RIVERSIDE — The Lancers refuse to lose at home. Senior Dominique Daniels Jr. was 11 of 11 from the free-throw line and had the game-winning assist to freshman Jordan Müller as the California Baptist University men’s basketball team extended its unbeaten streak at the Fowler Events Center to mor e than a full calendar year with a 65-63 victory over Abilene Christian in a Western Athletic Conference game Saturday night. “The Fowler is a special place,” CBU coach Rick Croy said. “There aren’t many great college basketball spaces on the West Coast and we’re blessed to have one. This is a tremendous home environment. We don’t talk about it enough. This is a really special place to get to play.” Daniels Jr. finished with 21 points and five assists as the Lancers (18-6 overall, 8-3 in WAC) pushed their current winning streak to eight games while moving to 12-0 at home this season. “It’s just our will to win at the end of the day,” Daniels Jr. said. “We all have one goal. We all have one mindset.” CBU’s last loss at home was to Southern Utah, 60-57, on Feb. 6, 2025. The Lancers have won each of their last four games either in overtime or by fewer than three points. Still tied for first place with Utah Valley in the WAC with seven games remaining in the regular season, CBU plays at Southern Utah and Utah Tech next week before traveling to Utah Valley on Thursday, Feb. 19. “All these games are pivotal because you have to win on your home floor, as we’ve done, and then you have to go and try and compete well on the road,” Croy said. “We started 0-3 on the road (but) we got tougher. We got tighter, and even tonight, we didn’t play great but I thought our guys fought hard enough to win.” Daniels was 2 for 3 from beyond the arc as CBU jumped out to an early eight-point advantage and went into halftime with a 32-26 lead. Shots stopped falling for the Lancers in the second half, and Abilene Christian grabbed its first lead at 46-45 with a tough layup from Cbo Newton with 8 minutes remaining. Senior Martel Williams sank a 3-pointer to retake the lead on CBU’s next possession, but Abilene Christian’s Rich Smith dunked in traffic put the Wildcats up 55-53 with 3:50 to play. After Williams made two from the line to tie the game and Abilene Christian’s Christian Alston got a tough attempt to fall to make it 57-55, a block by senior Jayden Jackson gave CBU the ball back. Daniels was fouled scoring a layup at the other end before making the free throw for a 60-57 lead. Seven-footer Cade Horneker got a put-back for Abilene Christian (10-13, 2-8) on the next possession to make it a one-point game again with less than a minute to play, and following a timeout, Daniels took his time before dribbling to the top of the key and whipping it to Müller in the corner. “I found (Müller) and he can hit that shot,” Daniels Jr. said. “He’s done it for us before so I trust him.” Müller, who leads CBU from 3-point range (36.7 percent), drilled his only shot attempt of the game with 22 seconds remaining. CBU was just 7 of 27 from the floor but 15 of 16 at the line in the second half, leaving Abilene Christian two chances to win in the final moments. Horneker could not get a put-back attempt to fall after Newton missed the second of two free throws with 5 seconds left. In the scramble, the ball went out of bounds to Abilene Christian, but Newton’s 3-point attempt from the inbounds plays clanked off the back of the rim and fell to the floor as time expired. Related Articles UCLA men’s basketball edges Washington USC men hit with injury again ahead of road trip to Penn State, Ohio State California Baptist women’s basketball team rallies past Abilene Christian to widen WAC lead UCLA women prepare for Michigan, Michigan State Booker, Dent show perseverence, help steady UCLA men ...read more read less