SAN MARCOS, Calif.  – The Cal State San Marcos women's basketball team (1-14, 1-8 CCAA) earned its first win of the season with a 70-60 victory over Cal Poly Humboldt (5-11, 4-6 CCAA) on Saturday afternoon in The Sports Center.

TOP PERFORMERS
Rory Hetrick – 19 points | 6 rebounds | 3 assists | 3 steals
Rose Morse – 14 points | 3 steals
Camile Johnson – 13 points | 5 assists | 5 rebounds
Destiny Okonkwo – 10 points | 5 rebounds | 2 steals | 1 blocked shot

HOW IT HAPPENED

• An old-fashioned 3-point play by Hetrick put CSUSM up 12-8 at 5:56 of the first quarter.
• CSUSM held a 23-20 lead over the Jacks following the first quarter.
• The Cougars took their largest lead of the first half on a baseline drive by Hetrick to make it 35-28 with 1:13 remaining.
• CSUSM took a 37-30 lead into the halftime break after shooting 58.3% (14-of-24) to Humboldt's 44.4% (12-of-27).
• The Cougars led in rebounds (15-13) and had few turnovers (5-9) in the first 20 minutes.
• Following a Lumberjack shot-clock violation, Morse sunk a 3-pointer to give CSUSM's its first double-digit lead of the game at 45-34 with 4:26 left in the third quarter.
• On her second 3-pointer of the day, Morse put CSUSM up 52-36 with 2:03 on the clock in the third quarter.
• CSUSM led the entire fourth quarter, taking its biggest lead of the game at 8:49 on a Tatum Tamashiro 3-pointer that made it 60-41.

 
FAST BREAKS

• This was Cougar head coach Jana Pearson's first career win.
• CSUSM shot a season-best 50% (27-of-54) while holding the Jacks to 45.7% (21-of-46).  
• The Cougars won the battle of the boards, 32-24.
• CSUSM got 18 points from its bench to Humboldt's 10.
• The Cougars also led in assists (12-7), made 3-pointers (9-6), steals (16-10) and blocked shots (3-2).
• CSUSM scored 19 points on Humboldt's 23 turnovers.
• The Cougars extended their win streak over the Jacks to eight games and are now 12-5 in the all-time series against Humboldt.
   

UP NEXT
The Cougars will begin a four-game road trip next week, beginning with a stop at Cal State Monterey Bay on Thursday for a 5:30 p.m. tipoff.