National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 75, Cal Poly SLO 62
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 20, 2012
Where: Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Washington
Officials: # Ken Ditty, # Mike Greenstein, # Tony Padilla
Attendance: 7874
Washington 75, Cal Poly 62: Junior guard C.J. Wilcox scored 21 points, grabbed six rebounds and had five assists to lead the host Huskies to their third straight win.

Senior guard Scott Suggs added 12 points and senior center Aziz N'Diaye had 11 points and nine rebounds for Washington (7-4), which never trailed in the contest.

Junior forward Chris Eversley scored a game-high 23 points for Cal Poly (4-6), which had a two-game win streak against Pac-12 Conference teams snapped. The Mustangs defeated UCLA, 70-68, earlier this season at Pauley Pavilion and upset USC, 42-36, in 2011 in Los Angeles.

Washington used a 9-0 run capped by a 3-pointer by Suggs to take an early 11-2 lead but Cal Poly, which switched to a zone defense, rallied to tie it, 16-16, on a layup by freshman forward Brian Bennett with 7:52 left in the half. N'Diaye then started a 7-0 streak by the Huskies with a layup off an assist from Wilcox as the Huskies pulled away to a 31-23 halftime lead.

Washington blew the game open midway through the second half with another 11-0 run, holding Cal Poly scoreless for almost seven minutes, to increase its lead to 20 points, 49-29. The Mustangs never got any closer than 13 points after that.

GAME NOTEBOOK: N'Diaye has scored in double figures in six straight games. ... Cal Poly, which came into the game ranked No. 1 in the nation averaging just 9.0 turnovers per game, reached that figure by halftime and finished with 12 turnovers for the game. ... The Huskies improved to 81-9 in nonconference home games in 11 seasons under Lorenzo Romar.
Top Game Performances
 
Cal Poly SLO   Washington
Chris Eversley 23 Scoring C.J. Wilcox 21
Jamal Johnson 7 Assists C.J. Wilcox 5
Chris Eversley 5 Rebounds Aziz N'Diaye 9
Chris Eversley 5 Free Throws Made Abdul Gaddy 5
Reese Morgan 3 Steals C.J. Wilcox 2
N/A Blocks C.J. Wilcox 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Cal Poly SLO 62 44.0 8-21 10-14 15 16 0 8 12
Washington 75 51.1 5-17 24-32 13 29 3 3 13