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Claremont, CA — The Occidental men's basketball team traveled to Claremont to take on the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens on the road on Wednesday night. 

The Sagehens grabbed a quick 4-0 lead before Oxy responded with a 3-pointer from Aiden Williams and a jumper from Nicky Clotfelter. Micah Breaux knocked down a 3-pointer to tie the game at 10 after 3 minutes of play. 

Pomona took a 5 point lead with 15 minutes to play in the half and Andrew Waldman would respond with a jumper to get the lead down to 3. Nicky Clotfelter would make a 3-pointer to get the lead down to 19-17 Pomona. 

The Sagehens were 34-28 with 8 minutes to play in the half after Aiden Williams cashed in on a jumper. Pomona was able to close the half on a 16-6 run that would put them up 55-38 heading into halftime. 

The Tigers were unable to get the lead back down under 10 points in the 2nd half, and Pomona would go on to win the game by a score of 109-74. Micah Breaux was the Tigers' leading scorer with 16 points and he also had 2 rebounds and an assist. Jacob Korets scored 12 points and had 4 assists. 

Nicky Clotfelter nearly had a double double with 13 points and 9 rebounds. Aiden Williams made 4-8 3-pointers to score 14 points in the game. Jacob Hamermesh made all 3 of his shots to score 9 points off of the bench. 

Oxy falls to 7-7 in SCIAC play with the loss, but with 2 SCIAC games remaining in the year they are still very much in a position to be able to make the SCIAC postseason tournament as they sit only a game behind Chapman in the standings. Their next matchup comes against the Redlands Bulldogs at home on Saturday, February 17th at 2pm.