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Mousa Leads Cal Poly with 18 Points, but Mustangs Fall at Colorado State
11/12/2025 8:51:00 PM | Men's Basketball
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Sophomore Hamad Mousa finished with a team high 18 points for the Cal Poly men’s basketball program Wednesday evening, but Colorado State knocked down 16 three-pointers as the Mustangs fell inside Moby Arena, 93-79.
Sophomores Peter Bandelj and Cayden Ward added 14 and 12 points, respectively, for the Mustangs (2-2), who themselves sank a season best 14 three-pointers. Leading wire-to-wire, however, Colorado State (3-0) shot 44.4 (16-for-36) percent from long range.
Colorado State, which reached the second round of last year’s NCAA Tournament, was 3-for-3 from three-point range to open Wednesday’s matchup with the Rams taking a 22-11 lead after six-and-a-half minutes. The Mustangs though responded with three-pointers from Bandelj and junior guard Jake Davis either side of two Mousa free throws to close within three points midway through the half.
Cal Poly cut its deficit to three on three more occasions but, with the Mustangs facing a 34-31 disadvantage and six minutes to go, Colorado State closed the opening half with a 13-6 run to take a 47-37 lead into the break.
Cal Poly, however, opened the second half with a 7-0 run before two Davis free throws with 16 minutes left cut Colorado State’s lead to 50-46.
The Rams though responded by knocking down three-pointers on three straight possessions before guard Jase Butler’s layup stretched the host’s advantage to 61-46 with 13 minutes to play. Cal Poly, which received a team leading seven rebounds from Bandelj, managed to close within nine points of the Rams on three occasions down the stretch.
Images courtesy of CSU Athletics.
Cal Poly Noteworthy (at Colorado State)
- Looking Ahead: Cal Poly hits the halfway point of a current six-game road trip Friday, Nov. 14 at Montana. Tip time is 6 p.m. PT for Cal Poly, which plays its first game in the state of Montana since visiting Montana State on Nov. 21, 2010.
- Having scored in double digits in all four games this season, Hamad Mousa stretched his team leading scoring average to 17.8 points per game.
- Ward and Bandelj each enjoyed their third double-digit scoring nights of the year. Ward remains second in the lineup with 14.3 points per game while Bandelj is up to 14.0.
- Cal Poly posted season highs for three-pointers (14), three-point attempts (36) and three-point percentage (38.9).
- Now averaging 34.3 three-point attempts per game, Cal Poly stayed among the top 25 NCAA Division I programs.
- Freshman guard Jason Scott knocked down two late three-pointers – his first as a Mustang.
- Wednesday’s matchup was Cal Poly’s first and only meeting against Colorado State since Dec. 2, 1972.
