CARSON -- Cal State Dominguez Hills junior wing
Luke Lin scored 21 points to lead the Toros in a CCAA/PacWest tournament contest, but visiting Vanguard took an 80-78 overtime decision to hand CSUDH its first defeat of the 2026-27 season, dropping to 1-1 on the new year.
CSUDH shot 39% from the field and just 52.2% from the charity stripe, missing 11 free throws in the 2-point loss.
The Toros sprinted to a 6-1 win to open the contest before the Lions tied the game at 10-10 at the 9:48 mark.
VU extended its lead to 29-18 five minutes later before a Lin jumper, old-fashioned 3-point play by
Jasyre Robinson, and two Lin free throws brought the Toros to within 29-25 at the 3:09 mark.
CSUDH used that momentum to get to within 31-30 on an
Ahsan Huff jumper, before the Toros entered intermission down two at 34-32.
Vanguard continued to lead the Toros in the early minutes of the second half before a
Promise Madubugwu flush with 12:57 left in regulation tied the game at 46-46.
CSUDH took its first lead of the second half at 57-56 on a
Tomi Adesiji 3-pointer with exactly 7:00 left, but the two teams forged four ties down the stretch, with a Lin bucket with three seconds left sending the game into overtime tied at 67-67.
In the extra frame, VU used an 8-3 run to take control in overtime, surviving a late Adesiji triple to escape with the two-point win.
Adesiji added 14 points, Huff 13 and Madubugwu 10 in the loss, with Huff's game-high 18 rebounds giving him the team's lone double-double.
CSUDH will conclude the CCAA/PacWest Challenge tomorrow evening, hosting NABC preseason No. 11 Point Loma for a 6 pm tipoff.
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