FULLERTON, Calif. - The Cal State Fullerton men's basketball team is set to open the season on Sunday against San Diego Christian. The game in Titan Gym will be broadcast live online with a 3 p.m. PT tip. The Titans were scheduled to play on Wednesday (home against Bethesda) and Friday (at San Diego) but both games were called off due to COVID-19.
MATCHUP HISTORY
Fullerton and San Diego Christian played one other time in program history, a 106-60 win for the Titans on Nov. 23, 2012.
SCOUTING REPORT
San Diego opened up the season at UCLA on Wednesday and lost while San Diego Christian College has faced other Division I opponents this season.
2019-20 SEASON RECAP
The team returns just four student-athletes from the 2019-20 squad that played consistent minutes in senior Johnny Wang, junior Wayne Arnold and sophomores Tory San Antonio and Vincent Lee. Doctor Bradley was with the team but redshirted the season. The Titans went 11-20 on the year and 6-10 in Big West action. Seniors Jackson Rowe and Brandon Kamga both made it on the All-Big West Second Team while Kamga was also Big West Newcomer of the Year. Rowe (France), Davon Clare (Portugal) and Austen Awosika (Austria) all earned their degrees and all signed professional contracts overseas.
2020-21 ROSTER BREAKDOWN
Head coach Dedrique Taylor and his staff welcome in eight newcomers for the 2020-21 season. Two of them are true freshmen in Dante Maddox Jr. and Latrell Wrightsell Jr. Josh Hall is a graduate transfer and Tray Maddox Jr. is a transfer from another four-year institution as well. Then, each of Jalon Andrews, Jalen Harris, Christian McCray and Landis Spivey are junior college transfers.
Each of the returners will presumably have newer, bigger roles this season. Junior guard Wayne Arnold is the top returing scorer as he averaged 8.8 points per game last season. Redshirt sophomore Vincent forward Lee tallied 4.9 points and 3.6 rebounds per game last season. Senior Johnny Wang forward contributed 3.9 points and 2.6 rebounds while sophomore guard Tory San Antonio pitched in 2.6 points and 1.7 rebounds each game.
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