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Cox's 21 Leads Toros to 86-84 Overtime Thriller Over CS San Bernardino

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CARSON --If there are such things as statement games in the regular season, this was one of them.  And tonight's statement is that if Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State San Bernardino meet in the CCAA Tournament or NCAA Tournament, it will be another classic after the Toros took a heart-stopping 86-84 overtime win tonight in Carson.  Michael Cox led all scorers with 21 points and 7 boards in the thriller.

Sitting one game behind the visiting Coyotes, who were in a three-way tie atop the CCAA starting tonight, the Toros looked over-matched after falling behind 8-0 over the first 3:14 of play.

Finally getting on the board after a Tim McGrath triple seemed to ignite the CSUSB offense even more as the 'Yotes took as large as a 23-7 lead on a Bryan LeDuc 3-pointier at the 10:29 mark.

That's where the Toros buckled down, however, cutting their deficit to single digits at 29-21 on a Cox bucket six minutes later, before entering the break looking at a 39-32 deficit.

The second half began the same way the first half ended, with CSUDH slowly chipping away its deficit after solid trips down the floor, getting to 41-37 on a Marcquintice Davis trey, and to 43-40 on a Robert Willhite 3-pointer.

Two foul shots by Devon Davis and two more by Aaron Hill, however, brought CSUSB's lead back to seven at 47-40, before another Toro spurt borught them to within two points on four occasions, before finally tying the game at 58 on a Cox bucket with 8:09 left in regulation.

The Yotes got their second wind, taking as large as a 6-point lead on an old-fashioned 3-point play by Davis at the 5:41 mark, before Cox again led a Toro charge, draining two foul shots to get CSUDH within 66-65 exactly one minute later.

CSUSB looked to put the game out of reach after a Corey Caston triple gave the visitors a 73-67 lead with 1:40 left, but two Davis buckets brought CSUDH to within two, and after one made foul shot by Yote David Jefferson, Jamel Ward drained a 3-pointer as regulation expired, sending the game into overtime.

In the extra session, a McLaurin triple gave CSUDH its first lead of the night at 82-81 with 2:02 left, before the Toros held on an 86-84 victory after surviving an Aaron Hill heave as time expired.

The Coyotes, who fell to 16-7, 14-5 CCAA and into a tie with the Toros into third place, just one game behind co-league leaders Humboldt State and Cal Poly Pomona, were led by LeDuc's 19 and Caston's 18 points, respectively.

CSUDH dominated the boards with 14 more rebounds, including a game-high 7 by both Cox, Ward and Willhite.  In addition to Cox's effort, McGrath added 14, McLaurin and Ward 11 and Davis 10 as the Toros won their sixth-straight, while avenging a 75-57 thrashing given to them by CSUSB on the road on January 16.

The Toros, now 14-10, 14-5 CCAA, will look to make it seven in a row tomorrow night as Cal Poly Pomona makes its way to Carson after an easy win earlier tonight at Cal State L.A.  First tip is set for 7:30 pm in the Torodome, on the "Dave Yanai Court."

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