In its second and final exhibition game of the season, the men’s basketball team continued to put up big numbers on Saturday, beating Oracle by a final score of 93-78.

Senior Ricky Glenn paced the Hornets, scoring a game-high 23 points and collecting nine rebounds, while Pablo Gonzales chipped in 21 to help topple the Oracle defense, but coach Jerome Jenkins still feels that his team has work to do before they play their first game that counts.

“I don’t think we played a very good game,” head coach Jerome Jenkins said. “I’m glad that we won though. We’re scoring a lot of points, and that’s good, but I think we need to get stronger defensively.”

Oracle jumped out to an early 6-5 lead, but Sac State was able to swing the momentum in their favor, putting up a 16-3 run that put them in control of the game, and setting up an eventual 47-31 lead at the half.

“We struggled to start out, and I’m not sure that last year’s team would have pulled this one out,” Jenkins said. “I think it shows the character of this team, and we were able to take control.”

In the second half, the game was all Hornets as they kept a lead of at least 10 points for the duration.

Arinze Anouro also made his presence felt, adding 13 points and nine rebounds, and Rene Jacques added 12 to round out four Hornets who scored double-figures.

Brian O’ Conner scored 19 points and dished out six assists for Oracle, whose offensive game put the Hornets’ perimeter defense to the test.

“They are a three-point shootingteam,” Jenkins said. “They reminded me a lot of NAU (Northern Arizona University), and it was good for us to see that.”

One positive aspect of pre-season exhibition games is that the coach is able to get as many players into the game as possible, and it gives him a chance to see what the players can do in game situations.

“I got to get a lot of players in the game, and Cedric Thompkins was a guy who surprised me a little bit,” Jenkins said. “He scored seven points, but he got five rebounds and he did a good job defensively under the hoop. He went 3-of-4 from the line and stepped it up for us.”

The Hornets now turn their attention to Friday’s game against Bethany, the first game on the schedule. The game, originally scheduled for 7 p.m., has been moved to 1 p.m. on Friday due to the volleyball team earning the bid to host the Big Sky Conference tournament.