SAN DIEGO, Calif. ? Still riding the high of Monday's 32-point win, the CSUB men's basketball team used it's stifling defense and another strong shooting performance to hold on for an 80-72 win over University of San Diego Wednesday.

Led by freshman guard Donavan Bragg's career-high 20 points, the win was the Roadrunners' second straight and fourth in the last six games as they improve to 5-12 on the season.

Without the services of starting point guard junior Brandon Johnson (leg injury), the swarming ?Runner defense forced USD (7-10 overall) into 15 first-half turnovers, one under their per-game average. Despite the loss of Johnson, who averages a team-high 18 points per game, the Toreros used their rebounding and points in the paint to hold a 28-21 lead at the 7:41 mark.

But Bragg calmly nailed a pair of free throws and Johns buried back-to-back three pointers to give CSUB a 29-28 lead with 6:11 remaining in the half. The ?Runners opened up an eight points spread before De'Jon Jackson's buzzer-beating baseline jumper made it 41-35 at the half.

CSUB led 50-41 five minutes into the second half before eight consecutive USD points brought the Toreros to within one. A triple by senior Zack Grasmick broke the run and the ?Runners stretched the lead back to 71-62 with just under four to play.

The Toreros would get to within five points at the 3:09 mark, but the ?Runners fought off any hopes for a San Diego comeback in the waning minutes. A long buzzer-beating three by Bragg at 2:30 pushed the lead back to eight and a 6-for-6 performance from the charity stripe closed out the win for CSUB.

Johns finished with 18 points, senior Demarcus Hall had 16 and Grasmick chipped in 11 to round out four ?Runners in double figures.

After a 6-for-14 performance from the free throw line in the first half, CSUB made them count down the stretch, nailing 12-of-13 in the second, including an 8-for-8 performance by Hall.

Gyno Pomare finished with 18 points and a career-high 16 rebounds for the Toreros. Rob Jones added 18 points and Jackson chipped in 17 points for San Diego which shot 43 percent from the field.

The ?Runners remain on the road Tuesday, traveling to Sacramento State for a 7 p.m. tip-off.

CSU BAKERSFIELD (5?12 overall) ? BRAGG 6-10 4-4 20; JOHNS 6-9 4-9 18; HALL 4-11 8-8 16; GRASMICK 3-10 2-3 11; ROBINSON 3-5 0-3 6; BLAKLEY -4 0-0 3; ROSE 1-2 0-0 2; BROWN, R. 1-6 0-0 2; LEE 1-1 0-0 2; BROWN, C. 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 26-60 18-27 80.

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO (7-10 overall) ? JONES 7-14 4-4 18; POMARE 5-12 8-10 18; JACKSON, D. 7-16 2-2 17; BROWN 2-3 0-0 6; JOHNSON 2-9 1-1 5; GINTY 1-6 1-2 4; LEWIS 1-1 0-0 2; LOZEAU 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 26-63 16-19 72.

Halftime: CSUB 41-35. 3-point goals--CSUB 10-19 (BRAGG 4-4; JOHNS 2-3; GRASMICK 3-7; BLAKLEY 1-2); USD 4-15 (JACKSON 1-5; GINTY 1-4; BROWN 2-3). Fouled out--CSUB-none; USD--none. Rebounds--CSUB37(JOHNS 8, HALL 8); USD 41 (POMARE 16). Assists--CSUB 10 (GRASMICK 6); USD 12 (GINTY 4). Total fouls--CSUB 18, USD 18. Technical fouls--none. A-1577.