DENVER – Nobody's perfect.
 
Well, nobody but Caleb McGill that is.
 
McGill, MSU Denver's 6-foot-8 sophomore post player, was a perfect 7 of 7 from the field and 7 of 7 at the free throw line while scoring 22 points Saturday night to lead the Roadrunners to a 91-84 victory over Cal Poly Humboldt.
 
"I was just trying to be aggressive to the rim and take what the defense was giving me," McGill said.
 
He took what was given, and then some.

• McGill finished off a post move by hammering home a one-handed dunk in traffic for a 48-37 lead early in the second half.
• He drove from the top of the key and threw down a two-handed slam for a 72-64 lead with 6:59.
• And there were a variety other skilled deliveries and impressive offerings, starting with his Kevin McHale-like low-post footwook for his first basket of the game.

"If we can continue to get him to finish strong, to be a grown man on the boards and in the paint … he's starting to understand and develop that ability," MSU Denver coach Dan Ficke said.
 
McGill, a transfer from Division I UC Davis, is now averaging 16.3 points per game while shooting 58.6 percent from the field.
 
"Playing with Caleb all preseason, he opened my eyes," veteran wing Tyrei Randall said. "I think he's going to be a real problem in our conference."
 
The Roadrunners head into Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play on a high note after a solid win that puts them at 3-3.

"It feels good, because with a young team, people could get down on themselves," Randall said, reflecting on a Friday home loss to Sioux Falls (S.D.). "But everybody believed in each other, and we got the win tonight."
 
MSU Denver played with the lead most of the game, taking a 20-13 lead on the strength of an 18-6 run.
 
Then the Roadrunners' full-court pressure kicked into high gear.
 
Randall had back-to-back steals and layups to take the lead up to 24-13.
 
After a timeout, a steal by Quave Propst-Allison set up a Randall jumper for a 26-13 advantage.
 
The teams traded baskets, and then another steal, this one by Chandler Bevans, eventually led to a possession that ended with Luke Jones' offensive-rebound basket that made it 30-15, extending the overall run to 28-8.
 
"We're looking to pressure teams, get turnovers and run in transition," Randall said. "We were able to do it tonight and we did a good job with it."
 
Said McGill: "That stretch where we turned them over a couple of times is what Roadrunner basketball is all about – make the opponent speed up a little bit and play at our pace."
 
To recap that tide-turning stretch: Six Lumberjack possessions, five turnovers, four MSU Denver steals, and one field goal attempt (alas, it was good).
 
"We weren't great early, but then we locked into it for about six or seven minutes," Ficke said of the pressure. "Our press has been our greatest weapon defensively this season to this point. We've got to continue to grow with it and get better at it."
 
Just for good measure, another turnover set up Skylar Robinson's dunk that made it 32-17.
 
MSU Denver settled for a 41-33 halftime advantage, but a Randall 3 and McGill's first thunderdunk showed that the Roadrunners meant business.
 
The Roadrunners led by as many as 14 points before Cal Poly Humboldt crept within 72-70 with 5:03 to go.
 
But Randall hit a 3, Jones and AJ Kula each scored on layups and McGill made a pair of free throws in a quick 9-2 burst over the next 1:38 to pretty much put it out of reach at 81-72. The Lumberjacks got no closer than five the rest of the way.

Randall scored 16 points on 6 of 10 shooting, while Jaden Kennis was 3 of 6 from 3-point range in scoring 12 points, Kula produced 11 points off the bench on 5 of 7 shooting, and freshman point guard Brayden Maldonado had nine points and five assists.

The Roadrunners' shot 57.1 percent from the field.
 
Jones' late basket came on a back cut, indicative of the kinds of easy baskets the Roadrunners are looking to find and one of several they got when they needed them in the second half.
 
"That's exactly what we're trying to get, where everything we do is a scoring opportunity – our backdoors, our curls, coming to get the ball off the screen," Ficke said. "It's confidence. We've had some offensive struggles early, and hopefully now they can start to see that if they right it hard, run it right, set their cuts up, the options will be there for them."