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THIS WEEK
Cal State Fullerton will play its fifth-straight road game on Wednesday at UCLA with tip time scheduled for 9 p.m. The game will also be broadcast on the Pac-12 Network. The Titans will also return to Titan Gym on Saturday at 6 p.m. to host Pepperdine.

TICKETS & PROMOTIONS
Cal State Fullerton will return to Titan Gym on Saturday with tip-off scheduled for 6 p.m. against Pepperdine. Cal State Fullerton students receive free admission to Titan home games with their Titan I.D. card.Additional ticket information can be found by clicking HERE.

QUICK NOTES
• Cal State Fullerton begins the 2014-15 season with seven of its first eight game on the road. The Titans (3-4) currently on a five-game road streak, hold a record of 2-2 during the road stretch.
• Last season, the Titans won just three games away from Titan Gym with a 3-12 road record and two losses in neutral site contests. The Titans have already won two neutral site games in 2014-15.
• The Titans have eight newcomers this year. Of the 16 players on Cal State Fullerton's roster, 11 had not played in a game for the Titans prior to the 2014-15 season.
• Lanerryl Johnson's 18.1 points per game currently rank third in the Big West Conference, and Joe Boyd's 7.1 rebounds per game tie for fourth in the league.
• For the first time since an 84-76 win over Long Beach State on Mar. 1, 2014, the Titans erased a halftime deficit in a 67-62 victory Wright State. Fullerton trailed 33-28 at halftime and by as many as 13 in the first half. 

OPPONENTS & HISTORY
UCLA | 9 p.m. | Wednesday, Dec. 3 | Pauley Pavilion
Pac-12 Network | Broadcasters: Ted Robinson & Bill Walton
After losing consecutive games to No. 21 Oklahoma and No. 5/6 North Carolina, UCLA posted an 88-76 win over UAB in the seventh-place game of the Battle 4 Atlantis on Friday night (at Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, Bahamas). Norman Powell leads UCLA averaging 17.9 points per game.
Head-To-Head: UCLA holds a 9-1 lead in the all-time series against Cal State Fullerton which  dates back to 1986. All 10 games have been played in Los Angeles. The Bruins are one of two Pac-12 teams on Fullerton's schedule this year as the Titans suffered a 53-49 loss at USC on Tuesday. In games against teams currently in the Pac-12, the Titans are 7-37.
Last Meeting: Aaron Thompson scored a career-high 22 points and sophomore Jacques Streeter added 11 clutch points on Nov. 16, 2009 as Cal State Fullerton beat UCLA in men's basketball for the first time in 10 tries, 68-65, in double overtime before a national ESPN TV audience.

Pepperdine | 6 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 6 | Titan Gym
Pepperdine opened the season on a three-game winning streak with wins over Fresno State, Cal Lutheran and San Jose State before suffering a 72-61 loss at Iowa on Nov. 24. Stacy Davis leads the Waves averaging 16.5 points per game as Pepperdine scores 72.2 ppg and shoots 42.5 percent from the floor.
Head-To-Head: Saturday's game will mark the 23rd meeting between Cal State Fullerton and Pepperdine as the series is even at 11 games apiece. The Titans have won four straight against the Waves, and at Titan Gym boast a record of 6-4. Pepperdine is Fullerton's second opponent from the West Coast Conference this season as the Titans opened the year with an 89-72 loss at Santa Clara. The Titans are 99-102 against teams currently in the WCC with a 57-32 advantage in home games.
Last Meeting: Career-best performances from Marquis Horne and Steve McClellan pushed the Titans to a 78-64 victory over Pepperdine on Dec. 5, 2013 at Firestone Fieldhouse. Horne scored a career-high 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting from the floor and  McClellan poured in 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds for Fullerton.

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ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Cal State Fullerton has currently played four games as part of the team's five-game road trip with the finale scheduled for Wednesday at UCLA. The Titans, who hold an overall record of 3-4, are currently 2-2 during the last four games which started with a 53-49 loss on Tuesday at USC.The Titans are averaging just 61.0 points per game in the last four games, but are holding teams to 63.8 ppg.

