CLAREMONT, Calif. - Despite spotting its opponent 12 points to start the game on their home court, the Cal Lutheran men's basketball team truly earned a 47-46 road win over Pomona-Pitzer on Wednesday night. Aaron Van Klaveren's play in the final seconds secured the team's first road win of the season.

Box Score: CLU 47, PP 46 - F

Van Klaveren finished off a comeback effort that was sparked by Steven Davis and Collin Knudsen off the Kingsmen bench. The two entered with 13:04 left in the game and never came out the rest of the way. They combined to score 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the floor in the second half.

Cal Lutheran trailed by as many as 12 points in the second half before pulling even for the first time since tip-off. The lead changed several times before the final tie of the game at 46-46 with 1:07 left in regulation.

Cal Lutheran had possession and the chance to take the lead. Pomona-Pitzer's John Weiss intercepted a CLU pass near the baseline and gained possession while falling out of bounds. However the Sagehens were unable to call timeout and after discussion, the Kingsmen were awarded a fresh 35-second shot clock with :35.8 left in the second half.

After draining the clock to under 10 seconds, Jayvaughn Nettles' baseline jumper missed off the front iron. As he had been doing throughout the game Aaron Van Klaveren grabbed his eighth offensive rebound on the miss and was fouled on the put-back attempt with :01.8 seconds remaining.

As a team Cal Lutheran struggled at the charity stripe making 13-of-22 attempts up to that point. The senior Van Klaveren, as he has done on prior occasions, stepped up to the line and made the first of two free throws giving CLU a 47-46 lead.

Van Klaveren intentionally missed the second, Pomona-Pitzer grabbed the rebound and called timeout with :01.0 remaining in regulation. Van Klaveren guarded the inbounding passer and deflected the heave attempt from the baseline. Davis secured the loose ball to end it and finish off the comeback they had already completed.

Cal Lutheran exacted some revenge after completing an even greater comeback against Pomona-Pitzer the first time these two teams met. The Kingsmen trailed by 15 points in the second half in the SCIAC opener back on Jan. 7 and managed to tie the game near the five minute mark, only to fall short.

Tonight trailing 35-23, Cal Lutheran tied the game within a seven minute stretch courtesy of a 14-2 scoring run. All seven of Knudsen's second half points came during that stretch.

Cal Lutheran was 1-for-13 as a team from three before Steven Davis knocked down his final two 3-pointers. One came during the scoring run and the other gave the Kingsmen their first lead of the game at 40-39 with 5:04 left in regulation.

Pomona-Pitzer led the SCIAC heading into the night shooting over 38 percent from downtown. The Sagehens finished just 1-for-13 (.083) from beyond the arc in the loss.

Van Klaveren led Cal Lutheran with 12 points and 15 rebounds. He posted a second half double-double with 10 in each category. Evan Zahniser led Pomona-Pitzer with 13 points in the loss.

Cal Lutheran (8-12, 4-6 SCIAC) will be on the road Saturday, Feb. 11, against Caltech (5-16, 0-10 SCIAC).