Jan. 7, 2008

Box Score

Bakersfield, CA - The non-conference season for Loyola Marymount ended in more frustration as they fell to Cal State Bakersfield 98-64 Monday night at Rabobank Arena. A 21-3 run by Bakersfield early in the game put the game out of reach as the Lions now head into conference play against defending champion Gonzaga.

Freshman Orlando Johnson continues his pursuit of the freshman record in points and rebounds as he once again led the Lions in scoring with 14 points while adding five rebounds. Fellow freshman Brandon Walker added a career-high 11 points and Tim Diederichs added nine points and six rebounds.

The Roadrunners had one of their best shooting efforts in its history, going 36-for-60 from the field (60 percent) and 9-for-13 from the three-point line (69 percent). The Lions were just 24-for-60 (40 percent) and had another 19 turnovers that led to 26 CSUB points. Bakersfield also out-rebounded the Lions 42-26

With the score at 8-6 in favor of the Roadrunners, they went on a 14-1 run to go up 22-7 and then extended the run to 21-3 to build a 30-point lead at the break as they where never challenged the rest of the way. CSUB improves to 4-12 while the Lions fall to 3-13.

LMU will begin West Coast Conference play on Saturday, Jan. 12 against Gonzaga at 5:30 p.m. The game can be seen on FSN Prime Ticket and heard on KXLU 88.9 FM and LMULions.com.