Saturday, January 8
Northridge, CA
1 P.M.
at
CSUN
Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics
Cal Poly Visits CSUN Saturday in Delayed Big West Opener
1/7/2022 11:20:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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SAN LUIS OBISPO – After its first three scheduled conference matchups were cancelled, the Cal Poly men's basketball program opens its 26th season of Big West action at CSUN on Saturday, Jan. 8. Tip time inside The Matadome is 1 p.m. with action televised on Spectrum SportsNet for Cal Poly (3-8), which will have been idle for 22 days following a Dec. 17 defeat at Fresno State and the cancellation of scheduled matchups at No. 4 UCLA (Dec. 22), Long Beach State (Dec. 30), Cal State Fullerton (Jan. 1) and UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 6) due to COVID protocols. CSUN (4-8), meanwhile, is playing its first countable Big West game on Saturday after having dates at UC Irvine (Dec. 30) and versus CSU Bakersfield (Jan. 6) cancelled. The Matadors fell at UC San Diego – currently in its second year of Division I reclassification – on Jan. 1.
FOLLOW CAL POLY THIS WEEK: Chris Sylvester provides play-by-play for ESPN 1280 (San Luis Obispo County) and GoPoly.com of Saturday's matchup at CSUN … Ghizal Hasan (play-by-play) and Alan Zinsmeister (color commentary) provide the call for Spectrum SportsNet … live stats and streaming video from the game will also be available via GoPoly.com.
CAL POLY VERSUS CSUN: The two programs have split the last two season series as Cal Poly seeks its first road win at CSUN since an 85-71 decision (Feb. 15, 2017) and just its second in the last eight years. Cal Poly leads the all-time series (57-51) while CSUN leads the Division I series (25-22).
CLOSE, BUT …: Seven of Cal Poly's 11 games thus far have been decided by four points or fewer with the Mustangs holding just a 2-5 record in those outcomes. Cal Poly's two victories were a 67-63, neutral-site win against Idaho (Nov. 24) and a 61-58 decision at Portland State (Dec. 11). Excluding an 87-57 loss at Santa Clara (Nov. 19) and 83-48 defeat at Fresno State (Dec. 17), Cal Poly's remaining six defeats have come by an average of 3.0 points per game. The Mustangs have already sustained three one-point defeats versus Sacramento State (Nov. 15), San Diego (Dec. 5) and Portland (Dec. 13) and an overtime loss to Nicholls State (Nov. 22).
KOROMA CONTINUES SCORING WAYS: One of Cal Poly's top two scorers for a second straight season, junior forward Alimamy Koroma – fueled by a team leading seven double-digit scoring outings, including a career best 23-point effort against Nicholls State (Nov. 22) – ranks 11th among Big West players with 12.5 points per game. Koroma, who added 19 points against Sacramento State (Nov. 15), also leads Cal Poly and ranks third among Big West players with a 52.9 (55-for-104) percent field goal mark. With 26 career double-digit scoring games, Koroma is averaging 9.7 points and 4.3 rebounds per game while shooting 51.0 (212-for-416) percent through 59 collegiate outings.
TAYLOR ON THE BOARDS: An offseason transfer from James Madison by way of Wyoming, junior guard Trevon Taylor surpassed his previous collegiate scoring best as a 27-point performance at Portland (Dec. 13) remains the second highest offensive output by a Mustang this season. One of only two Mustangs with a double-double thus far after scoring a Cal Poly best 15 points and grabbing 10 rebounds against Sacramento State (Nov. 15), Taylor maintains the program's rebounding lead with 5.8 boards per night. Having also grabbed nine rebounds versus Nicholls State (Nov. 22) and California Baptist (Dec. 2), Taylor has started 10 of 11 matchups while ranking third in the lineup with 8.4 points per game.
PIERCE'S DISTRIBUTION EFFORTS: One of only two Mustangs to start all 11 games alongside forward Alimamy Koroma, sophomore point guard Camren Pierce ranks fourth among Big West players with 3.7 assists per game. Highlighted by a career best eight-assist performance at San Diego (Dec. 5), Pierce has produced six-plus assists three times this season. Offensively, Pierce – who scored a career best 15 points at California Baptist (Dec. 2) – owns three double-digit scoring games this season and ranks fourth in Cal Poly's lineup with 7.2 points per evening.
LOOKING AHEAD: Cal Poly returns to Mott Athletics Center to host UC Riverside on Thursday, Jan. 13 in its first home game in 59 days and the program's 800th Division I game. Cal Poly's two-game home stand then concludes against UC Davis on Saturday, Jan. 15. Tip time is 7 p.m. both evenings.
ETC.: Since transitioning to the Division I level prior to the 1994-95 season, Cal Poly improved to 44-1 against non-Division I programs with an 86-53 home win against NAIA Westcliff (Nov. 9) … a 75-72 overtime loss versus Nicholls State (Nov. 22) marked Cal Poly's first all-time meeting against the Colonels … sophomore forward Kyle Colvin was name to SoCal Challenge All-Tournament Team (Nov. 24) after averaging 19.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game as Cal Poly finished third … Cal Poly captured third place at the inaugural SoCal Challenge (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) with a 67-63 victory versus Idaho (Nov. 24) … Cal Poly's 61-58 victory at Portland State marked the program's first road win since a 71-45 triumph at UC Riverside on Jan. 31, 2019 … Cal Poly's nine-game road trip (Nov. 19-Jan. 8) was the program's lengthiest since playing 12 successive games away from home during the 1970-71 season (Dec. 12-Jan. 22). Cal Poly also played nine straight road games to open the 1968-69 season.
