The No. 4 seed Chico State men’s basketball team was knocked out the California Collegiate Athletic Association tournament in a 84-76 loss to No. 5 Cal State East Bay on Thursday at Coussoulis Arena in San Bernardino.
Miles Daniels led the Wildcats with 17 points on 5-of-7 shooting, 3-of-4 on 3-pointers and 4-for-4 from the free-throw line. Evan Oliver had 14 points, Isaiah Kerr had 11 points and eight rebounds, and Jojo Murphy had 11 points and five rebounds.
The Wildcats trailed 49-37 at halftime. They outscored the Pioneers 39-35 in the second half, but came up short.
Chico State (20-8) will now await the NCAA West Region selection show at 7 p.m. Sunday to see if its season will continue.
Prep baseball
Chico High 10, University Prep 4: Chico won its first of two games Thursday in the Pleasant Valley Spring Classic.
Noah Meyer had two hits, Luke Henderson had two RBI and Blake Bettencourt had three RBI. Jake Heizer pitched four innings and allowed three hits, two earned runs, two walks and struck out three. Bettencourt pitched two innings, allowed one hit, two runs (none earned), walked one and struck out one.
In game two the Panthers lost 8-2 to Lincoln. Lincoln out-hit Chico 10-4, and the Panthers committed three errors on defense. Stephens and Bettencourt had one RBI each. Rex Edwards pitched 2 1/3 innings and allowed six hits, five earned runs, walked two and struck out three. Riley Bestor pitched 3 2/3 innings and allowed four hits, three runs (none earned), walked two and struck out one.
Chico (4-1) will continue tournament play Friday and Saturday.
Pleasant Valley 4, Golden Valley 3: PV scored two runs in the seventh inning to win via walk-off in the Vikings’ tournament Thursday.
Jacob Ortega led the Vikings with two hits and an RBI.
Zach Thompson, Kal-El Rodrigues-Darrin, Brayden Borges and Domenic Borges combined to pitch seven innings, allowing six hits, three earned runs, three walks and six strikeouts.
PV (4-0) continues tournament play Friday and Saturday.
Prep boys tennis
Chico 8, Foothill 1: Chico won its first Eastern Athletic League match Thursday in Chico, as the Panthers improved to 3-0 and 1-0 in EAL play.
Soren Granlund, Gabe Johnson, Carson Parent, Jackson Privett, Charlie Maidenburg and Gino Giannini won in singles for Chico. The doubles teams of Granlund and Parent, and Rocco Barroso and Luis Leschik won in doubles.
Chico plays next at 3:30 p.m. Monday in Orland, before returning to EAL play at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Red Bluff.
Pleasant Valley 9, Red Bluff 0: PV won in Red Bluff, improving to 2-0 and 1-0 in the EAL.
Modal Lee, Euvene Lee, Jimmy Lauderdale, William Pecks, Levi Pforsich and Lyle Aiken won their singles matches in straight sets.
The teams of Moodal Lee and Lauderdale, Euvene Lee and Gavin Anderson, and Aaron Mesfin and Andrew Roos won in doubles for PV.
The Vikings play next at 4 p.m. Friday at home against Shasta, before hosting Enterprise at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Report scores or results by emailing sports@chicoer.com. Results must be reported by noon the next day following the date that the game was played.