UC Santa Barbara 79, at Cal Poly 89

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (Interstat) — In a stunning second-half reversal, the Cal Poly Mustangs erased a nine-point halftime deficit with a dominant offensive display to defeat the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 89-79 in a Big West Conference men’s basketball game Saturday night at a raucous Robert Mott Gymnasium. A crowd of 2,870 watched the Mustangs, who entered the game with an 11-16 record, outscore the Gauchos 52-33 after intermission to snap a four-game losing streak in the series and avenge a 40-point loss in Santa Barbara just three weeks prior. The victory improved Cal Poly to 12-16 overall, while… Read more...