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    TURLOCK -- Former Cal State San Bernardino head coach Larry Reynolds, facing his former assistant and current CSUSB head coach Jeff Oliver for the first time in CCAA conference play, emerged the victor Sunday as Cal State Stanislaus held on for a 70-68 CCAA men's basketball win over the Coyotes.
    The Coyotes had three chances to tie the game in the final nine seconds but shots by Devon Davis, Bryan LeDuc and Lawrence Tyson came up empty and the Warriors got their first conference win, improving to 1-3 in the CCAA and 5-4 overall. CSUSB is now 5-3 overall and 3-1 in the CCAA.
    The last time that Reynolds and Oliver faced each other was an exhibition game back at the start of the 2002-03 season when Reynolds was at Long Beach State. The Coyotes won that game.
    Junior point guard Corey Caston had a game-high 16 points and seven assists to lead the Coyotes while Tyson finished with 15 points and four assists. LeDuc had nine points and four rebounds.
    The Warriors were led by Prince Abedoyi and Jordan Stokes with 15 points apiece. Frank Monge had 13 points and Chad Johnson finished with 11 points and seven rebounds.
    The Coyotes shot 42 percent for the game (25 of 59) and 38 percent from three-point range (11 of 29) but were outrebounded 33-22 by the Warriors. Stanislaus shot 46 percent from the field (23 of 49) and 42 percent from the three (five of 12) and made 19 of 21 free throws (90 percent).
     Trailing 32-25 at halftime, the Coyotes caught and passed the Warriors on a three-pointer by junior guard Aaron Hill to make it 46-45 CSUSB with 13:55 left in the game.
     However, the Warriors outscored the Coyotes 17-11 to take a 62-56 lead with 5:28 remaining on a pair of free throws by Dwight Jones.
     CSUSB pulled even with the hosts at 67-all on Caston's layup with 1:16 remaining. However, Stokes made a layup with 39 seconds left for a 69-67 advantage. CSUSB's Hill was fouled and missed the first free throw with 18 seconds left but made the second to make it 69-68.
     The Warriors' Johnson then hit his first free throw after being fouled with 16 seconds left but missed the second and the Coyotes had life, trailing by two with possession. Davis missed a layup with nine seconds left but LeDuc rebounded the ball and then missed a jumper with five seconds left but the Coyotes retained possession when the ball went out of bounds. Tyson took the final shot with one second left and missed.
      The Coyotes return home to face Humboldt State at 7:30 p.m. Friday night in Coussoulis Arena.