‘Runner defense gets gashed in nationally televised loss to Fullerton [The Bakersfield Californian]
Jan. 30—Playing in front of a nationally televised audience, Rod Barnes didn’t exactly get what he expected out of his team Friday night.
A normally sound Cal State Bakersfield defense broke down in the second half, as Cal State Fullerton shot 63 percent from the floor in the final 20 minutes to top CSUB 90-84 at the Icardo Center
Down just 32-30 at the half, CSUB seemingly put itself in great position to seize the lead after scoring on its first 10 possessions of the second half.
Instead, they gained no ground as the hot-shooting Titans actually maintained a two-point lead at the end of the Roadrunners’ first empty possession. And after an open triple by Dante Maddox, his team’s eighth of the half, Fullerton had what was then the game’s biggest lead at 68-63 with 7:51 to play.