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MEN Pacific 73, at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 63: Demetrece Young scored 13 of his 19 points in the second half to lead Pacific (9-5, 2-0 Big West). Joe Ford had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds, along with four blocks and a steal. Lorenzo Keeler scored 18 points to lead the Mustangs (4-9, 1-1). at UC Santa Barbara 68, UC Davis 47: James Nunnally scored 17 points and keyed a late charge to lift the Gauchos (7-6, 2-1 Big West) over the Aggies (6-9, 2-1)

An 18-year-old Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student was found dead in the surf at UC Santa Barbara , officials said Monday. The Santa Barbara County coroner's office plans to perform a toxicology screening on the body of Giselle Esme Ayala of Santa Rosa, officials said. She was found by a jogger Saturday morning in the water just west of Campus Point at the UC Santa Barbara campus. Ayala's friends had not seen her since 11 p.m. Friday and reported her missing the next evening.

at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 69, UC Davis 56: David Hanson had 16 points and 11 rebounds to help the Mustangs end a three-game losing streak. Dylan Royer scored 14 points and Chris Eversley had 13 for the Mustangs (16-14, 7-8 Big West). at UC Santa Barbara 76, Pacific 61: James Nunnally scored 28 points and made six three-pointers to lead the Gauchos (17-9, 11-4 Big West), who moved into a second-place tie with idle Cal State Fullerton in the conference standings. WOMEN at Washington State 76, UCLA 65: Rosetta Adzasu scored 14 points to lead four Cougars in double figures.

It's nearly midnight on a rainy Wednesday, and Ben Howland is sitting in the only part of new Pauley Pavilion that is not spacious and sparkling. The coaches' locker room. That's right, in the only place in this basketball palace that Howland can hide, he can barely fit, with six coaches crammed into a dressing space the size of a large closet. It's an appropriate metaphor that is not lost on a UCLA basketball boss whose once stern expression has been softened into a perpetual look of weariness.

Those No. 3s the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo basketball players wear on the back of their warmups aren't for show. They are a warning. The Mustangs, who shoot an average of 24 three-pointers a game, made 13 of 27 on Saturday night in a 97-84 American West Conference victory over Cal State Northridge before 338 in Matador Gym. The Matadors, 6-18 and 2-3 in conference play, were behind almost the entire game.

Distance runner Dan Berkeland of Canyon High has made an oral commitment to compete in cross-country and track at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Berkeland said he chose the California Collegiate Athletic Assn. school because of its architecture program as well as its traditionally powerful cross-country and track teams. The Mustang men's cross-country team has won the past two conference titles and has placed fourth or better in three of the past four NCAA Division II national meets.

Chris Bjorklund scored 18 points and four teammates also scored in double figures to give Cal Poly San Luis Obispo a 95-72 victory Sunday over UC Riverside at San Luis Obispo. Cal Poly SLO (5-2) shot 51% from the field and outrebounded the Highlanders, 49-30. The scoring attack included Jamal Scott's 17 points, Jeremiah Mayes' 14, and 12 points apiece from Varnie Dennis and Brandon Beeson. The Mustangs went on a 16-2 spurt late in the first half to increase their lead to 41-27.

Philip Mathews, who coached the Ventura College men's basketball team to the junior college state title this season, said he has been contacted by officials at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo about the school's vacant coaching position. "They have asked me if I'm interested," Mathews said. "I'm interested in talking, but I haven't decided anything."

The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo No. 3 doubles team of Bob Zoller and Brian Bass defeated Chapman's John Kline and Chris Dundas, 6-4, 7-6, to give the Mustangs their fifth point in Thursday's 5-4 victory in California Collegiate Athletic Assn. action in San Luis Obispo. The Mustangs, ranked second in Division 2, improve their conference record to 8-1 (16-2 overall), while the third-ranked Panthers drop to 4-2 and 13-10. Another key win for San Luis Obispo came in No.

John LaRosa survived scares in the fifth and eighth innings Thursday to pitch Cal State Northridge to a 1-0 victory at home over Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The winning run came in the eighth, when Chris Pinsak singled to right field to drive in Todd Mustin from second. Mustin led off the inning by getting hit by a pitch. He moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Jim Vatcher. Pinsak was thrown out on the play when he tried to stretch a single into a double.

at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 69, UC Davis 56: David Hanson had 16 points and 11 rebounds to help the Mustangs end a three-game losing streak. Dylan Royer scored 14 points and Chris Eversley had 13 for the Mustangs (16-14, 7-8 Big West). at UC Santa Barbara 76, Pacific 61: James Nunnally scored 28 points and made six three-pointers to lead the Gauchos (17-9, 11-4 Big West), who moved into a second-place tie with idle Cal State Fullerton in the conference standings. WOMEN at Washington State 76, UCLA 65: Rosetta Adzasu scored 14 points to lead four Cougars in double figures.

