Overtime Magic Works for Titans Again Feb. 22, 2003– Fullerton, Calif.
Box Score
Ralphy Holmes scored 20 points and Anthony Bolton added 16 Saturday night
to lead Cal State Fullerton to a 62-59 double overtime Big West Conference
victory over Idaho.
Pape Sow had a game-high 14 rebounds and scored 10 points including four
in the second overtime period for the Titans, who improved to 8-16 overall
and 6-8 in the Big West with their fourth overtime win in four tries this
season, all in conference play.
Dwayne Williams led the Vandals (11-13, 7-8) with 16 points and Jack May
topped Idaho with 8 rebounds.
Bron Groomes had his first collegiate double-double for the Titans with
13 points and 11 rebounds in 41 minutes off the bench.
It was Fullerton's first double-OT win since going to Div. I in 1974-75.
The Titans had been 0-4 in such games.
Sow stepped out and hit a 3-point field goal in the first minute of the
second OT for a 59-56 lead the Titans would not surrender. He added one
of two free throws to make it 60-58 with 1:58 to play and Bron Groomes
hit a layup at 0:59 for the decisive points. Justin Logan's 3-point try
at the buzzer went long.
Logan sent the game into overtime when he hit one of two free throws with
10 seconds left in regulation. Fullerton's Bolton missed a shot at the
buzzer and CSF had the last shot of the first overtime but Groomes missed
a jumper..
After Idaho scored the first five points of the game, Fullerton led for
virtually all of regulation. It built an 8-point halftime edge at 28-20
but the Vandals scored on their first two possessions of the second half
and Fullerton never got more than 7 points ahead again. The Titans led,
52-46, with 1:07 in regulation but Holmes missed the front end of two
one-and-ones to set up a layup and a 3-pointer by Williams that set the
stage for Logan's free-throws tries.
Idaho hit 9 of 21 3-point field goals to help offset an overall 38 percent
effort from the floor. Fullerton shot 42 percent and made only 7 of 12
free throws.
The Titans play their final two road games of the season next week, traveling
to Pacific on Thursday and Cal State Northridge on Saturday.