LANERRYL'S WEEK
Lanerryl Johnson averaged 22.5 points per game last week as Cal State Fullerton finished the period with a record of 2-2. The Titans played all four of their games on the road, beginning on Tuesday with a 53-49 loss at USC before ending the week with a 2-1 record at the Spartanburg Marriott Upstate Classic in South Carolina. Johnson scored in double figures for four consecutive games recording two 20-point games and one 30-point effort. The junior guard led the Titans in scoring for three games and in assists on two occasions. He led the Titans in field goal percentage (.509), three-pointers (13/.481), free throws (23-of-29) and steals (7). Johnson's most significant performance was a 27-point, two-assist effort in a  come-from-behind victory vs. Wight State on Thursday, scoring 19 points in the second half.

BIG WEST STATS
• Lanerryl Johnson's 18.1 points per game rank third in the Big West Conference, and his .439 three-point field goal percentage (18-of-41) rates ninth. His 2.57 three-pointers per game rank third in the conference.
• Josh Gentry's .947 (18-of-19) free-throw percentage ranks second in the league.
• Joe Boyd's 7.1 rebounds per game tie for fourth in the Big West.
• Alex Harris' 33.14 minutes per game rank fourth in the league.

PUSHING THE PACE
Junior guard Lanerryl Johnson is averaging 18.1 points per game, scoring in double figures for six of Cal State Fullerton's seven games. The transfer from Central Arizona Junior College is shooting 47.1 percent from the floor and he has knocked down 18 three-pointers despite playing the role of the team's starting point guard.

MORE JOHNSON STATS
• Johnson has led the Titans in scoring on four occasions this season.• The Atlanta, Ga., native scored 31 points in Cal State Fullerton's 79-64 loss at USC Upstate on Friday. Johnson is the first Titan to score at least 30 points since Sammy Yeager at UC Riverside on Feb. 9, 2013.

OFFENSE ON THE PERIMETER
Cal State Fullerton's top three scorers are all guards. Junior transfer Lanerryl Johnson leads the Titan averaging 18.1 points per game, while redshirt senior Alex Harris is averaging 12.9 ppg after a 26-point performance in a 64-61 victory over Florida International on Saturday. Redshirt senior Moses Morgan is averaging 10.0 ppg.

ON THE GLASS
Sophomore forward Joe Boyd leads the Titans averaging 7.1 rebounds per game. Boyd has led or shared the lead in rebounds in six of seven games this season. The Scottsdale, Ariz., native matched a career-high and set a Titan season high with 10 rebounds in Thursday's 67-62 victory over Wright State.In addition to his rebounding efforts, Joe Boyd is averaging 6.3 points per game and  shooting 51.6 percent from the field to lead the team.

HOW TO GET A W
Cal State Fullerton is 3-0 when shooting a higher field goal percentage than its opponent. The Titans are averaging 67.0 points per game and shooting 42.9 percent from the floor in their three victories, while averaging 61.0 ppg and shooting 38.5 percent from the floor in their four losses.

A NEW LOOK
Second-year head coach Dedrique Taylor has five returning lettermen - including three starters - and three returning redshirts on his roster for 2014-15. In addition, the Titans have eight newcomers. Of the 16 players on Cal State Fullerton's roster, 11 had not played in a game for the Titans prior to this season.

COUNTING DOWN
Redshirt senior guard Alex Harris has scored 845 career points as he is just 155 short of reaching the 1,000-point threshold for his three-year career as a Titan. 

ADDING DEPTH
A year ago, Cal State Fullerton had only four student-athletes at 6-foot-7 or taller to play in the post. This season, second-year head coach Dedrique Taylor has six players at 6-foot-7 or taller at his disposable. The Titans were outrebounded 35.0-33.7 rpg last season, but the additions of 6-foot-7 freshman Jamar Akoh, 6-foot-10 junior Kennedy Esume, 6-foot-8 sophomore Malcolm Henderson and 6-foot-7 junior Temjae Singleton should help significantly.

SCORING ASSISTANCE
The Titan offense averaged 67.5 points per game last season, the lowest average for a Titan team since the 2002-03 season (62.9 ppg). Similar to the post position, the Titans have added depth in the back court to push the tempo in 2014-15.
• In seven games, the newcomers have already had an impact in scoring, as junior guard Lanerryl Johnson leads the Titans averaging 18.1 points per game and redshirt senior Moses Morgan is averaging 10.0 ppg.

