ROHNERT PARK, Calif. -- The Cal State East Bay men's basketball team's shooting woes continued on Saturday night in a 71-51 loss on the road to Sonoma State. The Pioneers (3-9, 1-5 CCAA) drop their fourth in a row, while the Seawolves (8-2, 5-1 CCAA) remain atop the California Collegiate Athletic Association standings.
 
Junior Jack Pasquini led East Bay with 16 points and eight rebounds in the loss. It was his highest scoring output of the season in league play and his sixth straight game with at least eight boards. 

The Pioneers shot 32.2 percent from the floor as a team. They were 9-for-34 from beyond the arc (26.5 percent) and just 4-for-9 from the free throw line. The Seawolves entered the game as the top shooting team in the conference and posted a 52.9 percent mark from the field in this contest.

The early part of the game was extremely tight before the home team began to grab control. East Bay got three-pointers from Pasquini, Jacari Whitfield, and Cody Kale in the first five minutes to grab the lead. Marcus Norman made a basket with 12 minutes left in the first half to make it 15-13 Pioneers, but unfortunately that was the last lead CSUEB would hold. Sonoma responded by going on a 23-3 run to end the half. 

The Pioneers played SSU almost even in the second frame, but the game was never close, and the Seawolves ultimately rebounded after dropping their first CCAA game last night to Cal State Monterey Bay.

Freshman Patrick Marr got his first career start on this night. He played well in the second half, finishing with 11 points on 4-for-9 shooting and two blocks. Whitfield scored eight points and led the team with six assists, which gives him 275 for his career, surpassing Mike Wood (2002-06) in the program's all-time record books.

Kale went 3-for-5 from the floor and 2-for-2 from long range, tallying nine points along with five rebounds. Juawnn Springfield scored five points off the bench, and Darrick McIntosh and Kyle Frakes grabbed five and three rebounds, respectively.

The CSUEB men continue their CCAA schedule next weekend when they return home to the friendly confines of Pioneer Gymnasium. Their next game is Friday night, Jan. 9 at 7:30 p.m against Cal State Dominguez Hills (4-8, 0-6 CCAA).