`Runners Head to Cal Poly, Host Hawai'i on Monday

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Looking to start a new win streak, the Cal State Bakersfield men's basketball team will hit the road before a quick turnaround to a home game at the start of next week. The Roadrunners will head over to the Central Coast to take on Cal Poly Wednesday night in a Big West clash before hosting Hawai'i in the Icardo Center on President's Day.

Upcoming Schedule

at Cal Poly, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 7 p.m. (PT), San Luis Obispo, Calif.
vs. Hawai'i, Monday, Feb. 20, 5 p.m. (PT), Bakersfield, Calif.

How to Follow the `Runners

Single-game Tickets are available. Visit GoRunners.com/Tickets or call 661-654-BLUE or 661-654-GOLD for more information.
Fans who cannot attend the games in person can watch the live broadcasts on ESPN+.
Links for video, live stats, tickets, and more are available at GoRunners.com/Live.
Live updates will be shared during games on Twitter @CSUB_MBB.

`Runner Notes

Bakersfield (9-16, 5-9 BW) split a pair of Big West games last week, having its three-game win streak snapped by Long Beach State on Saturday.
With all of Bakersfield's injury troubles, junior forward Antavion Collum has stepped up and been on a tear recently. The Memphis, Tenn. native has averaged 20.8 points per game over his last six contests, including a career-high 31 points against UC Riverside on Feb. 2.
For his efforts, Collum was named the Big West Player of the Week last week.
Head Coach Rod Barnes currently has a 100-44 record (.694) in the Icardo Center.

Quotes from Head Coach Rod Barnes

"Cal Poly is a team in need of a win. They have played extremely well at home. They have lost some close games...They have an older team, a lot of veterans on their team who have been together for a while, they just haven't been able to pull out the close wins. We're gonna have our hands full. We have to be prepared and ready."
"Against Hawai'i, I think I saw our team start to gain trust and confidence in each other, as far as this particular group of guys...We were aggressive and I think, if you take the second half of that game and every game since, we've figured out that we can score more than what we were before that."

Scouting the Mustangs

Cal Poly (7-19, 1-13 BW) won its first Big West game on Dec. 29, but has lost 13-straight since then. Even still, the Mustangs are dangerous, having suffered eight single-digit defeats in that span.
Alimamy Koroma leads the Mustang offense, averaging a little over 10 points a contest.
CSUB and Cal Poly enjoy a rich history that dates all the way back to the 1970s when the two programs clashed as rivals in NCAA Division II. All-time, Bakersfield holds a 39-25 edge on the Mustangs.
The `Runners are 9-0 against Cal Poly in CSUB's Division I era (since 2007-08) and all of those games were played under the watch of Barnes.
On Jan. 5 of this year, Cal Poly came to the Icardo Center where CSUB handed its visitors a 61-51 loss. The `Runners pulled ahead of the Mustangs early and held on for the double-digit victory.

Scouting the Rainbow Warriors

Hawai'i (18-8, 9-5 BW) is in the hunt for a Top 3 finish in the Big West standings.
Hawai'i has enjoyed a uniquely steady lineup with the same five men starting in all 26 games so far this season, one of only a handful of programs across the country to boast that kind of consistency.
CSUB and UH are in the early stages of their all-time series. Monday's game will be just the seventh all-time meeting between the two programs with Hawai'i owning a narrow, 4-2 edge in the series.
When CSUB traveled to Honolulu on Jan. 28, the Warriors built up an 18-point lead early in the second half. The `Runners put together a valiant comeback effort but ultimately fell, 72-69.

~GoRunners.com~

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