FULLERTON, Calif. ? Despite a game?high 26-point, 10?rebound double?double from junior guard Terrence Johns (Bakersfield College) the CSUB men's basketball team dropped the first game of its NCAA Division I era to Cal State Fullerton, 92?75 at Titan Gym in Fullerton Friday night.
Fullerton's Josh Akognon scored 22 points and Frank Robinson added 21 Friday night to lead the Titans to the non?conference victory over in both schools' men's basketball opener.
Freshman Cory Brown (Lakeside/El Capitan HS) and junior forward Santwon Latunde (Landover, Md.) added 11 points a piece. Fullerton also got double?figure scoring from Marcus Crenshaw (14) and Andrew Green (10) and Robinson led the way on the boards with 9 to go with a game?high 4 steals.
Fullerton hit its first three shots of the game ?? two treys by Akognon and one by Robinson ?? in the first 78 seconds for a quick 9?0 lead and Bakersfield would get only as close as 5 points the rest of the way. Crenshaw buried a 3?pointer to beat the halftime horn for a 46?35 halftime lead.
The Titans opened the second half with a 10?3 run for a 56?38 lead at 15:11 and the lead never got less than 12 points. Fullerton thrice led by 25 points.
Fullerton hit 12 of 26 3?point tries led by Akognon's 6 for 13 effort. Bakersfield hit 10 of 20 with John making 4 of 7.
Fullerton is home on Sunday afternoon to Cal State L.A. while the Roadrunners, playing their first entirely Div. I schedule, are at Saint Mary's on Tuesday night.
Cal State Fullerton 92, CSU Bakersfield 75
CSU BAKERSFIELD (0-1) -- Terrence JOHNS 9-14 4-5 26; Cory BROWN 3-7 5-6 11; Santwon LATUNDE 4-7 3-6 11; Donavan BRAGG 3-7 0-0 7; Trent BLAKLEY 2-4 0-0 6; Ryan BROWN 2-4 1-2 6; Zack GRASMICK 1-2 2-2 5; Demarcus HALL 1-4 0-0 3; Rick ROBINSON 0-2 0-0 0; Robert ROSE 0-1 0-0 0; Alex JOHNSON 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 25-55 15-21 75.
CAL STATEFULLERTON (1-0) -- Akognon, Josh 8-16 0-0 22; Robinson, Frank 8-13 3-5 21; Crenshaw, Marcus 5-9 0-0 14; Green, Andrew 4-8 2-2 10; Reed, Ray 3-5 2-4 8; Alexander, Kenneth 3-5 1-1 7; Lima, Eddie 3-4 0-0 6; Russell, Junior 0-3 2-2 2; Lassiter, Marcio 1-1 0-0 2; Morgan, Marcus 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-64 10-14 92.
Halftime: CSUF 46-35. 3-point goals--CSUB 10-20 (Terrence JOHNS 4-7; Trent BLAKLEY 2-4; Donavan BRAGG 1-4; Demarcus HALL 1-1; Ryan BROWN 1-2; Zack GRASMICK 1-1; Alex JOHNSON 0-1), FULLERTON 12-26 (Akognon, Josh 6-13; Crenshaw, Marcus 4-7; Robinson, Frank 2-5; Russell, Junior 0-1). Fouled out--CSUB-None, FULLERTON-None. Rebounds--CSUB 31 (Terrence JOHNS 10), FULLERTON 33 (Robinson, Frank 9). Assists--CSUB 16 (Donavan BRAGG 5), FULLERTON 24 (Morgan, Marcus 5; Robinson, Frank 5). Total fouls--CSUB 12, FULLERTON 20. Technical fouls--CSUB-None, FULLERTON-None. A-853
