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69
CSU Bakersfield CSUB 6-15,2-8 Big West
72
Winner Hawaii Hawaii 16-6,7-3 Big West
CSU Bakersfield CSUB
6-15,2-8 Big West
69
Final
72
Hawaii Hawaii
16-6,7-3 Big West
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
CSU Bakersfield CSUB 28 41 69
Hawaii Hawaii 45 27 72

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

CSUB's 2nd-Half Rally Falls Short in Honolulu

HONOLULU – Trailing by 18 points five minutes into the second half, the Cal State Bakersfield men's basketball team never gave up in Saturday night's road game at Hawai'i. The Roadrunners ignited a furious comeback effort, battling all the way to the final whistle and winning the second half 41-27, but CSUB came up just short in a 72-69 loss in the Big West skirmish.

Notables
  • Junior forward Antavion Collum posted a career-high in scoring for the second-straight game, raising his best offensive mark to 23 points on Saturday.
  • Senior Travis Henson tallied 16 points against the Rainbow Warriors while playing every second of the 40-minute game. The forward also chipped in a team-high six rebounds.
  • Senior forward Cameron Smith tallied 15 of his 18 points in the second half, helping to spark Bakersfield's valiant push.
  • Hawai'i (16-6, 7-3 BW) hit 7-of-13 three-pointers in the first half, but Bakersfield's defense held its host to an 0-for-11 effort from behind the arc in the final 20 minutes.
  • CSUB (6-15, 2-8 BW) forced 12 UH turnovers while committing just seven of its own.
Next on the Schedule
  • vs. UC Riverside, Thursday, Feb. 2, 7 p.m. (PT)
  • at UC San Diego, Saturday, Feb. 4, 7 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
  • Hawai'i jumped out to an early 17-6 advantage on the `Runners before Bakersfield answered back with a 6-0 run to draw within five points.
  • The Rainbow Warriors went 7-for-13 from three-point range in the first half, catalyzing a big surge that sent them to the locker room leading 45-28.
  • Collum (8) and Henson (7) led the CSUB offense in the opening 20 minutes.
Second Half
  • The Warriors' biggest lead of the night came at 52-34, an 18-point advantage with 15:14 left on the clock.
  • Bakersfield then went on a 9-0 run to cut the deficit to single digits just over eight minutes into the second period.
  • The `Runners continued surging, dropping the deficit to four points, 54-50, after holding UH to zero made field goals over a nine-minute stretch.
  • Hawai'i pushed its lead back out to nine points with just over a minute to go, but the pesky `Runners never let off the gas, forcing turnovers in the final minute and making UH convert on its free throws.
  • Henson's buzzer-beating three-pointer from 25 feet out made the final score 72-69 as Bakersfield fell on the road in a hard-fought battle.
~GoRunners.com~
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