SAN FRANCISCO — Despite a career night by Xavier Francois, the Stanislaus State men's basketball team was not able to hold off a strong shooting night by Western Oregon as the Wolves stay unbeaten after Saturday night's game.
 
Western Oregon edged the Warriors, 75-72, in the second night of the Gator Gobble at San Francisco State. Stanislaus State concludes the non-conference portion of the schedule at 5-2 and will have all CCAA games the rest of the way.
 
Western Oregon is now 5-0.
 
Top Warriors of the Game
• Xavier Francois scored a career-high 27 points on a prolific shooting night. He was 11 of 17 from the field including a three-pointer. He also pulled eight rebounds, blocked a shot and had two steals. His previous career high was 19 points set on game one of this season on Nov. 8 against Notre Dame de Namur.
• Francois is just the second Warrior to have a 20-point game this season. Ty Davis netted 22 at Seattle Pacific on Nov. 12.
• Vida Faniel notched his first double-double of his career with 13 points and 10 rebounds. In fact it was his first double-digit rebounding game.
• Darius Scott scored 11 points with eight rebounds.
• Ty Davis also scored 11 points.
 
Turning Points of the Game
• Western Oregon used a 8-0 run midway in the second half to turn a seven-point Stan State lead into an one-point Wolves advantage.
• Back to back Stanislaus layups did give the Warriors the lead back at 64-61, but WOU took off on another 7-0 run to take command of the game with a 68-64 lead.
• Luis Salgado's layup with seven seconds left got the Warriors within one at 73-72, but a pair of Darius Lubom free throws sealed the game for WOU.
 
Inside the Numbers
• WOU shot 50 percent from the field and 42.9 percent (9 for 21) from distance. The Warriors were 39.7 percent overall and just 4 of 20 from the three-point arc.
• The Wolves were 22 for 28 from the field throw line. Darius Lubom was 10 for 10 to finish with 24 points.
• Stan State scored 40 points in the paint, many of those were by Xavier Francois.
• The Warriors scored 23 points off 15 WOU turnovers.
• In both Stan State losses this season, opponents shot 50 percent or better.
 
Up Next
Stanislaus State travels to Seaside on Thursday to take on Cal State Monterey Bay as CCAA schedule resumes. The Warriors will host Cal State L.A. next Saturday.