SAN LUIS OBISPO – After its first three scheduled conference matchups were cancelled, the Cal Poly men's basketball program opens its 26th season of Big West action at CSUN on Saturday, Jan. 8. Tip time inside The Matadome is 1 p.m. with action televised on Spectrum SportsNet for Cal Poly (3-8), which will have been idle for 22 days following a Dec. 17 defeat at Fresno State and the cancellation of scheduled matchups at No. 4 UCLA (Dec. 22), Long Beach State (Dec. 30), Cal State Fullerton (Jan. 1) and UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 6) due to COVID protocols. CSUN (4-8), meanwhile, is playing its first countable Big West game on Saturday after having dates at UC Irvine (Dec. 30) and versus CSU Bakersfield (Jan. 6) cancelled. The Matadors fell at UC San Diego – currently in its second year of Division I reclassification – on Jan. 1.
FOLLOW CAL POLY THIS WEEK: Chris Sylvester provides play-by-play for ESPN 1280 (San Luis Obispo County) and GoPoly.com of Saturday's matchup at CSUN … Ghizal Hasan (play-by-play) and Alan Zinsmeister (color commentary) provide the call for Spectrum SportsNet … live stats and streaming video from the game will also be available via GoPoly.com.
CAL POLY VERSUS CSUN: The two programs have split the last two season series as Cal Poly seeks its first road win at CSUN since an 85-71 decision (Feb. 15, 2017) and just its second in the last eight years. Cal Poly leads the all-time series (57-51) while CSUN leads the Division I series (25-22).
CLOSE, BUT …: Seven of Cal Poly's 11 games thus far have been decided by four points or fewer with the Mustangs holding just a 2-5 record in those outcomes. Cal Poly's two victories were a 67-63, neutral-site win against Idaho (Nov. 24) and a 61-58 decision at Portland State (Dec. 11). Excluding an 87-57 loss at Santa Clara (Nov. 19) and 83-48 defeat at Fresno State (Dec. 17), Cal Poly's remaining six defeats have come by an average of 3.0 points per game. The Mustangs have already sustained three one-point defeats versus Sacramento State (Nov. 15), San Diego (Dec. 5) and Portland (Dec. 13) and an overtime loss to Nicholls State (Nov. 22).
KOROMA CONTINUES SCORING WAYS: One of Cal Poly's top two scorers for a second straight season, junior forward Alimamy Koroma – fueled by a team leading seven double-digit scoring outings, including a career best 23-point effort against Nicholls State (Nov. 22) – ranks 11th among Big West players with 12.5 points per game. Koroma, who added 19 points against Sacramento State (Nov. 15), also leads Cal Poly and ranks third among Big West players with a 52.9 (55-for-104) percent field goal mark. With 26 career double-digit scoring games, Koroma is averaging 9.7 points and 4.3 rebounds per game while shooting 51.0 (212-for-416) percent through 59 collegiate outings.
TAYLOR ON THE BOARDS: An offseason transfer from James Madison by way of Wyoming, junior guard Trevon Taylor surpassed his previous collegiate scoring best as a 27-point performance at Portland (Dec. 13) remains the second highest offensive output by a Mustang this season. One of only two Mustangs with a double-double thus far after scoring a Cal Poly best 15 points and grabbing 10 rebounds against Sacramento State (Nov. 15), Taylor maintains the program's rebounding lead with 5.8 boards per night. Having also grabbed nine rebounds versus Nicholls State (Nov. 22) and California Baptist (Dec. 2), Taylor has started 10 of 11 matchups while ranking third in the lineup with 8.4 points per game.
PIERCE'S DISTRIBUTION EFFORTS: One of only two Mustangs to start all 11 games alongside forward Alimamy Koroma, sophomore point guard Camren Pierce ranks fourth among Big West players with 3.7 assists per game. Highlighted by a career best eight-assist performance at San Diego (Dec. 5), Pierce has produced six-plus assists three times this season. Offensively, Pierce – who scored a career best 15 points at California Baptist (Dec. 2) – owns three double-digit scoring games this season and ranks fourth in Cal Poly's lineup with 7.2 points per evening.
LOOKING AHEAD: Cal Poly returns to Mott Athletics Center to host UC Riverside on Thursday, Jan. 13 in its first home game in 59 days and the program's 800th Division I game. Cal Poly's two-game home stand then concludes against UC Davis on Saturday, Jan. 15. Tip time is 7 p.m. both evenings.
ETC.: Since transitioning to the Division I level prior to the 1994-95 season, Cal Poly improved to 44-1 against non-Division I programs with an 86-53 home win against NAIA Westcliff (Nov. 9) … a 75-72 overtime loss versus Nicholls State (Nov. 22) marked Cal Poly's first all-time meeting against the Colonels … sophomore forward Kyle Colvin was name to SoCal Challenge All-Tournament Team (Nov. 24) after averaging 19.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game as Cal Poly finished third … Cal Poly captured third place at the inaugural SoCal Challenge (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) with a 67-63 victory versus Idaho (Nov. 24) … Cal Poly's 61-58 victory at Portland State marked the program's first road win since a 71-45 triumph at UC Riverside on Jan. 31, 2019 … Cal Poly's nine-game road trip (Nov. 19-Jan. 8) was the program's lengthiest since playing 12 successive games away from home during the 1970-71 season (Dec. 12-Jan. 22). Cal Poly also played nine straight road games to open the 1968-69 season.
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