AIR TIME
The Cal State Fullerton men's basketball team is scheduled to make a total of 10 television appearances during the 2014-15 season, with the option of three additional "wild card" productions. The breakdown includes five appearances via ESPN3, two on the Pac-12 Network, two on Prime Ticket and one on ROOT Sports.

PRESEASON PREDICTIONS
The Cal State Fullerton men's basketball team was selected to finish eighth in the Big West Conference Preseason Media Poll, despite tying for a sixth-place finish a year ago. Defending regular season champion UC Irvine was selected to defend its title successfully, followed by UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach State.

2013-14 RECAP
• Cal State Fullerton's 2013-14 campaign came to a close on March 13, 2014, when the Titans suffered a 66-56 to Long Beach State in the quarterfinals of the Big West Tournament held at Honda Center. Fullerton completed the year with a record of 11-20 overall as well as a 6-10 mark in Big West play, which secured CSF the No. 6 seed at the Tournament. 
• The Titans completed the 2014 season with a winning record of 8-6 at Titan Gym, but a struggling mark of 3-12 on the road and a record of 0-2 at neutral site games. 
• Cal State Fullerton completed the first half of its Big West Conference schedule with a record of 2-6, although the Titans played UC Riverside twice during the first leg, and played Hawai'i twice during the second leg. Fullerton finished the second half of conference play with a record of 4-4
.• The Titans split season series with UC Davis, UC Riverside, Cal Poly, UC Santa Barbara, CSUN and Long Beach State, but were swept by UC Irvine and Hawai'i .
• Cal State Fullerton used 11 different starting lineups during the season…the Titans were 7-0 when scoring over 74 points and shooting 50 percent or more from the floor. 
• Fullerton completed the second half of Big West action with a record of 4-4. During that stretch, the Titans averaged 71.6 points per game and shot 44.7 percent from the floor while knocking 53 three-pointers. Michael Williams led the Titans averaging 20.8 points per game during that stretch followed by Alex Harris (18.0 ppg).

 
BY THE NUMBERS
Cal State Fullerton totaled 2,092 points last season, an average 67.5 points per game. Fifty percent of the Titans' scoring from a year ago will return led by Alex Harris (420, 15.6  ppg), Josh Gentry (232, 7.5 ppg) and Steve McClellan (190, 6.1 ppg).

Big West Basketball Tournament All-Session Tickets On Sale
Honda Center and the Big West Conference have announced that all-session tickets for the 2015 Big West Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament are now on sale.
All-session school reserved tickets are available for $69.00. These seats are located within a school's section and can be purchased through each institution's box office.
Premium all-session tickets located in the first four rows of seating are available for $149.00.  General admission all-session tickets are also available for $69.00.  These seats can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster retail outlets, or by calling 800-745-3000.
The 2015 Big West Tournament will be hosted for the fifth-straight year at Honda Center in Anaheim.  The women's tournament first round and quarterfinal games will be played at Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday, March 10 and Wednesday, March 11. The men's tournament begins on Thursday, March 12 at Honda Center with four quarterfinal games.  The semifinals and championship games for both the men and women will take place Friday and Saturday at Honda Center.

TITANS IN THE NBA
Former Cal State Fullerton men's basketball player Josh Akognon became the 12th former Titan to appear in the NBA on April 10, 2013 playing four minutes and scoring two points to go with an assist for the Dallas Mavericks in their 102-91 loss to the Phoenix Suns at the American Airlines Center. Akognon, who played two seasons for Fullerton from 2007-09, became the first Titan to appear in an NBA game since Bobby Brown (2003-07) competed for the New Orleans Hornets and Los Angeles Clippers in the 2009-10 season.

NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE DRAFT
Four former members of the Cal State Fullerton men's basketball program were selected in the 2014 NBA Development League Draft on Nov. 1. D.J. Seeley (2012-13) was the first Titan selected as the first pick of the second round by the Delaware 87ers and he has made the final roster.Omondi Amoke (2012) was selected as the fifth pick of the second round by the Grand Rapids Drive. Michael Williams (2014), the 2014 Big West Newcomer of the Year, was selected as the 15th pick of the second round by the Sioux Fall Skyforce and he is listed on the final roster.Sammy Yeager (2013) was chosen as the ninth pick of the seventh round by the Los Angeles D-Fenders.