Cal Poly Mustangs (9-9, 5-4) @ UC Davis Aggies (5-14, 4-6)
The Aggies went though an eleven game losing streak but have won 3 of their last 4 games. Not sure if we will play the bad-Aggies or the good-Aggies. C Greg Smith is averaging 18.1 ppg. He’s scored in double figures in every game this season, scored 30+ in one game and 20+ in five others. Hopefully we can keep him under 20, but if not we definitely need to not let any of their other players do well.
We only hit 26% of our shots in the first half but trailed by just a 33-27 score at the break. In the 2nd half we kept chipping away at the lead but weren’t able to overtake the Aggies. But with 1:16 to go, Ike Mosley hit a long 3 to get us within 2 points. We forced a turnover with 56 ticks remaining. But we made an errant pass. We played tough defense keeping UC Davis from getting off a good shot and when they missed, grabbed the rebound. We called a time out with 18 seconds left to set up a play. The play worked and we tied the game with 16 seconds on the clock. We avoided fouling while the Aggies worked the clock down for a final shot…which missed…sending the game to OT knotted at 62-62.
In overtime, we were inflicted by a case of turnover-itis and fell behind by 6 points. We recovered to get within a point of the lead and called a timeout with 15 seconds to set up a pick and roll play. But it failed. The Aggies rebounded by were called for travelling with 4 seconds to go. We got the ball up to the halfcourt line, but our desperation shot didn’t go down and we lost 71-70.
PG Aki Mosley hit for 27 points and PF Denny Grove and reserve SG Terrell Alexander both scored 11.