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California State University, Fullerton

KJ Garris
86
Winner UC Irvine Irvine 11-5,4-0 Big West
64
Cal St. Fullerton CSF 6-10,1-3 Big West
Winner
UC Irvine Irvine
11-5,4-0 Big West
86
Final
64
Cal St. Fullerton CSF
6-10,1-3 Big West
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
UC Irvine Irvine 47 39 86
Cal St. Fullerton CSF 37 27 64

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Titans Fall to UC Irvine in Big West Showdown

The Cal State Fullerton Titans fell to the UC Irvine Anteaters after an impressive head-to-head first half.

FULLERTON, Calif. – The Cal State Fullerton Titans hosted the UC Irvine Anteaters for an eventful Big West matchup on Saturday evening. The Titans and Anteaters had an evenly matched first half before UCI picked up their momentum and ran away with a 86-64 win.
 
UCI struck first before freshman, Christian Williams scored to put the Titans on the board. Joshua Ward hit a three pointer to tie the game at five before hitting another to give Fullerton a lead that they would hang onto for six minutes. The Titans had their highest lead at the 13-minute mark, where they led 16-9.
 
CSF and UCI kept trading the ball and UCI's 67% shooting percentage helped them chop down on the Titans lead. Fullerton only shot 36% in the first half, eventually leading to a 10-point deficit at the end of the first half. The Titans were successful on the Anteaters' turnovers as they cashed in 12 points on nine turnovers. UCI led 47-37 going into the second half.
 
In the second half, UCI took full control over the Titans and ran away with an 86-64 win. Fullerton continued to tack on points, but it wasn't enough to catch up to Irvine. The Titans put together a nine-point scoring run, but so did the Anteaters and they led by as many as 23 in the second half. Both teams had six turnovers in the latter half, but the Titans only scored one while UCI tallied 10.
 
KJ Garris led the team with 19 points while Landon Seaman, Williams and Ward also tallied double-digit points against UCI. Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro led the team in rebounds with seven and assists with four.
 
The Titans are back in action next Thursday, Jan. 8 at UC San Diego at 7 p.m.
 
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Fans can purchase tickets for various Cal State Fullerton athletic events by visiting FullertonTitansTickets.com. The Athletic Ticket Office can also be contacted by phone at 657-278-2783 or by email at athletictixs@fullerton.edu. The Ticket Office is located at the Titan House off of Gymnasium Drive at the eastern end of the Intramural Fields and is open from 10 am – 4 pm PT, Monday – Friday. 

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WATCH THE TITANS ON ESPN+
Titans fans can now watch every home event exclusively on ESPN+. Cal State Fullerton has built a top-tier production studio to give the viewers an ESPN quality production for all games at Titan Stadium. Additionally, all schools in the Big West Conference are committed to producing ESPN quality streams which will allow fans to watch the Titans on ESPN+ for all road conference games.
 
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