TURLOCK — A big run in the second quarter turned the momentum in favor of the Warriors as the Stanislaus State women's basketball team defeated San Francisco State, 60-47, Saturday night at Fitzpatrick Arena.
With the win, this Warriors team became the first to go 7-0 at home during the CCAA era. Stanislaus has now won six straight California Collegiate Athletic Association games, tying the 2002-03 team for the program best. The Warriors also moved up to third place in the conference standings and are now 12-4 overall and 8-2 in the CCAA.
Stanislaus State, which beat SF State back on Dec. 5 on
Alysa Valentine's magical eight 3-pointer night, swept the season series for the first time since 2005-06.
Riley Holladay had 14 points and
Ana Burch scored 11 points to lead the Warriors scoring.
Reana Hardin chipped in eight and Valentine scored seven. Burch also had four assists, five steals and five rebounds for another solid all-around game.
In what figured to be a low scoring game against San Francisco State, the Warriors came out slow again hitting on just 4 of 13 in the first quarter and trailed for the first time this season at 15-10. But the second quarter completely turned the game around.
Stan State scored 15 unanswered points and nearly shutout the Gators in the second. San Francisco State finally scored on a Tatsiana Dashkevich three-pointer at 2:47. By then the Warriors had taken over with a 10-point lead and never fell behind again.
Already leading 47-35 to start the fourth period, the Warriors used a 10-3 little spurt to gain their biggest lead of the night at 19, 57-38.
San Francisco State (4-11, 2-7 CCAA) entered the night as the worse scoring team in the league, averaging just 47.1 points per conference game.
The Gators were led by Dashkevich, who finished with 16 points and six assists. Naila Washington grabbed 13 rebounds as the Gators out-rebounded the Warriors, 42-30.
Stanislaus State will have a couple of light weeks on its schedule ahead with just a single game each week. Next Saturday, the Warriors travel to Cal State San Marcos and won't play again until visiting Chico State on Jan. 30.
