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Fullerton coming in with 5 days rest and the best school record they have had in 20 yrs. One word defines them in this game CONFIDENCE.
UCSB won last nite over Long Beach 55-49. UCSB had to overcome a 12 pt deficit to win last nite. That also helps my play today . Tonites game will be UCSB's first back to back game of the entire season that toppled with the fact that 4 of 5 starters were on the floor for a minimum of 32 minutes. TIRED LEGS Tonite.
Fullerton avg 37 RPG
UCSB avg 29 RPG
Fullerton wins and ****** on the defensive boards tonite.
1*(7-2)
2*(2-2)
3*(2-1) 690 Cal State Fullerton -5.5
Here is last nites boxscore. Shows no confidence in the bench.
SANTABARB Min FG 3Pt FT Off Reb Ast TO Stl Blk PF Pts
Glenn Turner 32 4-5 0-0 3-5 1 9 0 3 1 3 2 11
Josh Davis 33 2-5 0-1 4-8 2 4 1 2 1 0 4 8
Derek Rasp 33 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 0
Alex Harris 22 2-6 0-2 0-0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 4
Chrismen Oliver 37 4-13 2-5 3-5 1 4 2 3 4 0 1 13
Joe See 21 4-9 3-6 8-8 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 19
Michael Chambers 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
David Kennedy 6 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Derek Wheeler 7 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Moore 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 200 16-41 5-14 18-28 8 27 6 13 8 3 15 55
LONGBEACH Min FG 3Pt FT Off Reb Ast TO Stl Blk PF Pts
Shawn Hawkins 16 1-5 0-0 0-1 2 4 0 2 0 0 5 2
Anthony Coleman 21 4-9 0-1 1-2 1 9 0 3 0 0 4 9
Chris Jenkins 28 3-6 1-2 0-0 3 7 0 1 0 0 1 7
Jibril Hodges 33 4-11 3-8 0-0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 11
Kevin Houston 36 1-4 0-1 1-2 0 4 4 7 1 0 0 3
Onye Ibekwe 3 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Louis Darby 27 2-4 0-1 7-9 0 2 2 0 1 0 4 11
Keion Kindred 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Cody Pearson 10 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 2
Sam Byrd 17 0-2 0-0 2-2 3 4 0 1 0 1 4 2
Totals 200 17-45 4-13 11-16 12 34 10 19 2 1 22 49
Here is write up from Fullerton web site.
Third-Best Season Could Get Even Better
Mar. 8, 2005– Anaheim, Calif.
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UPCOMING:
Thur., Mar. 10 -- at Big West Conference Tournament, Anaheim Convention Center, vs. lowest remaining seed, 6 p.m.
Fri., Mar. 11 -- semifinals at 6 or 8:30 p.m.
Sat., Mar. 12 - finals at 9 p.m.
THE QUICK SCENARIO: The Titans (18-9, 12-6) finished the regular season with a buzzer-beating victory over Cal State Northridge to earn a share of third place in the Big West standings and the No. 3 seed in the post-season tournament. This has been arguably the third most successful season in Div. I Titan basketball (1977-78 team was 23-9 and went to the Final Eight and 1982-83 team was 21-8 including 13-0 at home and went to the NIT) and now the opportunity arises to erase about 15 years of futility in the post-season tourney.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO DATE: The 2004-05 Titans have...
• posted the school’s first winning season since the 1992-93 team went 15-12
• posted the most victories since the 1982-83 team went 21-8
• posted the best conference record since the 1982-83 team went 12-4
• claimed highest finish in the standings (tie for 3rd) since the 1984-85 team was third at 11-7
• posted the first winning road record (5-4) in conference games at the Div. I level (dates to 1974-75)
• posted the best home-court record (10-2) since the 1982-83 team went 13-0
• first Div. I Titan team to win three road games consecutively (no home games to interrupt the streak)
HILLS TO CONQUER: The Titans’ recent success in the Big West Tournament has been quite limited -- 0-5 since winning in first round in 1998 and 1-12 since winning in the first round in 1990-91. Of course, the Titans have been the lower seed in 11 of those last 13 games. The last Titan to make the all-tournament team was Cedric Ceballos in 1990. Overall, Fullerton is 14-25 and won only the 1978 tournament -- as the No. 3 seed -- beating No. 6 San Jose State, No. 2 San Diego State and No. 5 Long Beach State, which had eliminated No. 1-seeded Fresno State in the semifinals. Tournament breakdowns:
By round: 10-16 in openers (8-4 as higher seed, 2-12 as lower); 3-7 in second games (all as lower seed); 1-2 in finals (1-0 as higher seed)
By venue: Anaheim CC (5-8), Forum (5-6), Long Beach Arena (2-5), Fullerton (1-0), Reno (1-3), LasVegas (0-2), Stockton (0-1)
By decade: 4-3 in the 70s, 8-10 in the 80s, 2-9 in the 90s and 0-3 this century.
