cal poly v. St. Mary's

Cal Poly SLO v. St. Mary's: So What
Went Wrong? Nothing. Really--(January 4, 1998)

Ok, so we're back with the headline. And why not. This was not a pretty game for Cal Poly, even though they won it by 16 points. Maybe because they won it by 16.

Mike Wozniak scored 22 points and Jabbar Washington added 19 points and seven assists as Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo defeated St. Mary's, 89-73, Saturday. The Mustangs (7-5) were 12-of-23 from 3-point range, including four 3-pointers by Wozniak. Eric Schraeder had 23 points and eight rebounds for St. Mary's (5-7), while Frank Allocco added
20 points, including five 3-pointers. The Mustangs led 48-43 at halftime, and were helped by the Gaels' 20 turnovers as Cal Poly scored 21 points off those miscues. Frankly, this does not look like the St. Mary's team which made it to the NCAA tournament last year, and if they keep playing this way, there's no way they're going to the dance.

ST MARYS CA (73)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Greer           23   2-4   4-4   2-4  0  3    8
Knapp           26   0-5   0-0   1-1  2  2    0
Schraeder       29  7-10   6-6   2-8  0  2   23
Sivulich        32  4-12   4-4   1-4  5  3   15
Allocco         33  6-10   3-3   1-3  2  1   20
Williams         8   0-2   0-0   1-1  0  0    0
Varga            2   0-0   1-2   1-1  0  1    1
King             7   0-2   0-0   1-1  0  0    0
Bond            22   0-1   1-4   3-4  0  3    1
Knight          18   2-6   1-2   2-6  0  1    5
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TOTALS         200 21-52 20-25 15-33  9 16   73
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Percentages: FG-.404, FT-.800. 3-Point Goals:
11-29, .379 (Knapp 0-3, Schraeder 3-5, Sivulich
3-9, Allocco 5-7, Williams 0-1, King 0-1, Knight
0-3). Team rebounds: 1. Blocked shots: 1
(Schraeder). Turnovers: 20 (Allocco 5, Greer 4,
Sivulich 3, King 2, Knapp 2, Schraeder 2, Bond,
Knight). Steals: 3 (Sivulich 2, Greer).

CAL POLY SLO (89)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Washington      27  7-12   3-4   3-5  7  5   19
Ketcham         32   5-6   3-3   2-7  2  2   15
Bjorklund       28   2-5   0-4   0-3  4  3    4
Larson          29   1-4   2-2   0-1  5  4    4
Wozniak         32  8-16   2-2   0-1  0  4   22
Kinner          14   4-6   0-0   0-0  1  0   11
Fleming          2   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
Favors          17   2-7   1-3   5-5  0  1    6
Mayes            6   0-0   0-0   0-2  0  0    0
Beeson          13   4-7   0-0   3-3  0  0    8
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TOTALS         200 33-63 11-18 13-27 19 19   89
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Percentages: FG-.524, FT-.611. 3-Point Goals: 12-23, .522
(Washington 2-2, Ketcham 2-2, Larson 0-2, Wozniak 4-9,
Kinner 3-5, Favors 1-3). Team rebounds: 6. Blocked shots:
3 (Washington, Bjorklund, Larson). Turnovers: 11
(Washington 3, Beeson 2, Bjorklund 2, Wozniak 2, Favors,
Larson). Steals: 7 (Larson 4, Beeson, Kinner, Washington).

CalPoly opens Big West Conference play this Friday, January 9, at Boise State, at 6:35 pm PST. For St. Mary's, they will open West Coast Conference play this Thursday, January 8, at home against Santa Clara at 7:30 pm.