San Jose State Spartans forward Ralph Agee (35) finished third in scoring for the Spartans with 13 points against the Cal Poly Mustangs on Sun Dec 13, 2020 (photo from sjsuspartans.com)
By Barbara Mason
Sunday afternoon the San Jose Spartans took on Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on the Mustangs home court. Currently the Mustangs are 1-2 while the Spartans are 1-1 after being soundly beaten Friday night at the hands of the St. Mary’s Gaels 96-61.
The Spartans never got anything going in that game and were re-grouping for the quick turnaround and hopes for a much better showing against Cal Poly.
San Jose took a nice 29-12 lead in the first half before letting their foot off the pedal allowing the Mustangs to pull within eight points. As the first half came to an end the Spartans led but the score had been whittled down to four points 36-32.
San Jose seemed to have had the game in hand early on but the stubborn Mustangs had other plans as they challenged the Spartans with some nice work from Keith Smith for eight points, Mark Crowe for six points as well as help from their bench.
The Spartans had Seneca Knight back and he went right to work scoring 12 points. Ralph Agee had eight points and Richard Washington also contributed eight points. The team would lean heavily on Knight, Agee and Washington in the second half as well as their defense keeping the Mustangs from another surge in the second half.
The second half was not the start that San Jose had hoped for. They lost the lead and found themselves trailing early. The Spartans fought back and with 7:04 left in the game they were tied at 59.
San Jose fought the entire game but came up just short losing a heartbreaker 75-71. Washington finished the game with 22 points, Knight with 20 and Agee with 13 plus some nice work off the bench from Trey Smith and Kaison Hammonds. San Jose now drops to a 1-2 record, next taking on Santa Clara Friday the time TBD.
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