Cal State East Bay (3-5, 1-2 CCAA) vs. Cal State Monterey Bay (5-4, 1-2 CCAA)
Saturday, Dec. 20 • 3 p.m.
The Kelp Bed • Seaside, Calif.
Live Stats • Live Video HAYWARD, Calif. -- The Cal State East Bay men's basketball team travels to Seaside this Saturday for a matinee rematch with California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) rival Cal State Monterey Bay. The Pioneers (3-5, 1-2 CCAA) and Otters (5-4, 1-2 CCAA) will play each other for the second straight weekend, with tip-off scheduled for 3 p.m.
WEEKLY RECAP
East Bay pulled off a 77-74 win over Monterey Bay at Pioneer Gymnasium last Saturday, their first victory in CCAA competition. The Pioneers had one of their most efficient shooting nights of the season (46.7 percent) and led by as many as 12 in the first half. The Otters rallied all the way back to take a six-point lead midway through the second half, but the Pioneers used a 10-1 run to regain the lead. They made some big defensive plays down the stretch and took advantage of some shaky CSUMB free throw shooting to hang on for the win.
SENIOR STANDOUTS
Seniors Jacari Whitfield, Cody Kale, and Jarred Jourdan all scored in double figures against Monterey Bay. Whitfield led all scorers with 22 points, going 4-for-8 from long range. He knocked down a pair of three-pointers to key East Bay's second half comeback. Kale notched a career high with 16 points on 7-for-10 shooting. He also grabbed four rebounds in a team-high 29 minutes.
Watch highlights from CSUEB's win over Monterey Bay and a postgame interview with Kale.GREAT ON THE GLASSJunior
Jack Pasquini has been impressive on the boards in his first season as a Pioneer. He grabbed eight rebounds against CSUMB on Saturday, and currently leads all CCAA players averaging 8.5 per game. Freshman
Patrick Marr pulled in 10 rebounds against the Otters, his first career double digit performance.
CLIMBING THE RANKSWhitfield became CSUEB's all-time leader in career three-pointers in the team's overtime loss to Menlo earlier this season. With four more last weeked, he's up to 146 for his career.
The San Francisco native also ranks second in school history with a free throw percentage of .835 (96-for-115). This season, he's 11-for-14 at the line (.786). That number is second-best on the team, trailing Jourdan, who ranks third in the conference at 87.5 percent (21-for-24).
Whitfield ranks third the CCAA with 30 assists so far this season. He enters the weekend with 261 career assists, which ranks seventh in school history, just 10 behind Mike Wood in sixth place.
Current CCAA StandingsCCAA Statistical LeadersSCOUTING CSUMBCal State Monterey Bay is 5-4 on the season after picking up a 75-68 midweek victory over Northwest Nazarene on Thursday. The Otters shoot 45.4 percent as a team and average 71.9 points per game, led by Evan Zeller, the CCAA's leading scorer at 16.8 ppg. Zeller scored 19 on Saturday against the Pioneers before fouling out. Junior Alex Fertig (13.2 ppg, 4.4 rpg) also averages in double figures for CSUMB.
CSUEB holds a 14-9 advantage
in the all-time series between the Otters and Pioneers, and they're 6-5 against CSUMB since joining the CCAA in 2010. The home team has won the last five meetings between the schools.
