob Deiderichs' lay in four minutes later put the advantage to 24 at 81-57, all but sealing the Toros' fate. The lead remained at least 20 points over the game's final minutes, until a Shamont Brown (Jamaica, NY/Riverside CC) layup with 45 seconds left in the game accounted for the contest's final tally.

Jamaal Barnes (Compton, CA/Compton JC) led the Toros with 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field, while Toliver and Rivers accounted for 11 points apiece in the loss. Senior Gabe Bernard (North Hills, CA/University of Texas at San Antonio) tallied team-high rebounding honors with 8, while Toliver garned the most assists on the team with 5. In addition to Bremerman's high-point total, Matzen tallied 21 of his own in the SPU blowout win, while JoJay Jackson notched a game-high 10 boards.

The Toros welcome Cal State Stanislaus on Friday, December 1, for their home and CCAA opener, before hosting Chico State the following night. First tip for both games is scheduled for 7:30 pm in the Torodome.

SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY 84, CAL. STATE - DOMINGUEZ HILLS 65
CAL. STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS (0-0, 0-2) BARNES, Jamaal 5-7 3-4 13; TOLIVER, Jonathan 4-7 0-0 11; RIVERS, Carlos 4-7 0-0 11; BROWN, Shamont 4-6 0-2 8; LOVE, Demetrius 3-4 0-0 6; WARD, Jamel 2-7 2-2 6; NIBO, Nonso 1-6 3-6 5; BERNARD, Gabe 2-12 0-0 4; BRYANT, Trevon 0-2 1-2 1; COOPER, Murphy 0-1 0-1 0; CAWTHORNE, James 0-5 0-0 0; WALTON, Ryan 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 25-67 9-17 65.
SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY (0-0, 3-1) Bremerman,Dustin 8-12 3-3 23; Matzen,Drew 8-10 0-0 21; Diederichs,Rob 5-9 0-0 12; Jackson,JoJay 4-6 0-0 9; Will,Rob 4-7 1-4 9; Echols,Marques 2-3 0-0 5; Larrieu,Brandon 0-1 3-3 3; Lynch,Brian 1-2 0-1 2; Wardell,Adam 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 32-51 7-11 84.
Halftime-SPU 39, CSDH 31. 3-point goals-CSDH 6-20 (TOLIVER, Jonathan 3-6; RIVERS, Carlos 3-5; WARD, Jamel 0-2; BERNARD, Gabe 0-4; CAWTHORNE, James 0-1; WALTON, Ryan 0-1; BROWN, Shamont 0-1), SPU 13-23 (Matzen,Drew 5-5; Bremerman,Dustin 4-7; Diederichs,Rob 2-5; Echols,Marques 1-1; Jackson,JoJay 1-3; Lynch,Brian 0-1; Larrieu,Brandon 0-1). Fouled out-- None. Rebounds-CSDH 34 (BERNARD, Gabe 8), SPU 34 (Jackson,JoJay 10). Assists-CSDH 14 (TOLIVER, Jonathan 5), SPU 29 (Will,Rob 7). Total fouls-CSDH 13, SPU 14. A-119