SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – Sterling Somers scored 25 points, and Jordan May added 21 to help lead the Point Loma men's basketball team to an 80-71 win in its PacWest opener at Dominican.
 
Somers went 11-of-14 from the field to set a new career-high in points. He also added four rebounds and a game-high four assists. Jordan May made his first career start for Point Loma, and he responded with five 3-pointers en route to his PLNU-best 21 points. He went 7-of-12 from the field, 5-of-7 from behind the arc, and grabbed seven rebounds. Ben Okhotin came off the bench to score 16 points. Darnell Robateau paced the team with nine rebounds. Christopher Williams had 19 points to lead three Penguins in double-figures.
 
PLNU scored the first seven points of the game and never gave up the lead. They were up 43-35 at the half and pushed their lead to 21 (70-49) with 9:09 remaining. DUC would put together a late 11-2 run to make the final score closer than much of the second half.
 
Team Records
Point Loma (5-2, 1-0 PacWest), Dominican (0-7, 0-1 PacWest)
 
Words from coach Matt Logie
On Somers' performance: "Sterling was tremendous. He's just such an efficient player, and he is so solid with what he brings to the table. It's a lot our offense to be very versatile, and we certainly needed that today with some guys battling back from illness. He really set the tone for us.
 
On Jordan May's performance: "I thought Jordan May stepped up big for us in the opportunity tonight, and that was great to see because he's certainly capable of nights like this. We've been trying to get him going, so it was great to see those guys step up the way they did. We grew this week in practice, and it carried over to the game tonight."
 
On opening PacWest play with a win: "Road wins are always valuable in conference play, and it was great for us to get on the road quite frankly. We were able to circle the wagons and spend some time together preparing the way you do on a road trip. I thought we were really locked in, and that carried over to some good things on the floor for us tonight."
 
On the game: "Our guys made a few runs tonight, and we were able to build you know multiple leads. Dominican battle back, they play hard, and they've got a talented guard trio that allowed them to kind of ebb and flow. I think that runs that we made were very reflective of the areas that we're trying to get better on, so that was great that we're able to do that multiple times throughout the game."
 
News and Notes
> Somers is now averaging a career-high 15.3 ppg (12th PacWest)
> Jordan May made his first career start for PLNU
> PLNU is 5-0 in games that it wins the rebounding battle

Up Next
PLNU will close out its Bay Area road trip against Notre Dame de Namur on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 3 p.m.