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CLU to Face UC San Diego in Division III Playoff

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Cal Lutheran will play at UC San Diego in a second-round game of the NCAA Division III men’s basketball playoffs at 7:30 tonight.

The Kingsmen (24-2), co-champions of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, had a first-round bye Thursday while UC San Diego defeated SCIAC co-champion Pomona-Pitzer, 67-66.

The winner of tonight’s game will play the winner of a game between Greensboro (N.C.) and Christopher Newport (Va.) in a sectional semifinal Mar. 11.

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Cal Lutheran defeated UC San Diego, 100-79, in a nonconference game this season, but the Tritons (21-4) have won 15 of 16 since.

The Kingsmen have won four in a row, including last Saturday’s 83-62 win over Pomona-Pitzer which gave Cal Lutheran the SCIAC’s automatic playoff berth.

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