Green's Heroics Provide Thrilling Win in 74-72 Decision

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CARSON -- With the time winding down and the game deadlocked at 72, senior Myron Green drove the baseline with one second left, stopped and popped, and the result was a 10-foot swish that gave the Toros a thrilling 74-72 win over a game Sonoma State squad as the Toros Athletics Department honored faculty on "Faculty Appreciation Night" tonight in Carson.

With their third-straight win, the Toros improve to 13-11, 9-8 CCAA and keeps pace with the four teams in front of them, while the Seawolves fall to 9-12, 7-10 CCAA.

Neither team was able to garner more than a slim lead until a Will Olsem triple at 11:56 put the Seawolves up 5, only to see the Toros answer on a triple by Green, followed by another by Matt Cain to knot the game at 18-all.

The teams forged three more ties before a Justin Herold bucket with 8 seconds left gave the visitors a 32-30 lead entering the break.

After intermission, SSU looked to pull away early by regaining its 6-point cushion, but again the Toros answered as a pair of Pierson Williams free throws tied the game at 57-57 with just under 10 minutes left in regulation.

Five more ties ensued leading up to the final minute of play, as a pair of Green free throws with 41 seconds left tied the game at 72-72, setting up the late-game heroics after the Seawolves turned the ball over.

Tonight also marked Athletics "Faculty Appreciation Night," in which CSUDH faculty were honored for their support to Athletics as chosen by . These professors included Dr. Mike Ernst and Dr. Boice Bowman from the Kinesiology Department, Jim Barbour, David Hoopes and Dr. Charles Thomas from Business, Keith Claybrook from Africana Studies, Dr. Farah Fisher from Graduate Studies, Donis Leonard from Theatre, Edgar Perez from Math, Jennifer Peters from Communications, and Dr. Josh Pryor from English.

CSUDH will look to make it four-straight tomorrow night as San Francisco State visits Carson on "Senior Night," as the Toros recognize their five seniors playing their final regular season game in the Torodome.

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