[Men's Basketball] Cal State San Marcos Downs Hawks in Exhibition

SAN MARCOS, Calif. — The SDC men's basketball team traveled to NCAA Div. II Cal State San Marcos on Saturday in an exhibition game.

The Cougars defeated the Hawks 93-64 despite 20 points from Derek Novsek.

The loss doesn't impinged the Hawks record, but the Cougars improved to 5-1.

Early in the first, Nick Crankshaw's 3-pointer gave SDC their only lead of the game at 3-2 with 18:36 to go. The Cougars then jumped to a 9-0 run and reached a double-digit lead before the halfway mark of the first half.

SDC shot just 37.5 percent from the floor including 7-of-23 from beyond the arc. The Hawks were out rebounded 38-27 in the game and matched turnovers with 10. Stephen Short added 11 points for the Hawks. Anthony Gonzalez played solid minutes off the bench scoring eight points with four rebounds with an assist and a steal.

The Hawks will hit the road in a week as they travel to NCAA Div. I Southern Utah at 12:30 p.m.