Saturday, March 8
Long Beach, CA
4 p.m.
14-18,8-12Big West
83
at
69
Long Beach State
7-25,3-17Big West
1
2
F
Cal Poly
47
36
83
Long Beach St.
41
28
69
Team Stats
CPO
LBSU
FG%
.468
.421
3FG%
.474
.310
FT%
.700
.750
RB
32
36
TO
12
16
STL
10
8
Game Leaders
Pts
25
FGM
9
3FGM
6
FTM
1
Pts
20
FGM
8
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
5
FTM
0
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
G
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/ Men's BasketballG
/ Men's BasketballG/F
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Photo by: Owen Main
Mustangs Secure Big West Championships Spot with Saturday Win
3/8/2025 7:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball
LONG BEACH – Graduate Jarred Hyder scored a game high 25 points and fellow guard Owen Koonce add 20 Saturday afternoon as the Cal Poly men's basketball program clinched a return to the Big West Championships with an 83-69 victory during the regular season finale at Long Beach State.
Senior guard Isaac Jessup finished with 15 points to become the third Mustang this season – following Koonce and Hyder – to reach 1,000 career points for Cal Poly (14-18, 8-12), which closed the regular season with four victories in its final five games.
Requiring victory Saturday to guarantee a spot in the March 12-15 Big West Championships, Cal Poly knocked down 18 three-pointers to secure the No. 7 seed. The Mustangs will face sixth-seeded UC Davis in the Wednesday, March 12 opening round. Tip time from Lee's Family Forum in Henderson, Nev., is 8:30 p.m. on ESPN+.
Hyder, who sank six three points and finished 9-for-14 from the floor, became Cal Poly's new single-season leader for three-point attempts Saturday, improving to 255 – four more than the previous mark set by guard Ben Larson during the 1995-96 season.
Hyder (88 three-pointers) and Jessup (87) also moved closer to eclipsing Larson's single-season record of 94 three-pointers, also established in 1995-96.
Freshman guard Peter Bandelj added 11 points and a game high eight rebounds for Cal Poly, which trailed Long Beach State just four times Saturday, never by more than three points and for just four-and-a-half total minutes.
With Koonce hitting his first three attempts from deep, Cal Poly began Saturday's matchup 6-for-10 from the three-point line to carve out a 21-17 lead after nine minutes.
Long Beach State rallied to overtake Cal Poly multiple times down the stretch with a three-pointer from guard Devin Askew handing the hosts a 37-34 lead five minutes before the break.
Cal Poly, however, closed the half with a 13-4 run to go up 47-41 heading into the locker room.
A pair of Koonce jumpers to open the second half provided Cal Poly its first double-digit lead and a Hyder three-pointers moment later placed the Mustangs up 54-43 with 17 minutes remaining. Cal Poly led by as much as 20 points late in the matchup.
Senior guard Isaac Jessup finished with 15 points to become the third Mustang this season – following Koonce and Hyder – to reach 1,000 career points for Cal Poly (14-18, 8-12), which closed the regular season with four victories in its final five games.
Requiring victory Saturday to guarantee a spot in the March 12-15 Big West Championships, Cal Poly knocked down 18 three-pointers to secure the No. 7 seed. The Mustangs will face sixth-seeded UC Davis in the Wednesday, March 12 opening round. Tip time from Lee's Family Forum in Henderson, Nev., is 8:30 p.m. on ESPN+.
Hyder, who sank six three points and finished 9-for-14 from the floor, became Cal Poly's new single-season leader for three-point attempts Saturday, improving to 255 – four more than the previous mark set by guard Ben Larson during the 1995-96 season.
Hyder (88 three-pointers) and Jessup (87) also moved closer to eclipsing Larson's single-season record of 94 three-pointers, also established in 1995-96.
Freshman guard Peter Bandelj added 11 points and a game high eight rebounds for Cal Poly, which trailed Long Beach State just four times Saturday, never by more than three points and for just four-and-a-half total minutes.
With Koonce hitting his first three attempts from deep, Cal Poly began Saturday's matchup 6-for-10 from the three-point line to carve out a 21-17 lead after nine minutes.
Long Beach State rallied to overtake Cal Poly multiple times down the stretch with a three-pointer from guard Devin Askew handing the hosts a 37-34 lead five minutes before the break.
Cal Poly, however, closed the half with a 13-4 run to go up 47-41 heading into the locker room.
A pair of Koonce jumpers to open the second half provided Cal Poly its first double-digit lead and a Hyder three-pointers moment later placed the Mustangs up 54-43 with 17 minutes remaining. Cal Poly led by as much as 20 points late in the matchup.
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