RIVERSIDE, CALIF -- Despite a season-high 28 points from Dominique Ford, all coming in the second half, the Thunderbirds were unable to complete the comeback and fell to California Baptist 68-73 on the road. 

The Thunderbirds drop to 6-12 on the season and 1-6 in WAC play. 

Game Recap
Neither team led by double-digits at any point, and the Lancers held on to a seven-point halftime lead throughout the rest of the game. SUU cut it to two points with, 68-70, with 3:29 remaining, but that is as close as it would get. 

Statistical Recap
SUU shot a solid 45% from the field but went just 3-13 from three. 

Ford didn't score a single point in the first half but went ballistic in the second. Scoring 28 points on 8-15 from the field and 11-13 from the free-throw line. Zion Young added 15 points of his own, including 10-10 from the free-throw line. Parsa Fallah scored eight of the team's first 10 points, but only finished the game with 14 total and added eight rebounds. 

Chazz Hutchison had his best game in an SUU jersey, playing 26 minutes, scoring six points, pulling down a team-high nine rebounds, and adding two blocks. 

Dominique Daniels Jr led the way for the Lancers, scoring a new D1 career-high 39 points on 24 shots. 

"Unfortunately, it's the same story. Until we can string together multiple stops in a row, we aren't going to win these games. We pulled within two, but were unable to get stops down the stretch," said Rob Jeter.

Up Next
The Thunderbirds will head to Texas next week, with a game at Tarleton St on Thursday, Jan 25, and then head to Abilene to take on Abilene Christian on Sat, Jan 27. 

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