Together Titans Win Another : College basketball: Agee Ward scores 24 points to lead Fullerton to 97-79 victory, its fourth in last six games.

Cal State Fullerton, the team that nearly fell apart two weeks ago, looked and sounded like Team Harmony after Saturday night’s 97-79 Big West Conference victory over Fresno State.

The same players Titan Coach John Sneed called “selfish and stubborn” after a 64-58 loss to UC Santa Barbara on Jan. 23 have won four of their past six games.

A crowd of 1,728 in Titan Gym Saturday saw forward Agee Ward score 24 points and swingman Bruce Bowen score 19 to help Fullerton improve to 9-11, 5-6 in conference play.

Center Sean Williams added 15 points and four blocked shots, guard Joe Small had 13 points and seven assists and point guard Aaron Sunderland had 13 points and five assists for Fullerton.

The Titans used an early second-half surge to take a 67-55 lead with 10:10 remaining, but two baskets by Brian Baumgartner and DeAndre Austin’s three-pointer, sandwiched around a basket by Williams, brought the Bulldogs to within 69-61.

Fresno State (14-9, 5-6) had an excellent chance to cut the deficit to six when Austin stole a pass near midcourt and drove in for a layup. But he missed the shot, and Fullerton scored the next eight points to take a 77-61 lead with 5:38 to go.

“This is not the same team it was a couple weeks ago,” Sneed said. “This team is playing with more emotion than it has all year. The last two weeks, they’ve been so receptive to their roles, more coachable, enthusiastic.”

Carl Ray Harris and Pat Riddlesprigger each scored 18 points, and Wil Hooker added 13 for Fresno State.