Fullerton Continues Fast Start

For a while Saturday night, it looked as though Cal State Fullerton might be in for some trouble against St. Mary’s.

But that was only the way it looked.

Down by eight points midway through the second half, Fullerton (4-1) went into high gear and overwhelmed St. Mary’s (5-3) in the final 10 minutes to complete a three-game sweep over West Coast Conference teams. The Titans had previously beaten Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount.

The 79-69 victory was the Titans’ fourth in a row and produced their best start since the 1992-93 season.

“We just need to take what we did at the end of the game and do it the whole game,” Titan point guard Kenroy Jarrett said.

Jarrett made a three-point basket and a followed up a missed layup with another basket that got the Titans over the hump with five minutes left. But this was a game when everyone rose to the occasion for Fullerton.

Ike Harmon was back, although slowed because of an injured ankle. But that didn’t keep him from scoring 17 points--13 in the second half--and getting six rebounds.

The Titans had five players scoring in double figures, led by guard Mark Murphy’s 18. Matt Caldwell and Jason Cunningham had 13 each, and Jarrett finished with 11.