Lauren RabainoWomen’s basketball
Cal Poly 64, UC Davis 60
Spurred on by senior guard Lisa McBride’s season-high 20 points and a defense that held the Aggies to just two field goals in the final 11 minutes, Cal Poly (11-7, 4-3 Big West Conference) defeated UC Davis on Saturday night in Mott Gym.
Trailing 50-40 with 11 minutes remaining, Cal Poly would outscore the Aggies (7-11, 3-4) 24-10 en route to the victory.
Mustangs’ sophomore forward Kristina Santiago recorded her 15th consecutive double-digit scoring effort scoring 12 points and adding four rebounds and four assists. McBride also added eight rebounds.
The Aggies were led by a game-high 22 points, eight rebounds and three assists from sophomore forward Paige Mintun.
Cal Poly returns to the court at 7 p.m. Tuesday when they take on non-conference foe Cal State Bakersfield in the Icardo Center.
Men’s basketball
Cal Poly 77, UC Davis 75
Cal Poly senior guard Chaz Thomas hit two 3-point field goals in a 30 second span down the stretch to give the Mustangs their second-consecutive Big West road victory on Saturday night.
After trailing by as many as 16 points with just nine minutes remaining in the game, Thomas’ first 3-point shot gave Cal Poly (5-12, 2-5 Big West Conference) its first lead of the game at 73-72. After an Aggies’ layup to retake the lead, Thomas hit another 3-pointer with 51 seconds remaining to Cal Poly the lead for good.
The Mustangs ended the game on a 23-5 run over the final nine minutes.
Cal Poly junior guard Lorenzo Keeler had a game-high 19 points on 6-of-12 shooting while senior forward Titus Shelton added 17 points, 6 rebounds and four assists.
UC Davis (9-11, 3-3) was led by sophomore guard Joe Harden’s 16 points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
The Mustangs return home for a single game this weekend, hosting Cal State Northridge at 6 p.m. Saturday in a Fox Sports Network-Prime Ticket televised matchup.
Football
Cal Poly senior wide receiver Ramses Barden caught two passes for 20 yards in the Under Armour Senior Bowl on Saturday night in Mobile, Ala.
Barden’s first reception, a 19-yarder came on a 3rd down play late in the third quarter. The ball was thrown behind Barden who had to adjust to make the catch from Central Arkansas quarterback Nathan Brown.
Barden would also make a one-yard reception on a throw from Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell.
“I definitely think I improved or helped myself, whatever you want to call it,” Barden told KSBY-TV. “I got a chance to get out there and perform in front of people who hadn’t seen me do so so far.
“My name’s in a couple more people’s notebooks and there’s a couple more important people asking questions about me, asking who I am, where I came from and if I’ll be a good fit for their team.”
Barden was the first player to represent Cal Poly in the Senior Bowl. He has been invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, scheduled for Feb. 18-24 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The NFL Draft will be held April 25-26 in New York.
Men’s tennis
No. 14 Pepperdine 7, Cal Poly 0
Senior Andrew Gerst and freshman Andre Dome scored the only victory for Cal Poly (1-1), an 8-3 win at No. 2 doubles against the 14th-ranked Waves (3-1) in Pepperdine’s dual victory.
Pepperdine, boasting three of the nation’s top-125 ranked players swept all six singles matches.
Cal Poly freshman Sebastian Bell took 51st ranked Omar Altmann to a second-set tiebreaker before falling 6-2, 7-6 (10-4) while junior Robert Foy took No. 58 Mahmoud Kamel to three sets before bowing out 6-3, 1-6, 10-5.
The Mustangs will visit Fresno State at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Women’s tennis
No. 75 Cal Poly 6, Santa Clara 1
Cal Poly won its first dual of the season Saturday, dominating the Broncos (0-1) en route to losing just one singles match. Of the five singles matches the Mustangs won, no Santa Clara player won more than three games in a set.
Mustangs’ junior Suzie Matzenauer beat Stephanie Galainena 6-2, 6-1 at the No. 1 singles position while No. 120 Maria Malec def. Ashley Pane 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.
The Mustangs’ top doubles team of Brittany Blalock and Steffi Wong also won handily 8-2 over Galainena and Pane.
The Mustangs return home to host Cal State Northridge in their Big West and home opener at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
Wrestling
No. 10 Boise State 41, Cal Poly 0
The Mustangs (3-8, 0-4 Pac-10) dropped their sixth straight dual in Boise on Saturday night after being shut out by the Broncos.
Cal Poly junior Chase Pami, ranked 11th nationally at 157-pounds dropped an overtime decision to No. 6 Adam Hall, losing 6-4.
No. 15 Nate Lee won a razor close decision over Cal Poly freshman Ryan DesRoches 6-5 at 174-pounds.
The Mustangs return to action at 7 p.m. Saturday when they travel to face Pac-10 foe Arizona State.