Ryan ChartrandMen’s basketball
Cal Poly 75, Cal State Fullerton 72
Cal Poly junior guard Lorenzo Keeler scored a career-high 29 points to help the Mustangs (6-14, 3-7 Big West Conference) edge past Cal State Fullerton on Saturday night in Titan Gym.
Keeler hit 10-of-12 from the field including six 3-pointers in breaking his old career-high of 25 points that he set last month at Pacific.
Senior forward Titus Shelton also had a banner night, scoring 16 points and adding a career-high 12 rebounds.
Trailing by a point at the intermission, the Titans (12-11, 6-5) came out hot to start the second half, using a 22-11 run to capture and 11-point advantage.
But the Mustangs would battle back, tying the game at 57 on a three by Keeler.
Cal State Fullerton senior Josh Akognon would break the tie, hitting a 3-pointer of his own en route to 29 points, but the Titans would be held without a field goal for the next five minutes.
Sophomore guard Shawn Lewis added 15 points for Cal Poly while junior forward Wes Dipprey scored seven points and grabbed eight rebounds.
The Mustangs continue their road trip traveling to play Cal State Northridge at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Softball
Game 1: Cal Poly 7, No. 25 SDSU 3
Game 2: No. 4 UCLA 6, Cal Poly 1
The Mustangs (2-2) avenged a last-inning loss to the Aztecs (2-1), beating them 7-3 on Sunday morning at the Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament.
Cal Poly senior shortstop Melissa Pura became the school’s all-time RBI leader after she belted a three-run homer in the third inning.
The homer gave Pura 108 career RBI, which passed 2007 NFCA All-America selection Lisa Modglin (105) as Cal Poly’s career leader.
In the afternoon game, the host school, fourth-ranked UCLA (2-1) would score four runs in the third inning to provide a cushion for starting pitcher Donna Kerr, who held Cal Poly to just three hits.
The Mustangs return to action starting Feb. 19 when they play in the Cathedral City Classic hosted by Oregon State.
Swimming
Men: Cal Poly 132,
Pacific 130
Women: Pacific 143, Cal Poly 119
Sophomore Peter Kline continued his domination of the Big West, winning three races while freshman Jon Howard won twice in leading the men to a narrow margin of victory.
Kline won the 200 Fly for the second straight week before also winning the 200 Back and the 200 IM.
Howard captured the 100 Back and beat teammate Luke Strumbell by three one-hundredths of a second to win the 100 Free.
With the meet up for grabs heading into the final race, the Mustangs “A” team finished nearly three seconds ahead of the Tigers “A” team at 6:59.59 to clinch the team victory.
The women were led by freshman Lacey Buck who won the 500 and 1,000 Free.
Sophomore Gloria Benefield won the 200 Free and the Cal Poly “A” squad of Buck, Benefield, freshman Camille Duckett and sophomore Karin Schleicher won the 800 Free Relay.
Cal Poly will return to the water at the Big West Championships starting Feb. 25 at Belmont Park in Long Beach.
Men’s tennis
Sat: Cal Poly 4, Southern Miss 2
Sun: Cal Poly 4, New Mexico State 3
Cal Poly freshman Andre Dome won twice at No. 1 singles to lead the Mustangs to a pair of dual victories in Las Vegas on Saturday and Sunday.
Dome defeated No. 99 Patricio Alvarado of Southern Miss 6-7, 6-4, 6-3, giving him his first career victory over a ranked opponent.
The following day, Dome would defeat New Mexico State’s Roman Stoisavljevic 6-4, 6-2.
The Mustangs would get victories from freshman Brian McPhee over Matej Stakne 7-6, 6-2 and sophomore Blake Wardman defeated Eduardo Salas (NMSU), 6-2, 6-3 to finish off the Aggies.
Cal Poly visits San Diego State at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.