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CAL POLY Athletics Communications Mott Athletics Center • 1 Grand Avenue • San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 GoPoly.com • @CPMustangs Contact: Chris Giovannetti ([email protected]) 2019-20 Schedule & RESULTS Date Opponent (TV) Time (PT) / Result Fri., Nov. 8 at Santa Clara L, 77-63 Mon., Nov. 11 at North Dakota State L, 74-67 Fri., Nov. 15 Simpson W, 89-45 Sun., Nov. 17 at No. 18 Saint Mary’s L, 79-48 Fri., Nov. 22 at Creighton% L, 86-70 Sun., Nov. 24 at Iowa% (Big Ten Networks) L, 85-59 Thur., Nov. 28 vs. Tennessee State# L, 82-72 Fri., Nov. 29 vs. LIU# L, 82-69 Sat., Dec. 7 Siena W, 70-66 Sat., Dec. 14 Fresno State L, 62-37 Wed., Dec. 18 at Sacramento State L, 57-56 Sat., Dec. 21 CSU Bakersfield L, 72-50 Sat., Dec. 28 at No. 15 San Diego State L, 73-57 Fri., Jan. 3 Vanguard W, 85-82 Big West Conference Wed., Jan. 8 UC Santa Barbara L, 63-45 Sat., Jan. 11 CSUN W, 74-56 Thur., Jan. 16 at Hawai’i L, 65-61 Thur., Jan. 23 at UC Riverside L, 97-64 Sat., Jan. 25 at UC Irvine L, 74-67 Thur., Jan. 30 Cal State Fullerton W, 101-100 (OT) Colby Rogers recorded his 10th double-digit scoring game of the year with 12 points in Cal Poly’s home win versus Hawai’i (Feb. 8). Sat., Feb. 1 at UC Davis L, 66-51 Wed., Feb. 5 Long Beach State W, 92-75 Cal Poly Visits CSUN Thursday, Cal Sat., Feb. 8 Hawai’i W, 79-75 (OT) Thur., Feb. 13 at CSUN (ESPN3) 7 p.m. State Fullerton Saturday on ESPN3 Sat., Feb. 15 at Cal State Fullerton (ESPN3) 6 p.m. Winners of three of its last four games, the Cal Thur., Feb. 20 UC Davis 7 p.m. Poly men’s basketball program visits CSUN on This Week: Sat., Feb. 22 UC Riverside 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. and Cal State Feb. 13 & 15 Thur., Feb. 27 UC Irvine (ESPNU) 8 p.m. Fullerton on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 6 p.m. in a Thur., March 5 at Long Beach State (ESPN3) 7 p.m. @CSUN (10-15, 5-4) Sat., March 7 at UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m. pair of ESPN3-broadcasted matchups. Having Thursday, Feb. 13 (7 p.m.) Big West Conference Tourn. (Honda Center / Anaheim) climbed into a fifth-place tie in the Big West The Matadome (Northridge, CA) Conference standings alongside UC Davis (10- Broadcast: ESPN3 Thur., March 12 Quarterfinal TBA Audio / Video / Live Stats: GoPoly.com Fri., March 13 Semifinal (ESPNU / ESPN3) TBA 15, 4-5) and UC Riverside (14-11, 4-5), Cal Poly Series Record: Cal Poly, 56-49 Sat., March 14 Championship (ESPN2) TBA (7-16, 4-5) now trails third-place CSUN (10-15, Division I Series Record: CSUN, 23-21 5-4) by just one game and Big West leader UC Winning Streak: Cal Poly, 1 %Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational (at Home Sites) Last Meeting: Jan. 11, 2020 #Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational (Orleans Arena) Irvine (15-10, 7-2) by only three games with (CP, 74-56, at CP) seven regular season matchups remaining. The BIG WEST Conference top eight programs in the Big West standings STANDINGS (Feb. 11) qualify for the March 12-14 conference tourna- @Cal State ment. CSUN, which has followed a win with a Fullerton (9-16, 4-6) Saturday, Feb. 15 (6 p.m.) Big West Overall loss through its opening nine conference Titan Gym (Fullerton, CA) W-L PCT W-L PCT Streak games, leads all Big West programs with 74.5 Broadcast: ESPN3 UC Irvine 7-2 .778 15-10 .600 L1 points per game while also conceding a confer- Audio / Video / Live Stats: GoPoly.com Series Record: Cal Poly, 38-33 Hawai’i 5-3 .625 14-8 .636 L2 ence-leading 78.0 points per game. Eighth- Division I Series Record: CSF, 25-23 UC Santa Barbara 5-4 .556 16-8 .667 W3 place Cal State Fullerton (9-16, 4-6), winners of Winning Streak: Cal Poly, 1 CSUN 5-4 .556 10-15 .400 W1 just one of its last four games, will have been Last Meeting: Jan. 30, 2020 (CP, 101-100/OT, at CP) UC Riverside 4-5 .444 14-11 .560 L2 idle for a week when hosting Cal Poly. UC Davis 4-5 .444 10-15 .400 W1 on Jan. 11 (74-56), but the Mustangs seek just Cal Poly 4-5 .444 7-16 .304 W2 FOLLOW CAL POLY THIS WEEK: Chris their second victory at CSUN in the last six Cal State Fullerton 4-6 .400 9-16 .360 L1 Long Beach State 2-6 .250 7-17 .292 L3 Sylvester returns to the mic to provide play- trips on Thursday evening. Cal Poly’s last win by-play for Thursday’s matchup at CSUN and at CSUN was an 85-71 decision (Feb. 15, Saturday’s game at Cal State Fullerton for 2017). With CSUN the second most frequent Upcoming games (PT) ESPN 1280 in San Luis Obispo County and on opponent in program history following UC Wednesday, Feb. 12 GoPoly.com … Trent Rush will provide the Santa Barbara, Cal Poly leads the all-time UC Irvine at UC Riverside (ESPN3), 7 p.m. play-by-play for Thursday’s game at CSUN series (56-49) while CSUN leads the Division I Long Beach State at Hawai‘i, 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 while Sam Farber will handle duties Saturday (23-21) series. Cal Poly at CSUN (ESPN3), 7 p.m. at Cal State Fullerton (Richie Schueler will UC Santa Barbara at UC Davis, 7 p.m. provide color commentary for both matchups) CAL POLY VERSUS CAL STATE FULLER- Saturday, Feb. 15 … live stats and video of both games will also TON: Cal Poly’s 101-100 overtime home victo- UC