HAYWARD, Calif. – On Saturday afternoon, the Cal State East Bay men's basketball team dropped a CCAA home game, 84-71 to Cal Poly Humboldt. Scoring a team-high 27 points for a second consecutive game was Grady Lewis.
 

GAME SUMMARY

 
With 12:59 left in the first half, Dimitrios Klonaras made a 3-pointer for a 15-11 lead. That would be the largest lead for the Pioneers. The game was eventually even at 26-26 on another 3-pointer from Klonaras at the 6:04 mark.
 
Through one half, Cal Poly Humboldt led 42-35.
 
Although the Pioneers cut the deficit in the second half to only two points at the 15:30 mark on a 3-pointer from Garrett Pascoe, the Lumberjacks did not relinquish their lead and pulled away late for an 84-71 win on Saturday.
 

NOTABLE STATS

 

• Lewis scored 27 points for a second straight game, going 12-for-19 from the floor and making three free throws.
• Lewis also led the Pioneers in rebounds with seven.
• Defensively, Klonaras had a block and two steals.
• Although the field goal percentage was very slightly in favor of Cal State East Bay (50 percent to 49.2 percent), the Lumberjacks went 13-for-23 in 3-pointers.
• Malek Davis scored 26 points for Humboldt, including a 6-for-9 performance from beyond the arc.

  

RECORDS

 
Cal State East Bay: 3-6, 1-2 CCAA
Cal Poly Humboldt: 2-5, 0-2 CCAA
 

UP NEXT FOR CAL STATE EAST BAY

 
On Sunday, December 11, the Pioneers play an exhibition game at Pacific. Tipoff from Alex G. Spanos Center in Stockton is set for 4 p.m.