{"id":132840,"date":"2026-01-14T06:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/132840\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T06:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:19:09","slug":"sunbirds-stun-cougars-with-late-surge-in-fresno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/132840\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunbirds Stun Cougars with Late Surge in Fresno"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PointLoma.png\" alt=\"Point Loma\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Point Loma<\/p>\n<p>1\/17\/2026 | 4:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Jan. 17 (Sat) \/ 4:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PointLoma.png\" alt=\"Point Loma\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Point Loma&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/athletics.apu.edu\/sports\/mens-basketball\/opponent-history\/point-loma\/22\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">FRESNO, Calif. \u2014 Despite controlling the tempo for the majority of the night, Azusa Pacific couldn&#8217;t hold off a late charge from Fresno Pacific, falling 68-64 to the Sunbirds at the Special Events Center on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">The Cougars (5-8, 3-5 PacWest) led for nearly 27 minutes of the contest and held a double-digit lead in the first half. However, a struggling performance at the charity stripe, where the Cougars shot just 38.1% (8-of-21) allowing\u00a0the Sunbirds to stay within striking distance before they eventually pulled ahead in the closing minutes.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Azusa Pacific maintained a slim 37-36 lead at the intermission. The second half featured a back-and-forth battle with 12 lead changes and eight ties. Fresno Pacific finally seized momentum in the final minutes, capitalizing on a 44-28 advantage in points in the paint and outscoring the Cougars 32-27 in the second frame to secure the victory.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\">It will look to regroup and find more consistency at the line as they continue their PacWest road slate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Point Loma 1\/17\/2026 | 4:00 PM &#13; Jan. 17 (Sat) \/ 4:00&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-132840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}