POMONA, Calif. | Jordan Faison led Cal Poly Pomona with 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Broncos held off Young Harris College for a 75-69 men's basketball victory over Young Harris College Saturday (Nov. 28) afternoon at Kellogg Arena.
 
The Broncos remained unbeaten at 6-0 while the Mountain Lions went winless in California as they fell to 1-6. Young Harris returns to action Wednesday (Dec. 2) with a 7 p.m. game against Anderson (S.C.) University in Anderson, South Carolina.
 
Young Harris jumped out to an early 9-4 lead on a layup by C.J. Wilson with 16:35 remaining. The Mountain Lions would lead by as many as seven points (14-7) on a three-pointer by J.B. Charles with 11:07 to play before Cal Poly Pomona took the lead for good at 19-17 on a three-pointer by Jeremy Dennis with 8:40 to go. The Broncos led by as many as 12 points (40-28) in the opening 20 minutes on a Faison layup.
 
The Mountain Lions reeled off six unanswered points in the second half to close within five points (53-48) on a Bjorn Walker layup with 10:00 remaining. CPP pushed its lead back to nine points (61-52) on a Dennis layup before Young Harris scored 11 of the next 15 points to trim the deficit to two (65-63) on two Walker free throws with 4:22 to play, but that would be as close as they would get as the Broncos regained a seven-point lead in the final minute of the game.
 
Dennis and Quentin Taylor added 13 points each for the Broncos while Jordan Ogundiran contributed 10.
 
Wilson led the Mountain Lions with 25 points and seven assists while Charles finished with 10. Marques McKoy pulled down a game-high dozen rebounds to go along with eight points. Walker and Ben Waterhouse each tossed in nine points while Marcellus Roberts added eight points and seven rebounds.