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Asprilla's
3-Point Play Rallies Titans over UCR Jan. 6, 2005 – Fullerton, Calif. Box Score Hardy Asprilla's 3-point play with 51 seconds to play Thursday night carried Cal State Fullerton to a 74-71 Big West Conference victory over visiting UC Riverside. Guard Bobby Brown scored 23 points to lead the Titans, who are now 6-4 overall and 2-1 in the Big West. Vili Morton had 20 points and Klaus Schille added a career-high 11 for the Highlanders, who lost their fourth consecutive game to fall to 4-7, 0-3. Asprilla grabbed his career-high 16th rebound off a missed shot by Bobby Brown and threw in a desperation bank shot while being fouled and tumbling to the floor. His free throw gave him his 12th and final point and gave Fullerton a 70-68 lead. Bobby Brown and Jamaal Brown each hit a pair of free throws in the final 13 seconds for the Titans to offset a 3-point basket with 6 seconds left by Justin Bell, who would miss a potential game-tying trey at the buzzer. The Highlanders took their only lead of the game at 68-67 on a Vili Morton bank shot with 1:10 to play, capping an 8-0 UCR run that erased a 67-60 Fullerton advantage. Morton finished with a team-high 10 rebounds on a night when he scored his 1,000th point, the 11th UCR player to accomplish the feat but the first at the Div. I level. Ralphy Holmes had 15 points for the Titans before fouling out with 3:17 to play. Jamaal Brown added 12 rebounds and 15 points but made only 5 of 20 shots. Fullerton led by as many as 9 points in the second half at 61-52 with 6:58 to play and by 10 at 34-24 late in the first half, which ended with the Titans ahead, 34-30. The game was won at the foul line as Fullerton hit 19 of 23 compared to 15 of 26 by the highlanders. The Titans outrebunded UCR, 56-34, including 21 offensive rebounds to offset 37 percent shooting from the floor. Both Fullerton and UCR take a break from Big West play this weekend to host UC Davis, a future Big West opponent. The Titans play the Aggies Saturday night and UCR hosts them on Monday night. ####
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