Mont. St. Billings MSUB 20-10,14-4 Great Northwest

Cal St. San B'dino CSSB 28-3,20-2 CCAA

Mont. St. Billings MSUB

20-10,14-4 Great Northwest

Final

Mar. 10, 2023

Cal St. San B'dino CSSB

28-3,20-2 CCAA

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Mont. St. Billings MSUB	31	26	57
Cal St. San B'dino CSSB	33	30	63

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 3/10/2023 9:00:00 PM | Alex Kline, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications and Marketing

Yotes Tie Program Win Record, Advance to West Region Semifinals

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The CSUSB men's basketball team defeated Montana State Billings in the quarterfinal of the NCAA West Regional on Saturday afternoon, improving to 28-3 on the season and extending their win streak to 13 games. With the win, the Yotes tie the program record for most wins in a season at 28 – a record that was previously held by the 2001-02 squad that finished in the Elite Eight.

The first half featured two large scoring runs from both the Yotes and the Yellow Jackets. Up by only three points at the 10-minute mark, CSUSB went on a 13-1 run highlighted by three treys from Kaijae Yee-Stephens. However, MSUB returned the favor – immediately going on a 16-3 run to close out the first half and bring the score to a close 33-31.

Though the Yotes went on to maintain the lead for the entire second half, it wasn't by much. In fact, CSUSB only led by double-digits for 27 seconds in the second half - the remaining 19:33 was played with a single-digit lead. One of the key separators came from points off turnovers, in which CSUSB outscored MSUB 11-2 in the second to maintain their separation.

Darius Mickens led the team in both scoring and rebounding to pick up his ninth double-double of the season, finishing with 14 and 10 respectively. Yee-Stephens finished second in scoring with 12, and Eddie Davis and Dontrell Shuler both finished with at least 10. Their 63 points scored in the game is the lowest of the entire season, yet turned out to be just enough for the win.

Up Next
The #2 Yotes will advance to the NCAA West Region Semifinals tomorrow, March 11^th, and will face #6 Cal State San Marcos. The two teams are quite familiar with one another, as CSUSB defeated San Marcos in the CCAA Tournament Title game just last Saturday. This season, the Yotes are 2-1 against the Cougars and outscore them 247-244 in three games.

The CCAA Tournament Title rematch is set for 5:00 PM at Golden Gym, and the winner will advance to the NCAA West Regional Championship on Monday at 7:00 PM. You can check out the Tournament Central page for game information on listen in on KMET 1490 AM.

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