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Four in Double Figures as Cal Poly Tops Redlands Saturday
11/29/2025 7:48:00 PM | Men's Basketball
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Sophomore Peter Bandelj scored a game high 21 points and fellow guard Hamad Mousa added 19 Saturday afternoon as the Cal Poly men’s basketball program – playing its first home game in 24 days following a six-game road trip – outlasted Division III Redlands inside Mott Athletics Center, 87-81.
Sophomores Cayden Ward and Austin Goode each finished with 11 points apiece for Cal Poly (4-5), which utilized a Ward layup with two minutes remaining to break a 78-78 deadlock before Bandelj followed with his fourth and final three-pointer to extend the lead. Mousa and Bandelj then both sank a pair of free throws in the final minute to keep Redlands at a distance.
Bandelj recorded nine rebounds and a (career high) nine assists for Cal Poly, which shot 53.3 (32-for-60) percent from the floor while sinking 12 three-pointers. Redlands, which reached the 2025 NCAA Division III Tournament quarterfinals, was held to a 37.0 (30-for-81) percent shooting mark.
A layup from senior forward Aaron Price, Jr., handed Cal Poly a 38-30 lead two minutes before halftime with the Mustangs taking a 41-35 advantage into the break.
Redlands, however, opened the second half with a 12-3 run to surge in front and still led 71-66 with six-and-a-half minutes to play. The Mustangs though received a Goode layup and Ward three-pointer to tie the matchup before the Ward layup with two minutes left placed Cal Poly in front for certain.
Ward with the dunk??#RideHigh pic.twitter.com/EhcZVRhxPc
— Cal Poly Men’s Basketball (@calpolymbb) November 30, 2025
Cal Poly Noteworthy (vs. Redlands Nov. 29)
- Up Next: Cal Poly opens its 30th season of Big West action when visiting Cal State Fullerton on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. As part of the two-game Bold Week, Cal Poly then hosts UC Riverside on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 4 p.m.
- With a 21-point effort – his seventh double-digit scoring outing of the season – Peter Bandelj moved into second place in the lineup at 15.5 points per game.
- Mousa’s eighth double-digit scoring game in as many appearances kept him second in the Big West at 18.4 points per game.
- Austin Goode’s 11-point effort was a career high and his first double-digit Division I scoring game.
Bandelj for THREE MORE??#RideHigh pic.twitter.com/EPTPck26Nv
— Cal Poly Men’s Basketball (@calpolymbb) November 30, 2025
