
January 17th, 2009
DAVIS -- Saturday night UC Davis took on CS Fullerton. Fullterton is currently undefeated in the Big West at 5-0 after a win over Pacific on Thursday. UC Davis started the conference season slow with two straight losses but has since rebounded with two straight wins.
UC Davis got out to a hot start getting to a six-point lead after several quick buckets from Watson and Oliver. Titan's returned on offense launching an eight-point run of their own led by Senior point guard Josh Akognon. The Titan's began to force UC Davis to commit sloppy turnovers trying to rush their offense.
The turnovers weren't complained to one player outside of Jesse Lopez-Low the entire UC Davis starting lineup had multiple turnovers. CS Fullerton also guarded the three-point line very well. Only allowing UC Davis to shoot nine three-pointers in the game which they only hit two. CS Fullerton began to pull away late in the first half at one point getting up eleven.
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After halftime UC Davis came out with the goal of forcing more turnovers as CS Fullerton had only a single turnover in the first half. Their increased pressure worked early as they forced two steals in the half-court trap. Jimmie Harris slammed it down on the other end. Harris more than likely had his best game in a UC Davis uniform tonight. He scored 17 points on great efficiency. He led the Aggies comeback through his drives to the basket.
On the other end, another freshman was having a great night, Preston Keeler led the Titan's offense in the second half. Keeler and Harris were rated two of the top freshman in the conference entering the season. Keeler hit shots from all over the floor.
As the game winded down things were neck and neck. Jesse Lopez-Low who finished with fifteen rebounds picked up several key ones down the stretch. With fifty seconds left Todd Lowenthal hit the go-ahead bucket to put the Aggies up two. The next trip down the floor the Titan's missed a contested shot and Harris rebounded with forty seconds remaining. CS Fullerton decided to not foul. UC Davis had Dedrick Watson take the possible game-sealing shot, he missed a turnaround in the post. The Titans rebounded calling a timeout. With six seconds left they took the ball up the floor passing it to Keeler who was open from nearly half-court. He shot the deep three and as the ball went through the hoop time expired. CS Fullerton players ran onto the court dogpiling ontop of Keeler.













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