By opponent -- current members: UC Irvine (5-1), Pacific (2-3), Utah State (1-3), Long Beach State (1-5), CSU Northridge (0-1)
By opponent -- former members: San Diego St. (1-0), Fresno St. (2-2), Boise St. (1-1), San Jose St. (1-1), Nevada (0-2), UNLV (0-6)
“RADIO”: All games can be heard live on the internet on computers with sound cards. Listeners may access the CSF Athletics home page at www.titansports.org and follow the links. Todd Reeves and Troy Bardy are the announcers.
TELEVISION: The quarterfinals and semifinals are live on KVMD-TV and the championship game is on ESPN at 9 p.m. on Saturday.
PROBABLE STARTERS:
No. Name Ht. Yr. ppg rpg Quick Notes
PF 2 Yaphett King 6-4 Sr. 13.7 5.9 Second-team all-conference; No. 7 scorer in Big West; 2 game-winning shots
SF 15 Ralphy Holmes 6-4 Sr. 16.5 8.3 Second-team all-conference; No. 1 rebounder, No. 2 scorer in Big West
C 32 Jamaal Brown 6-7 Jr. 12.7 7.1 Honorable mention All-Big West; 3 game-winning shots
SG 14 Jermaine Harper 6-3 Jr. 9.6 3.1 8 rebounds, 5 assists to go with 11 points vs. Cal State Northridge
PG 3 Bobby Brown 6-1 So. 16.1 2.4 Honorable menton All-Big West; only 16-for-59 (.271) treys last 8 games
OFF THE BENCH:
G 23 Vershan Cottrell 6-2 Jr. 1.8 1.0 Two buckets in 20-second span key in win over Utah State
PG 22 John Clemmons 6-0 Jr. 1.9 1.2 Had career-high 7 rebounds in 15 minutes at Cal Poly; 3 steals vs. UoP
F 5 Justin Burns 6-6 So. 3.2 2.8 Had “game” of year in first half at UCI with 6 points, 10 boards in 11 minutes
C 42 Derek Quinet 6-9 So. 2.8 2.1 Started first five games of the season; hasn’t played in 6 of the last 11 games
F 21 Danny Lambert 6-6 Jr. 0.7 1.0 Transfer from Irvine Valley College has played only 17 minutes
SIDELINED:
F 24 Hardy Asprilla 6-5 Sr. 8.5 8.8 Out for the season; tore ACL in his right knee vs. Long Beach St. on Jan. 13
F 12 Drew Awad 6-3 Sr. 1.7 1.0 Leukemia survivor sidelined by foot injury has suffered cancer re-occurrence
C 43 Lloyd Walls 6-9 Sr. -- -- Transfer from Wright State sidelined all season after multiple concussions
POSSIBLE OPPONENTS: Cal State Fullerton will face either Long Beach State, UC Santa Barbara or Idaho in the quarterfinals.
This year Fullerton is 1-1 with both Long Beach and Idaho and 2-0 vs. UCSB.
In Big West Tournament history, the Titans are 1-5 vs. Long Beach State but never have faced Idaho or UCSB.
THE COACH: Bob Burton is 29-26 in his second year at Fullerton and career. He is 0-1 in Big West Tournament play.
DEFENSE WINS: While the Titans continue to lead the Big West Conference in team scoring at 75.5 points per game, their improved defense has been the glaring strength in the late-season success. They held UCR and UC Davis to back-to-back 55-point games, lowest by an opponent all season. On Feb. 24, UCSB shot only .364 from the floor, an opponent low for the season. Utah State got only 8 second-half field goals on Feb. 19. Beginning with the Jan. 22 game at Idaho, Fullerton was holding opponents to .423 field goal shooting (256-for-605) over 11 games but Pacific went 31-for-54 (.574) and CSUN went 26-for-56 (.464) to boost that number to .438. For the first 14 games of the season opponents were shooting .491.
SO DOES REBOUNDING: Despite a diminutive roster and perimeter oriented attack, the Titans have found rebounding a strength in this memorable season. Fullerton is almost plus 4 in rebounding margin and has 109 more offensive rebounds than its opponents. In the last five games, Fullerton has 61 offensive rebounds to 28 for the opposition (only 2 by Utah State).
THREE-PART SEASON: The Titans consider themselves 10-5 in Part III (without Hardy Asprilla) of a disjointed season. In Part I (without Ralphy Holmes and Jamaal Brown) they were 3-2. In Part II (with a full roster) they were 5-2.
