SAN FRANCISCO – The Urban Knights (5-20, 3-16 PacWest) headed into Tuesday's affair with the No. 24 California Baptist Lancers (22-6, 13-5 PacWest) ready for battle, but would ultimately fall 77-69.
 
ART U matched the Lancers' pace for the majority of the game, especially in the early-goings, never trailing by more than five points in the opening 15 minutes. In fact, the team's deficit never dipped below 11 points while the lead changed a total of ten different times.

 
In the first half, junior guard Chris Salas did the heavy lifting for the Urban Knights. During the opening two and a half minutes, the Yorba Linda native scored all of the team's first seven points to match CBU's eight. Salas finished the evening with a team-high 14 points (6-for-11) and six rebounds.
 
ART U had three other players reach double-digit figures in points including: sophomore guard Uchenna Okeneme (13 points), junior guard Sergio Valdeolmillos (12 points), and sophomore guard Jase Harrison (12 points and seven rebounds).
 
As a team, the Urban Knights continued to improve throughout the game. After shooting 44.4 percent from the field in the first half, the Knights posted a 50.0 field goal percentage in the second en route to an overall 47.5 shooting percentage; the team's efficiency was their best of the regular season and highest percentage since defeating SF State in the exhibition tournament Ron Logsdon Basketball Classic on February 20). ART U also posted more points off of turnovers than the visiting Lancers, scoring 14 points off of 13 CBU turnovers.
 
The Urban Knights made a run against California Baptist in the closing minutes, cutting the deficit to as little as five points with 34 seconds remaining, but in the end could not prevail.
 
ART U will be back in action one more time this season when they face off with Notre Dame de Namur in their final matchup of the year. The event will serve as senior day for both the men's and women's teams.