Calling himself embarrassed and saying some of his team felt the same way, USC men's basketball Coach Kevin O'Neill gave an emphatic thumbs down to the Trojans' 42-36 loss to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on Saturday in front of 2,606 who were appeared so bored at the Galen Center they were willing to wait in line for 20 minutes at the concession stand. Better to hold out for a hot dog instead of a basket. It was the fewest points scored by the Trojans since a 40-35 overtime loss to UCLA in 1967.

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MEN Marist at UC Irvine...4 p.m. SIU Edwardsville at Cal State Fullerton...4 Long Beach State at Idaho...5:30 PST Gonzaga at Pepperdine...6 Youngstown State at UC Riverside...6 Portland at Loyola Marymount...7 Drake at Cal State Northridge...7 UC Santa Barbara at Fresno State...7:30 Cal Poly SLO at Hawaii...10 PST WOMEN Washington State at UCLA...8 Washington at USC...8

at San Francisco 77, Pepperdine 47: The Dons (10-15, 5-5 West Coast Conference) seized control with a 21-2 run to finish the first half. The Waves (7-18, 3-6) never recovered. Loyola Marymount 73, at Santa Clara 67: Drew Viney scored 20 points to lead the Lions (13-12, 4-5 WCC). Long Beach State 78, at Cal Poly SLO 72: T.J. Robinson had 14 points as the 49ers (12-12, 6-5 Big West) beat the Mustangs (8-15, 5-6). -- associated press

at Southern Mississippi 81, Cal State Bakersfield 65: The Golden Eagles (10-6) ended a losing streak at three games. The Roadrunners (2-14) didn't score in the final 3:15 of the first half. -- associated press THURSDAY'S GAMES San Francisco at Loyola Marymount...7 p.m. UC Riverside at Cal State Northridge...7 p.m. UC Irvine at UC Davis...7 p.m. UC Santa Barbara at Long Beach State...7 p.m. Cal Poly SLO at Cal State Fullerton...7 p.m. Santa Clara at Pepperdine.

Mike Wozniak scored 31 points Thursday night and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo made 12 of 29 shots from three-point range in beating Long Beach State, 84-74, in San Luis Obispo. Wozniak was six of 10 from beyond the three-point line and Ross Ketcham made three three-pointers after Long Beach State cut Cal Poly's lead to 59-58 with a little over eight minutes remaining. Ketcham and Chris Bjorklund added 13 points each for the Mustangs (10-11, 3-6 Big West Conference).

Jeff Schneider, coach of the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo men's team since 1995, resigned Wednesday with the Mustangs (5-7) mired in a five-game losing streak. Schneider, who took over a program that went 1-26 during the 1994-95 season and guided the Mustangs to a 16-13 record his first year, had an overall record of 70-84 at Cal Poly. Assistant Kevin Bromley will be the interim head coach for the rest of the season.

MEN Pacific 73, at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 63: Demetrece Young scored 13 of his 19 points in the second half to lead Pacific (9-5, 2-0 Big West). Joe Ford had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds, along with four blocks and a steal. Lorenzo Keeler scored 18 points to lead the Mustangs (4-9, 1-1). at UC Santa Barbara 68, UC Davis 47: James Nunnally scored 17 points and keyed a late charge to lift the Gauchos (7-6, 2-1 Big West) over the Aggies (6-9, 2-1)

MEN UC Santa Barbara 57, at UC Riverside 53: James Nunnally scored 19 points as the Gauchos (6-6, 1-1 Big West) rallied in the closing seconds to edge the Highlanders (7-7, 1-1). Cal Poly SLO 95, at UC Irvine 81: Lorenzo Keeler scored 38 points as the Mustangs (4-8, 1-0 Big West) beat the Anteaters (7-7, 1-1). at UC Davis 85, Cal State Northridge 73: Dominic Calegari had 28 points and 11 rebounds, both career highs, as the Aggies (6-8, 2-0 Big West) defeated the Matadors (4-9, 0-2)