The Clairemont Times: UCSD Barely Defeats Point Loma in an Early Season Local Game
Point Loma and UCSD squared off in a local regular season game on Tuesday, November 14 th at Golden Gymnasium in Point Loma. Coming into the game, UCSD (0-2) was trying to obtain its first win of the season, while Point Loma (2-2) was looking for a big win after losing a couple of early heart-breakers. After last season’s 14-point loss to UCSD, Point Loma was looking for a different outcome in this year’s matchup. Although UCSD lost a lot of firepower from last year, most specifically graduating CCAA Player of the Year Adam Klie, the Lions were still going to have their hands full with an athletic and talented Tritons team. As was expected, UCSD controlled the first half of the game with a balanced scoring attack. The Tritons shot 55.2 percent from the field and set the pace of the game from the tip-off. With a methodical half-court offense, the Tritons offense slowly wore down the Point Loma defense in the first half. After a dagger UCSD 3-pointer by Eric Patton to