Cal Poly runs away from Long Beach State in 2nd half

SAN LUIS OBISPO — Long Beach State battled through eight ties and nine lead changes during the first half of Wednesday night’s game at Cal Poly (SLO), but the host Mustangs used hot shooting and 17 points off turnovers to pull away in the second half on their way to a 92-75 win.
Junior Ballard led four Cal Poly players in double figures with 22 points. Tuukka Jaakkola scored 16 and Mark Crowe and Jamal Smith each scored 11 to move the Mustangs out of the Big West Conference cellar.
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