Fullerton coming in with 5 days rest and the best school record they have had in 20 yrs. One word defines them in this game CONFIDENCE.
UCSB won last nite over Long Beach 55-49. UCSB had to overcome a 12 pt deficit to win last nite. That also helps my play today . Tonites game will be UCSB's first back to back game of the entire season that toppled with the fact that 4 of 5 starters were on the floor for a minimum of 32 minutes. TIRED LEGS Tonite.
Fullerton avg 37 RPG
UCSB avg 29 RPG
Fullerton wins and ****** on the defensive boards tonite.
1*(7-2)
2*(2-2)
3*(2-1) 690 Cal State Fullerton -5.5
Here is last nites boxscore. Shows no confidence in the bench.
SANTABARB Min FG 3Pt FT Off Reb Ast TO Stl Blk PF Pts
Glenn Turner 32 4-5 0-0 3-5 1 9 0 3 1 3 2 11
Josh Davis 33 2-5 0-1 4-8 2 4 1 2 1 0 4 8
Derek Rasp 33 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 0
Alex Harris 22 2-6 0-2 0-0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 4
Chrismen Oliver 37 4-13 2-5 3-5 1 4 2 3 4 0 1 13
Joe See 21 4-9 3-6 8-8 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 19
Michael Chambers 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
David Kennedy 6 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Derek Wheeler 7 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Moore 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 200 16-41 5-14 18-28 8 27 6 13 8 3 15 55
LONGBEACH Min FG 3Pt FT Off Reb Ast TO Stl Blk PF Pts
Shawn Hawkins 16 1-5 0-0 0-1 2 4 0 2 0 0 5 2
Anthony Coleman 21 4-9 0-1 1-2 1 9 0 3 0 0 4 9
Chris Jenkins 28 3-6 1-2 0-0 3 7 0 1 0 0 1 7
Jibril Hodges 33 4-11 3-8 0-0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 11
Kevin Houston 36 1-4 0-1 1-2 0 4 4 7 1 0 0 3
Onye Ibekwe 3 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Louis Darby 27 2-4 0-1 7-9 0 2 2 0 1 0 4 11
Keion Kindred 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Cody Pearson 10 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 2
Sam Byrd 17 0-2 0-0 2-2 3 4 0 1 0 1 4 2
Totals 200 17-45 4-13 11-16 12 34 10 19 2 1 22 49
Here is write up from Fullerton web site.
Third-Best Season Could Get Even Better
Mar. 8, 2005– Anaheim, Calif.
UPCOMING:
Thur., Mar. 10 -- at Big West Conference Tournament, Anaheim Convention Center, vs. lowest remaining seed, 6 p.m.
Fri., Mar. 11 -- semifinals at 6 or 8:30 p.m.
Sat., Mar. 12 - finals at 9 p.m.
THE QUICK SCENARIO: The Titans (18-9, 12-6) finished the regular season with a buzzer-beating victory over Cal State Northridge to earn a share of third place in the Big West standings and the No. 3 seed in the post-season tournament. This has been arguably the third most successful season in Div. I Titan basketball (1977-78 team was 23-9 and went to the Final Eight and 1982-83 team was 21-8 including 13-0 at home and went to the NIT) and now the opportunity arises to erase about 15 years of futility in the post-season tourney.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO DATE: The 2004-05 Titans have...
• posted the school’s first winning season since the 1992-93 team went 15-12
• posted the most victories since the 1982-83 team went 21-8
• posted the best conference record since the 1982-83 team went 12-4
• claimed highest finish in the standings (tie for 3rd) since the 1984-85 team was third at 11-7
• posted the first winning road record (5-4) in conference games at the Div. I level (dates to 1974-75)
• posted the best home-court record (10-2) since the 1982-83 team went 13-0
• first Div. I Titan team to win three road games consecutively (no home games to interrupt the streak)
HILLS TO CONQUER: The Titans’ recent success in the Big West Tournament has been quite limited -- 0-5 since winning in first round in 1998 and 1-12 since winning in the first round in 1990-91. Of course, the Titans have been the lower seed in 11 of those last 13 games. The last Titan to make the all-tournament team was Cedric Ceballos in 1990. Overall, Fullerton is 14-25 and won only the 1978 tournament -- as the No. 3 seed -- beating No. 6 San Jose State, No. 2 San Diego State and No. 5 Long Beach State, which had eliminated No. 1-seeded Fresno State in the semifinals. Tournament breakdowns:
By round: 10-16 in openers (8-4 as higher seed, 2-12 as lower); 3-7 in second games (all as lower seed); 1-2 in finals (1-0 as higher seed)
By venue: Anaheim CC (5-8), Forum (5-6), Long Beach Arena (2-5), Fullerton (1-0), Reno (1-3), LasVegas (0-2), Stockton (0-1)
By decade: 4-3 in the 70s, 8-10 in the 80s, 2-9 in the 90s and 0-3 this century.
