Menlo, CA -- In a battle for third place in the California Pacific Conference, Cal Maritime was physically manhandled and forced to walk the plank by Menlo College on Saturday night with a final score of 75-57.

The Keelhaulers (12-10, 7-5 in Cal Pac) made it interesting as they battled back from being down 11 points to start the second half with a flurry of points to tie the game at 38-38 with 16:30 in the second half.  The Oaks (11-9, 7-5 in Cal Pac) responded by controlling the boards and holding CMA to just 37% shooting on the night and ripped up the nets by shooting 54% for the game.

"We got beat by a very good team.  We need to become a better defensive team if we want to  to finish the season strong and go deep into the post season", head coach Tim Harrison stated.  "Against solid teams your weakness get exposed and tonight we were stripped down to our shorts."

Next up is a much needed home game versus Bethany College with a tip-off on Thursday at 7:30pm.