Box Score SEASIDE -- Despite being eliminated last night from CCAA postseason contention, the Cal State Dominguez Hills men's basketball team showed the heart it has displayed all year as it turned back a spirited Cal State Monterey Bay rally en route to a 78-66 win over the Otters on the final day of the 2022-23 regular season.

Senior Hunter Seymour and Andre Ball led the Toros with 14 points each in the win.

After the hosts jumped to an 12-9 lead early, a 3-ball by Ball spurred a 15-5 run to put the Otters down 24-17.  A Jeremy Dent-Smith triple with just under two minutes left put the Toros up 32-22, and after an Otter miss and Damien Miller rebound, Ball added two more with a ferocious dunk for a 12-point cushion.

Keeping momentum donned in Cardinal and Gold, Cheatom ended the half with a 3-pointer to give CSUDH a 40-24 at the break.

A DJ Guest basket to open the second half brought the Toro advantage to 42-24 before a Seymour bucket with six minutes elapsed gave CSUDH a 20-point cushion.

That's where the lead hovered until the final five minutes when the Otters cut their deficit to just 12 at 68-56 with 3:43 left in regulation.

An Isaiah Morris layup stopped CSUMB's rally, and a Seymour free throw and Morris 3-pointer all but put the game away with 80 seconds left.

Cheatom finished with 13 and Cameron Barry 11 in the win, with Dent-Smith missing out on reaching double-figures by a single point.

The Toros turned the ball over just six times, while forcing 10 of their own.

Honoring just one senior in Hunter last week, the Toros return their entire roster as they look to qualify for the CCAA postseason tournament in 2024.

About Cal State Dominguez Hills Athletics
The Toros are proud to be a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competing at the Division II level, bringing excitement and tradition to the campus through 10 different sports (4 Men's, 6 Women's).  The program boasts 4 NCAA Championships, 2 NAIA National Titles, 10 NCAA West Region crowns and 34 CCAA Championships.  CSUDH is one of 12 universities that competes in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), the most prominent Division II conference in the nation with 155 NCAA National Championships, far more than any other conference in the nation.