By opponent -- current members: UC Irvine (5-1), Pacific (2-3), Utah State (1-3), Long Beach State (1-5), CSU Northridge (0-1)
By opponent -- former members: San Diego St. (1-0), Fresno St. (2-2), Boise St. (1-1), San Jose St. (1-1), Nevada (0-2), UNLV (0-6)
“RADIO”: All games can be heard live on the internet on computers with sound cards. Listeners may access the CSF Athletics home page at www.titansports.org and follow the links. Todd Reeves and Troy Bardy are the announcers.
TELEVISION: The quarterfinals and semifinals are live on KVMD-TV and the championship game is on ESPN at 9 p.m. on Saturday.
PROBABLE STARTERS:
No. Name Ht. Yr. ppg rpg Quick Notes
PF 2 Yaphett King 6-4 Sr. 13.7 5.9 Second-team all-conference; No. 7 scorer in Big West; 2 game-winning shots
SF 15 Ralphy Holmes 6-4 Sr. 16.5 8.3 Second-team all-conference; No. 1 rebounder, No. 2 scorer in Big West
C 32 Jamaal Brown 6-7 Jr. 12.7 7.1 Honorable mention All-Big West; 3 game-winning shots
SG 14 Jermaine Harper 6-3 Jr. 9.6 3.1 8 rebounds, 5 assists to go with 11 points vs. Cal State Northridge
PG 3 Bobby Brown 6-1 So. 16.1 2.4 Honorable menton All-Big West; only 16-for-59 (.271) treys last 8 games
OFF THE BENCH:
G 23 Vershan Cottrell 6-2 Jr. 1.8 1.0 Two buckets in 20-second span key in win over Utah State
PG 22 John Clemmons 6-0 Jr. 1.9 1.2 Had career-high 7 rebounds in 15 minutes at Cal Poly; 3 steals vs. UoP
F 5 Justin Burns 6-6 So. 3.2 2.8 Had “game” of year in first half at UCI with 6 points, 10 boards in 11 minutes
C 42 Derek Quinet 6-9 So. 2.8 2.1 Started first five games of the season; hasn’t played in 6 of the last 11 games
F 21 Danny Lambert 6-6 Jr. 0.7 1.0 Transfer from Irvine Valley College has played only 17 minutes
SIDELINED:
F 24 Hardy Asprilla 6-5 Sr. 8.5 8.8 Out for the season; tore ACL in his right knee vs. Long Beach St. on Jan. 13
F 12 Drew Awad 6-3 Sr. 1.7 1.0 Leukemia survivor sidelined by foot injury has suffered cancer re-occurrence
C 43 Lloyd Walls 6-9 Sr. -- -- Transfer from Wright State sidelined all season after multiple concussions
POSSIBLE OPPONENTS: Cal State Fullerton will face either Long Beach State, UC Santa Barbara or Idaho in the quarterfinals.
This year Fullerton is 1-1 with both Long Beach and Idaho and 2-0 vs. UCSB.
In Big West Tournament history, the Titans are 1-5 vs. Long Beach State but never have faced Idaho or UCSB.
THE COACH: Bob Burton is 29-26 in his second year at Fullerton and career. He is 0-1 in Big West Tournament play.
DEFENSE WINS: While the Titans continue to lead the Big West Conference in team scoring at 75.5 points per game, their improved defense has been the glaring strength in the late-season success. They held UCR and UC Davis to back-to-back 55-point games, lowest by an opponent all season. On Feb. 24, UCSB shot only .364 from the floor, an opponent low for the season. Utah State got only 8 second-half field goals on Feb. 19. Beginning with the Jan. 22 game at Idaho, Fullerton was holding opponents to .423 field goal shooting (256-for-605) over 11 games but Pacific went 31-for-54 (.574) and CSUN went 26-for-56 (.464) to boost that number to .438. For the first 14 games of the season opponents were shooting .491.
SO DOES REBOUNDING: Despite a diminutive roster and perimeter oriented attack, the Titans have found rebounding a strength in this memorable season. Fullerton is almost plus 4 in rebounding margin and has 109 more offensive rebounds than its opponents. In the last five games, Fullerton has 61 offensive rebounds to 28 for the opposition (only 2 by Utah State).
THREE-PART SEASON: The Titans consider themselves 10-5 in Part III (without Hardy Asprilla) of a disjointed season. In Part I (without Ralphy Holmes and Jamaal Brown) they were 3-2. In Part II (with a full roster) they were 5-2.
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