HAYWARD, Calif.  – To wrap up the 2023-24 regular season, Cal State East Bay men's basketball hosted San Francisco State at Pioneer Gymnasium on Thursday. The Pioneers led most of the way, as they won 90-62 over the visiting Gators to celebrate Senior Night.
 

The Pioneers started the game on a 6-0 run, but the Gators came back and the game was tied at the 15:34 mark of the first half.
 
After the game was tied 8-8, the Pioneers went on a 14-3 run, capped by a pair of Dimitrios Klonaras free throws with 10:39 left in the half to lead 22-11. The Pioneers would gain their largest lead of the half at 16 points, at 30-14, on a Daeshawn Eaton 3-pointer with 5:37 left in the half. Cal State East Bay led 40-25 at halftime.
 
In the second half, the Pioneers built on to their advantage, as much as 52-30, on a 3-pointer by Klonaras with 16:11 left. The Gators would come as close as 16 in the second half, but the Pioneers pulled away late to finish with a 90-62 victory.  
 

• Klonaras scored a game-high 25 points to lead the Pioneers as he went 8-for-14 from the floor and 6-for-6 from the free throw line in his final home game with CSUEB. His 10 rebounds earned him a double double. Defensively, Klonaras also had a block and four steals.
• Also scoring in double figures for the Pioneers were Grady Lewis with 15 points and Eaton and Chris James with 11 each.
• Julian Lopez, who has been with Cal State East Bay men's basketball since 2018, made three baskets from beyond the arc in his final home game with the Pioneers.
• Thursday's game was the final home game for Eaton, Kevin Ebiriekwe, James, Klonaras and Lopez.
• John Bakke had a team-high 17 points for the Gators. Grady Lewis had 15 and Eaton and Chris James had eleven apiece in the victory.
• CSUEB had a 37-35 rebounding edge.
• In the most recent NCAA Division II West Region rankings, Cal State East Bay is ranked No. 8 heading into next week's CCAA Tournament.

Cal State East Bay: 18-10, 14-8 CCAA
SF State: 17-13, 11-11 CCAA
 

The Pioneers will travel to San Bernardino for the 2024 CCAA Men's Basketball Championship. The Pioneers are the No. 5 seed and will take on No. 4 seed Chico State next Thursday, March 7 at 8 p.m. from Coussoulis Arena.