POMONA, Calif. – The No. 22 Cal State San Marcos women's basketball team (0-2) closed out its opening weekend on Saturday night, falling 58-44 to No. 12 Azusa Pacific (2-0) in the CCAA/PacWest Challenge at Kellogg Arena.
TOP PERFORMERS
Jordan Vasquez – 16 points | 6-of-13 FG | 10 rebounds
Malia Mastora – 11 points | 5 rebounds | 1 steal
Truitt Reilly – 7 rebounds | 2 blocked shots
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Both teams were slow out of the gate on scoring with APU holding a 10-9 lead after the first quarter.
- CSUSM took its largest lead of the first half at the 7:31 mark of the second quarter on a layup by Mastora.
- CSUSM shot a game-high 54.5% (6-of-11) in the second quarter while APU turned in a 31.3% (5-of-16) field-goal percentage.
- San Marcos took a 27-23 lead into the locker room after shooting 38.5% (10-of-26) from the field to APU's 34.5% (10-of-29).
- CSUSM went 5-of-6 (83.3%) from the charity stripe as Azusa Pacific made only three trips and sunk two in the first 20 minutes.
- San Marcos took its largest lead of the game at 34-27 on a Mina Tameilau second-chance 3-pointer.
- A pair of made free throws by Paige Uyehara gave APU a 41-40 lead at the end of the third quarter.
- CSUSM went 1-of-14 in the fourth quarter (7.1%) as APU took a double-digit lead in the final two minutes.
FAST BREAKS
- CSUSM shot just 27.3% (15-of-55) from the field for the game while APU finished at 37.9% (22-of-58).
- San Marcos led for 23:16 of the game with Azusa Pacific on top for 15:47
- Twenty-six of CSUSM's points came from inside the paint while APU tallied 22.
- APU collected 19 points off CSUSM's 20 turnovers as San Marcos only earned six on Azusa Pacific's 17.
- Vasquez collected her first double-double of the season (16 pts, 10 reb.) and her 27th of her collegiate career.
- APU outrebounded CSUSM, 39-35.
- APU leads the all-time series at 4-2 with all six meetings occurring on a neutral court.
- Azusa Pacific's Uyehara led all scorers with 23 points.
UP NEXT
CSUSM heads to APU for the Cougar Shootout next weekend, facing RV Western Washington on Friday and Seattle Pacific on Saturday. Both games are slated to tipoff at 4 p.m.
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