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Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
Cookson lvu
73
Winner Pomona-Pitzer PP 19-6, 12-4 SCIAC
58
La Verne ULV 6-18, 3-13 SCIAC
Winner
Pomona-Pitzer PP
19-6, 12-4 SCIAC
73
Final
58
La Verne ULV
6-18, 3-13 SCIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Pomona-Pitzer PP 35 38 73
La Verne ULV 32 26 58

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Sagehens End Regular Season With Road Win At La Verne

LA VERNE, CA. – The Pomona-Pitzer Men's Basketball team ended the regular season with a 73-58 win over SCIAC opponent La Verne on Tuesday night at The Tents.
 
Season Impact: With the win, the Sagehens improved to 19-6 overall and 12-4 in SCIAC play.
 
The Sagehens were led by Joe Cookson who ended his regular season campaign with his seventh double-double of the season with 26 points and 10 rebounds. Jasper Hedin tallied his third double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds while Ty Bergman added 13 and Pete Boyle with nine.
 
The Sagehens outshot La Verne from the field with 43.1% to the Leopards' 36.2%, but La Verne had a better night from beyond the arc with 36.4% with the Sagehens hitting on just 6-16 for 31.6%.  Pomona-Pitzer controlled the paint outscoring La Verne 36-22 down low and outrebounded the Leopards 47-34.
 
The Sagehens started out with a nice run at 11-4 to start the game in the first five minutes. La Verne kept it close in the first half and even sparked a 10-2 run to take the lead from the Sagehens at 20-17 before the Sagehens responded with a 12-2 run of their own to take back the lead at 29-22 with five minutes to play until halftime. The Leopards made a late run again and cut into the lead at 35-32 with the Sagehens still up heading into halftime.
 
After letting the Leopards back into the game with a few big runs, the Sagehens looked to get ahead and stay ahead in the second half. Pomona-Pitzer took a ten-point lead at 45-35 four minutes into the second half and kept that 10-point advantage throughout the majority of the second half. The Sagehen defense prevented any major runs by La Verne in the second half and the Sagehens took a 70-51 lead with 4:09 to play to ensure they would come away with a win. The Leopards scored a few baskets late in the game, but the Sagehens rode their large second half lead to a road win in their final regular season contest.
 
Up Next: The Sagehens will enter the SCIAC Postseason Tournament as the No. 3 seed and head to No. 2 seeded CMS on Friday, February 23rd at 7:00 p.m.
 
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