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79
Winner UC Davis UCD 13-8,6-3 Big West
58
CSU Bakersfield CSUB 6-14,2-7 Big West
Winner
UC Davis UCD
13-8,6-3 Big West
79
Final
58
CSU Bakersfield CSUB
6-14,2-7 Big West
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
UC Davis UCD 40 39 79
CSU Bakersfield CSUB 22 36 58

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Hot-Shooting Aggies Defeat `Runners in Bakersfield

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – The hot shooting of UC Davis was too much for the Roadrunner men's basketball team to handle in Thursday night's home game. CSU Bakersfield struggled to slow the Aggies' Elijah Pepper, The Big West's leading scorer, as visiting UC Davis earned a 79-58 victory in the Icardo Center.

Notables
  • Pepper tallied 28 points on 9-of-12 shooting to lead all scorers. The guard came into the game averaging just over 19 points a contest for UC Davis (13-8, 6-3 BW).
  • CSUB (6-14, 2-7 BW) was led by Antavion Collum, who tied a career high with 20 points (6-11 FG) on Thursday night.
  • Freshman Kaseem Watson chipped in a career-high 14 points on 7-of-10 shooting off the bench.
  • Bakersfield enjoyed the return of Dalph Panopio, a sophomore point guard who underwent hand surgery just before the season began. Panopio played 25 minutes in his season debut.
  • The Aggies shot an outstanding 63% from the field in the game compared to a respectable 48% effort from the `Runners.
Quotes
  • "I just feel like it's a learning process. Every week, we've got somebody getting injured. We're just figuring out how to work through adversity and be a team at the same time…We've got to control what we can control." – Collum, a junior forward
  • "We'll take what we did wrong in this game and just try to bounce back. Make sure guys stay healthy and pray for a safe trip to Hawai'i and get ready for that game." – Watson, a freshman guard
Next on the Schedule
  • at Hawai'i, Saturday, Jan. 28, 9 p.m. (PT)
  • Full schedule available at GoRunners.com/MBB
  • CSUB Season Tickets and Single-Game Tickets available at GoRunners.com/Tickets or by calling 661-654-BLUE or 661-654-GOLD
First Half
  • Bakersfield jumped out to an early, 7-2 lead on the Aggies, but the visiting team pulled even a few minutes later.
  • UC Davis used a late, 18-4 run to take a 40-22 advantage to the locker room.
  • The Aggies shot 55% from the field in the first half while the `Runners converted on 38% of their attempts.
  • Marvin McGhee III and Watson led the `Runners at the break with six points each.
  • Pepper tallied 14 points in the first 20 minutes.
Second Half
  • The Aggies extended their lead to as many as 27 points, 51-24, four minutes into the first period.
  • Bakersfield battled its way to a 14-point deficit, 61-47, with about six minutes left in the game, but the `Runners were unable to claw their way any closer.
  • UC Davis held on to their early advantage to take a 79-58 road victory from the `Runners.
  • Collum scored 14 of his career-high 20 points in the second half.
~GoRunners.com~
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