Box Score LOS ANGELES – Cal State L.A.'s men's basketball team ran into the California Collegiate Athletic Association leaders Saturday night when the front-runners were firing on all cylinders.
 
The Golden Eagles surrendered the first 13 points of the game and never recovered in a 71-54 loss to Cal Poly Pomona Saturday night in the Eagles Nest. Cal State L.A. (10-6, 7-5 CCAA) had a three-game winning streak snapped.
 
Cal Poly Pomona (15-1, 11-1 CCAA) came into the game with the nation's No. 1 scoring defense and the Broncos were right at their average in that department on Saturday while winning their sixth straight game. What made the big difference on Saturday was Cal Poly Pomona's red-hot shooting against Cal State L.A.'s No. 3 defense.
 
The Broncos shot 54.5 percent for the game and were a blistering 61.5 percent from behind the 3-point arc (8-of-13). By contrast, the Golden Eagles shot only 35.6 percent for the game (21-of-59) and only 2-of-21 from behind the arc.
 
Cal Poly Pomona had a slim 31-30 rebounding edge and committed 16 turnovers to 14 for Cal State L.A.
 
Julian Camper was the only player in the game who was virtually unstoppable, going 6-for-6 from the floor and scoring a team-high 15 points for the Golden Eagles in 18 productive minutes. James Tillman had 12 points, three rebounds and three assists, while Joshua Munzon had 10 points, seven rebounds and one assist. Munzon had Cal State L.A's only two 3-pointers in the game.
 
Mitchel Anderson and Terrence Drisdom had 17 points each to lead four Broncos in double figures. Mohamed Fall had 11 points and eight rebounds, while Jordan Faison had 13 points off the bench.
 
Cal Poly Pomona scored the first 13 points of the game and Cal State L.A. faced an uphill struggle the rest of the night. A layup by Camper five minutes into the game finally got the Golden Eagles on the board.
 
The Broncos led by as many as 16 points, 30-14, in the first half before the Golden Eagles started climbing back into the game. A pair of free throws by Tillman, A 3-pointer by Munzon and a steal and layup by Munzon sliced the deficit to nine points and a pair of baskets late in the half by Camper made it a reasonable 35-27 halftime score.
 
A layup by Munzon and a pair of free throws by Tillman brought the Golden Eagles to within six points, 37-31, with 18:40 to go, but that was as close as Cal State L.A. would get.
 
The Golden Eagles were still within striking range at 57-47 after a tip-in by Jordan Richard and a jumper by Willie Trimble with six minutes to play, but Cal State L.A. managed only seven points the rest of the way as Cal Poly Pomona pulled away.
 
Cal State L.A. will return to action next Friday with a home game against Cal State San Bernardino.