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Rob Diaz III
Elliott Portillo
76
Winner Cal St. Monterey Bay CSMB 6-7,4-4 CCAA
70
Cal Poly Humboldt HSU 3-10,0-8 CCAA
Winner
Cal St. Monterey Bay CSMB
6-7,4-4 CCAA
76
Final
70
Cal Poly Humboldt HSU
3-10,0-8 CCAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Cal St. Monterey Bay CSMB 36 40 76
Cal Poly Humboldt HSU 31 39 70

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Drew Gwerder

Humboldt Falls in Final Seconds to Monterey Bay

ARCATA, Calif. -- For the first time since December 2nd, Cal Poly Humboldt returned to their home floor and took on the Cal State Monterey Bay Otters Thursday evening. A dogfight down the stretch saw a two-point game with 16 seconds remaining slip away from the Lumberjacks and Monterey Bay held on for a final score of 76-70. Rob Diaz III was the highlight for the jacks as he posted his third consecutive 20-point game, recording 20 points, five rebounds, two assists, and two steals. Meanwhile, Chase Hettinger posted a season-high 12 points on 80% shooting from three-point range. 

Being down by as much as 10 in the first half, the Lumberjacks managed to cut the deficit to five points at the half, 36-31. Humboldt managed to tie the game with 13:29 after Kareen Clark made a mid-range jumper to even the score at 48. With 9:30 left, Rob Diaz III gave the Jacks their first second-half lead, 54-52, after sinking a jumper. Humboldt maintained their lead for three minutes before the Otters surged back to go up by seven points with four minutes to play. A Brandon Bento-Jackson three-pointer and back-to-back layups from Rob Diaz III kept it a one possession game with under a minute to play. With 16 seconds left, Kareem Clark drove to the basket and made a layup to make it 72-70, but the Otters pulled away after the Jacks were forced to foul. Monterey Bay held on with a final score of 76-70. 


Lumberjack Low-Down
  • Rob Diaz III posted his third consecutive 20+ point game
  • Chase Hettinger shot 80% from three-point range
  • The Jacks shot 45.9% and the Otters shot 47.1%
  • Otters had 21 free-throw attempts compared to Humboldt's nine attempts
  • Humboldt had more bench points than Monterey Bay (27-10), second chance points (9-6), and points in the paint (32-28)
  • The Otters had more fast break points (10-4) and points off turnovers (6-5)

Records
Cal Poly Humboldt (3-10, 0-8 CCAA)
Cal State Monterey Bay (6-7, 4-4 CCAA)

Up Next
Humboldt will host Stanislaus State (4-10, 1-7 CCAA) on Saturday evening for 7:30 PM tip-off.

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