Aly, CSU Bakersfield beat Alaska Anchorage 59-39
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Moataz Aly had 16 points, Rickey Holden scored 14 and CSU Bakersfield cruised to a 59-39 win over Division II Alaska Anchorage on Wednesday night in a first-round game at the Great Alaska Shootout.
Shon Briggs added eight points, eight rebounds and two blocks, while Brent Wrapp tied a career-high with 11 assists for Bakersfield (3-2). Wrapp moved past Fred Eckles (1989-92) into second on the school's career assists list with 397.
Aly had two layups and a dunk during an 8-2 spurt to open the game and CSUB never trailed. D.J. Ursey's layup with 5:39 left in the first half pulled Anchorage within one points, but the Seawolves missed their final six field-goal attempts, and Bakersfield scored 11 of the last 12 points, in the first half to make it 25-14 at the break.
UAA's Josiah Wood hit a jumper to open the second half, but Aly answered with a conventional 3-point play and the Roadrunners led by double figures the rest of the way.
Ursey and Wood led the Seawolves with nine points apiece.
It was the second-fewest points allowed by CSUB -- which limited La Verne to 36 in 2014 -- since moving to Division I in 2007.
Bakersfield will play Idaho in the semifinals on Friday, and the Seawolves will face Santa Clara in the consolation bracket on Thursday.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Mark Cook
- Justin Shamion
- Jason McCourt
2024-25 Big West Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Long Beach State | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
UC Irvine | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
UC Santa Barbara | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
Cal State Bakersfield | 0-0 | - | 1-1 |
Cal State Northridge | 0-0 | - | 1-1 |
UC Davis | 0-0 | - | 1-1 |
Hawai'i | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
Cal State Fullerton | 0-0 | - | 0-1 |
UC Riverside | 0-0 | - | 0-1 |
UC San Diego | 0-0 | - | 0-1 |
Cal Poly | 0-0 | - | 0-2 |