CLAREMONT, CA. – The Pomona-Pitzer Men's Basketball team had an impressive offensive performance in their 97-71 win over SCIAC opponent Whittier College on Wednesday night at Voelkel Gymnasium.
 
Season Impact: with the win, the Sagehens stay perfect at 6-0 overall and start their SCIAC season 1-0.
 
Five Sagehens reached double-digits scoring numbers led by Joe Cookson and Peyton Mullarkey who went for 22 and 21, respectively. Pete Boyle had 11 points, Jasper Hedin with with 10 and Charlie Treene came off the bench with 11 in the win.
 
The Sagehens had a very good shooting night where they hit on 52.2% of their shots from the floor and about as good as a three-point shooting night as you'll see at 60.7% hitting on 17-28 from beyond the arc. Pomona-Pitzer had 28 points in the paint, 22 second-chance points, and 25 points coming from the bench.
 
Whittier took a 4-3 lead to start the game and that was the last time the Poets saw the lead as the Sagehens went on a 25-6 run through the next nine minutes capped off by a Mullarkey three-pointer to hold a 28-10 lead with 11:59 left in the first half.
 
The Poets started to chip away at the lead with some good shooting of their own and cut the deficit down to 11 points at 33-22, but the Sagehens continued to hit shot after shot to maintain their advantage and went into the half with a 46-33 lead.
 
Pomona-Pitzer picked up right where they left off in the first half and quickly got their lead back over 20 points with a Cookson layup to make it 59-36 within the first five minutes of the second half.
 
The Sagehens continued their hot shooting night after shooting 9-12 from three in the first half and went 8-16 in the second half to aid them in taking their largest lead of the night at 37 points after a Hedin three made it 91-54 with five minutes to go.
 
The Poets got off some threes of their own late in the second half to cut into the lead a little bit before the final whistle, but the Sagehens started SCIAC play with a dominant win over Whittier.
 
Up Next: The Sagehens will next head to Caltech on Saturday, December 2^nd at 2:00 p.m.