Vallejo, CA -- The California Maritime Academy stayed pace with the against 2nd place opponent William Jessup University as the Keelhaulers push the basketball to a 86-74 victory. 

Cal Maritime (14-10, 9-5 in the Cal Pac) struggled out of the gate down 10-2 early, but forced 17 of the 29 William Jessup turnovers in the 1st half to go with a 39-38 halftime lead.  The second half the Keelhaulers highest lead was 10, but could not pull away until a controversial intentional and technical foul was called with 1:15 to go in the game.  A well rounded attack was the key as CMA shot 47% on the night and four players in double digits.  Tom Kreta 20, Cody Gatton with 19, Praise Odo-Boms with 16, and Mikey Ferguson ended up with 14.  DJ Wyatt's 5 assists and tenacious defense assisted in the victory.  Joseph Mitchell had 22 points and 16 rebounds to lead William Jessup.

"I thought our bench gave great minutes tonight to allow our players to run the floor and stay fresh" Head Coach Tim Harrison said after the game. "This was one of our best efforts of the year."

Next on the schedule is a road trip to Anguin, Ca, to play Pacific Union with a tip-off on Thursday  at 7:30pm.