SANTA CRUZ, CA. – The Pomona-Pitzer Men's Basketball team defeated UC Santa Cruz in overtime by the score of 101-95 on Friday night.
 
Season Impact: With the win, the Sagehens improved to 2-0 overall to start their season.
 
The Sagehens were led by Joe Cookson who went for 25 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double while Samir O'Brien came off the bench with 22. Pete Boyle added 16 points while Sam Lind had 12 and Ty Bergman had a double-double as well with 12 points and 10 boards.
 
The Sagehens shot very well from the floor with 53.2% for the game and 11-24 from three for 45.8%. The Sagehens also had 29 bench points that to the Banana Slugs' 15.
 
UC Santa Cruz jumped out to an early lead after they doubled the Sagehens at 12-6 and stretched that lead to a 19-10 advantage with 14:02 left in the first half. The Sagehens made a run midway through the first and cut the deficit down to one point at 27-26 after a three by Cookson and then two free-throws by Cookson gave the Sagehens the lead at 28-27.  Pomona-Pitzer continued to score well late in the first half and took a 47-41 lead heading into halftime.
 
Pomona-Pitzer came out of halftime and took their largest lead of regulation at 59-51 before UC Santa Cruz closed the gap to 59-58. The Slugs took the lead back at 64-63 while the two teams didn't get more than four points apart for the rest of the second half. The Sagehens trailed by two late and after two made free throws by Cookson, the Sagehens forced overtime at 86-86.
 
Pomona-Pitzer ran away with the game in overtime after outscoring UCSC 15-9. The Sagehens trailed 90-88 early, but went on a big run to open the game up at 98-90 and went on to take the game 101-95 for their second win of the season.
 
Up Next: The Sagehens will play Lewis & Clark in Santa Cruz on Saturday November 26^th at 3:00 p.m.