{"id":188852,"date":"2026-02-22T13:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/188852\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T13:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:59:14","slug":"titans-clinch-big-west-tournament-spot-with-win-over-roadrunners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/188852\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans Clinch Big West Tournament Spot with Win Over Roadrunners"},"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\/02\/1771726748_61_v13.png\" alt=\"Hawaii\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Hawaii<\/p>\n<p>2\/28\/2026 | 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Feb. 28 (Sat) \/ 4:00 p.m.&#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\/02\/1771726748_61_v13.png\" alt=\"Hawaii\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Hawaii&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nBakersfield, Calif. \u2013 \u00a0The Fullerton Titans completed their second season sweep on Saturday when the Titans took down the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners 88-80 on the road. Their win on Saturday evening clinched a spot in the Big West Tournament in Henderson, Nev. on March 11-14.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nJosh Ward led the team with 20 points, while <a href=\"https:\/\/fullertontitans.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/kj-garris\/5616\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5616\" target=\"_blank\">KJ Garris<\/a> had an impressive night behind the arc.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Titans got on the scoreboard first, taking a 2-0 lead over the Roadrunners, but CSUB caught up, took a lead, and held onto the lead for the remainder of the first half. The Titans trailed 41-42, and logged a 43% field goal percentage, 40% three-point percentage in the first half. Both teams tallied five turnovers. Josh Ward led the Titans in the first half with eight points, two rebounds, an assist and a block.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn the second half, the two teams traded leads for the first ten minutes before <a href=\"https:\/\/fullertontitans.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/kj-garris\/5616\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5616\" target=\"_blank\">KJ Garris<\/a> made a three-pointer to give the Titans a 65-64 lead that they would hold onto for the remainder of the game. Fullerton went on a 10 point scoring run, their longest of the game at the eight minute mark.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nCSF shot 40% from beyond the arc, and 87% at the charity stripe for a 43% field goal percentage against the Roadrunners. Garris led the team in three pointers made with six, shooting a 66% three-point percentage. Ward led the Titans with 21 points, four rebounds, three assists and a block.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Titans are back in action next Saturday, Feb. 28 at home for Senior Night against Hawaii at 4 p.m. in Titan Gym.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSUPPORT THE TITANS!<br \/>\nFans can purchase tickets for various Cal State Fullerton athletic events by visiting\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fullertontitanstickets.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FullertonTitansTickets.com<\/a>. The Athletic Ticket Office can also be contacted by phone at 657-278-2783 or by email at athletictixs@fullerton.edu. The Ticket Office is located at the Titan House off of Gymnasium Drive at the eastern end of the Intramural Fields and is open from 10 am \u2013 4 pm PT, Monday \u2013 Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW THE TITANS!<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFans can keep up with the latest in Titan Athletics by following us on Facebook (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fullertontitans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\/FullertonTitans<\/a>), X (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FullertonTitans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FullertonTitans<\/a>) Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fullertontitans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FullertonTitans<\/a>), YouTube (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FullertonTitansAthletics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FullertonTitansAthletics<\/a>) and TikTok (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@fullertontitans?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FullertonTitans<\/a>). In addition, the basketball team has established its own Twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FullertonMBB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FullertonMBB<\/a>) and Instagram accounts (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fullertonmbb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FullertonMBB<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WATCH THE TITANS ON ESPN+<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTitans fans can now watch every home event exclusively on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fespnplus%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cbfreese%40Fullerton.edu%7C11db07169ec547fe4ef008da6066c7b5%7C82c0b871335f4b5c9ed0a4a23565a79b%7C0%7C0%7C637928291795829684%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VtfTGtnrsyYCJg1%2BmZUtGY%2FVtHtmfL1QKdSz5VphGag%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN+<\/a>. Cal State Fullerton has built a top-tier production studio to give the viewers an ESPN quality production for all games at Titan Stadium. Additionally, all schools in the Big West Conference are committed to producing ESPN quality streams which will allow fans to watch the Titans on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fespnplus%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cbfreese%40Fullerton.edu%7C11db07169ec547fe4ef008da6066c7b5%7C82c0b871335f4b5c9ed0a4a23565a79b%7C0%7C0%7C637928291795829684%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VtfTGtnrsyYCJg1%2BmZUtGY%2FVtHtmfL1QKdSz5VphGag%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN+<\/a>\u00a0for all road conference games.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: Hawaii 2\/28\/2026 | 4:00 p.m. &#13; Feb. 28 (Sat) \/ 4:00 p.m.&#13; &#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-188852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188852","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=188852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}