Jadon Jones propels Long Beach State past Cal Poly – Orange County Register
LONG BEACH — Jadon Jones scored a season-high 26 points on his way to a career milestone and Long Beach State held off a feisty Cal Poly team for a 77-68 victory on Saturday night at the Walter Pyramid.
Jones shot 9 for 14 from the field and 5 for 8 from 3-point range on a night when he needed 25 points to become the 25th player to score 1,000 career points for LBSU.
Long Beach (15-9 overall, 7-5 Big West Conference) held the lead for all but 44 seconds, but Cal Poly (4-21, 0-13) put up a fight throughout. Long Beach sprinted to a 13-4 lead early, but the Mustangs battled back to take the lead at 18-17. Long Beach opened an eight-point lead on a Jones 3-pointer before taking a 39-35 lead to the locker room at halftime.
Tied at 52-52, Long Beach put together a 7-0 run and eventually opened a nine-point lead again on a transition dunk from Amari Stroud at 63-54, but the Mustangs made one more push, tying the score at 63-all on a Kobe Sanders 3-pointer with just over three minutes remaining.
Jones, who added three steals, and Marcus Tsohonis gave the host the lead from the free-throw line, while Long Beach forced several defensive stops. Leading 70-67, Long Beach made one final defensive stand and secured the victory primarily from the free-throw line.
Tsohonis finished with 18 points and six assists, while Aboubacar Traore added 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists for Long Beach, which had a 26-8 advantage in points off turnovers while forcing 18 Mustang turnovers. AJ George added nine points and five rebounds and Lassina Traore had six points and eight rebounds.
Long Beach also had a significant advantage at the free-throw line, going 20 for 28 while Cal Poly went 7 for 8.
Jarred Hyder had 21 points, four assists and two steals to pace Cal Poly, which has lost 13 consecutive games. Quentin Jones added 19 points, six rebounds and two steals, and Kobe Sanders had 13 points, six rebounds and six assists.
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