Riverside at Long Beach State, 4 p.m. be available via GoPoly.com. ry against Cal State Fullerton (Jan. 30) CSUN at UC Davis, 5 p.m. snapped a seven-game slide against the Cal Poly at Cal State Fullerton (ESPN3), 6 p.m. CAL POLY VERSUS CSUN: Cal Poly won this Titans as the Mustangs seek their first victory UC Irvine at Hawai‘i (ESPN2), 9 p.m. season’s series opener versus the Matadors in Titan Gym since an 83-75 decision (Jan. 23, GoPoly.com • CalPolyMustangs • @CPMustangs 2016). Cal Poly leads the all-time series CAL POLY 2019-20 (38-33), but Cal State Fullerton leads 2019-20 Honor Roll INFORMATION the Division I (25-23) series. LAS VEGAS INVITATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM GENERAL INFORMATION BALLARD SETS THE SCORING PACE: • Colby Rogers (Nov. 29) Owner of five of the top seven scoring Official Athletics Name.................................................................Cal Poly Location..................................................................San Luis Obispo, Calif. games by a Mustang this year, sopho- Smith Family Ties Founded ...............................................................................................1901 more guard Junior Ballard – whose 32- While Cal Poly is one of 13 Division I programs to fea- Enrollment ........................................................................................20,186 point performance versus Cal State Mascot ........................................................................................Mustangs ture a head coach with a son on the roster, the Fullerton (Jan. 30) marked a career scor- Colors ...............Forest Green (343) / Copper (460) / Vegas Gold (116) Mustangs are the only Division I program to feature a Conference....................................................................................Big West ing high and the top point total by a son (Jamal Smith) and nephew (Keith Smith) of the Athletics Department Web Site.............................................GoPoly.com Mustang in two seasons – leads Cal Poly Cal Poly Athletics Twitter / Facebook ..CPMustangs / CalPolyMustangs head coach on the roster. Below is a listing of the cur- and ranks 10th among Big West players Home Court (Capacity) ...............................Mott Athletics Center (3,032) rent father-son combinations among Division I pro- President ....................................................................Jeffrey D. Armstrong with 13.0 points per game. Having grams. Director of Athletics.......................................................Don Oberhelman recorded just three double-digit scoring games in 15 appearances last season, COACHING INFORMATION Cal Poly: John (head coach) and Jamal Smith Ballard has already reached the mark a Head Coach (Alma Mater) ....John Smith (Dominican University, 1994) Cen. Conn. State: Donyell (HC) and Donyell Marshall, Jr. team high 16 times in 23 games – high- Career (NCAA) Record / Big West................................6-16 (3-5) Davidson: Bob (HC) and Matt McKillop E-mail...................................................................mbb@calpoly.edu lighted by a 22-point effort against Long Detroit Mercy: Mike (HC) and Antoine Davis Twitter ..............................................................@MustangCoach14 Beach State (Feb. 5), a 20-point perform- Associate Head Coach...................................................Rodney Tention Illinois: Brad (HC) and Tyler Underwood ance at North Dakota State (Nov. 11), a .................................................First Season / San Francisco, 1988 Iowa: Fran (HC) and Connor and Patrick McCaffery Phone ................................................................................756-2354 19-point night versus Tennessee State Oregon State: Wayne (HC) and Tres Tinkle E-mail..............................................................rtention@calpoly.edu (Nov. 28), an 18-point showing at Assistant Coach.................................................................David Hanson Portland: Terry (HC) and Malcom Porter Sacramento State (Dec. 18) and a 17- ......................................................Second Season / Cal Poly, 2012 Syracuse: Jim (HC) and Buddy Boeheim Phone ................................................................................756-2354 point game at UC Irvine (Jan. 25). E-mail ..........................................................drhanson@calpoly.edu Texas Southern: Johnny (HC) and John Jones Assistant Coach................................................................Justin Downer UT Martin: Anthony (HC) and Parker Stewart MISTER ROGERS’ SCORING NEIGH- ................................................First Season / William Jessup, 2015 Utah: Larry (HC) and Luc Krystkowiak Phone ................................................................................756-2354 BORHOOD: Backed by a career high Wright State: Scott (HC) and TJ Nagy E-mail...........................................................jcdowner@calpoly.edu 18-point performance at Hawai’i (Jan. Director of Operations..............................................................Eric Perry ........................................First Season / Crossroads College, 2012 16) and 16-point efforts against LIU (Nov.