Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 87, Cal State Fullerton 83

The Titans lost their seventh game in a row--their longest streak since the 1989-90 season--and dropped into last place in the Big West’s Western Division before 1,004 at Titan Gym.

Cal Poly (9-15, 4-8) made its last 16 free throws, 14 in the final four minutes, to hold off Fullerton (8-15, 3-9).

Titan guard Mark Murphy made three consecutive three-point shots in the final 51 seconds, but the Mustangs’ Jason King converted six consecutive free throws in the final 40 seconds.

The victory was Cal Poly’s second over Fullerton in two weeks and sixth without a loss to the Titans in three seasons. It left the Mustangs tied for fourth place in the Western Division with Irvine. Fullerton fell a game behind both teams with four conference games to play.

“That was tough, real tough,” Fullerton’s Ike Harmon said. “If we had played 40 minutes instead of 20, it might have been different. I guess we were sleepwalking in the first half and playing with no emotion.”

The Mustangs overwhelmed the Titans in the first 10 1/2 minutes, and a 17-0 run in 3:45 span produced a 31-10 lead.

The Titans spent the rest of the game trying to catch up.

Center Chris Bjorklund led Cal Poly with 22 points. King and Jeremiah Mayes each had 18, with King going nine of 11 from the free-throw line.

Harmon led the Titans with 21. Murphy finished with 18 on six-of-13 shooting from three-point range.

“We played half a game,” Titan Coach Bob Hawking said. “We didn’t seem to have the energy we needed to have in the first half. You can’t dig that kind of hole.”