Nwaba, Bennett combine for 26 as Cal Poly beats D II San Francisco St. 65-44
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}David Nwaba and Brian Bennett each scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Cal Poly over Division II San Francisco State 65-44 on Tuesday night.
Joel Awich added 10 points and Ridge Shipley dished out six assists for the Mustangs, who finished with 14.
San Francisco pulled within eight points, 48-40 with 11:02 to play. The Mustangs answered with a 17-3 run to stretch their lead to 65-43 with 4:46 left. Chiefy Ugbaja made one of two free throws for San Francisco at the 4:10 mark. The Gators then missed their last three field goal attempts, and the Mustangs their last four shots to end it.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Derrick Brown scored 15 points and Malik Edwards added 10 points to lead San Francisco State. Sebastian Flores had five assists for the Gators.