TURLOCK, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos women's basketball team (6-5, 3-3 CCAA) earned a 71-54 victory over Stanislaus State (1-8, 0-6 CCAA) on Sunday afternoon at Fitzpatrick Arena.
TOP PERFORMERS
Kaity Haan – 21 points | 5 rebounds | 2-of-2 FT | 9-of-10 FG
Maddie Leiva – 12 points | 1 rebound | 3-of-8 FG | 3-of-7 3PT | 3-of-3 FT
Kate Bobadilla – 11 points | 1 rebound | 1 assist | 3-of-8 FG | 3-of-6 3PT | 2-of-2 FT
Sophie Morales – 4 points | 2 rebounds | 8 assists | 2 steals
HOW IT HAPPENED
- CSUSM struck first on a Kaity Haan layup at 9:34 for a 2-0 lead.
- The Cougars led 13-11 after the opening quarter.
- Early in the second, Haan's back-to-back layups gave CSUSM a double-digit lead (23-13).
- Maddie Leiva knocked down consecutive threes to make it 33-22 with just over two minutes remaining in the second quarter.
- CSUSM took a 39-24 lead into halftime after shooting 44.4% (12-of-27) from the field compared to Stanislaus State's 32.3% (10-of-31).
- Kate Bobadilla connected on two consecutive 3-pointers to push the margin to 51-31 with 6:26 on the clock..
- Haan's jumper at 5:03 gave CSUSM its largest advantage of 26 points.
- Despite only scoring 10 points in the fourth quarter, the Cougars held on for a 71-54 victory.
QUICK HITS
- CSUSM shot 43.4% (23-of-53) from the field and 33.3% (9-of-27) from the 3-point line while Stanislaus State finished at 33.8% (22-of-65) overall and 21.4% (3-of-14) from beyond the arc.
- The Cougars won the rebounding battle, 42-38.
- CSUSM held a 19-14 edge in points off turnovers.
- Bench scoring favored CSUSM, 28-18.
- Points in the paint were 28 for CSUSM and 32 for Stanislaus State.
- The Cougars sunk a season-best nine 3-pointers in the contest.
- CSUSM topped Friday's season-high 70-point performance with a 71 points against Stan State.
- The Cougars won by thier largest margin this season (17 points).
- With the win, the Cougars extended their all-time series run over Stan State to nine games.
- CSUSM leads the all-time series against the Warriors, 11-6.
UP NEXT
CSUSM will travel to San Bernardino to face Cal State San Bernardino (6-5, 4-2 CCAA) on Thursday, Jan. 8, at 5:30 p.m. inside Coussoulis Arena. The Cougars lead the all-time series against CSUSB 11-5.
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