CHICO — All winning streaks must come to an end, eventually. And for the Stanislaus State women's basketball team that fate came on Saturday night as the Warriors ended a seven-game winning streak at Chico State.
The Warriors were not able to overcome an off-shooting night as they dropped a 62-52 game to the Wildcats. Stanislaus State is now 9-3 in the CCAA and 13-5 overall but still hangs on to fourth place, three games in front of Cal State San Bernardino (7-7).
Taylor Faucett scored a game high 15 points with seven rebounds as the only Warrior who took more than three shots to shoot better than 40 percent.
Cassidy Sanders-Curry scored nine, rik Larsen had eight and
Ana Burch scored seven points.
Riley Holladay pulled nine rebounds as the Warriors out-boarded Chico State, 38-36, in the only category they won on the stat sheet.
Stanislaus State was 3 of 15 in the first quarter and trailed 19-8 but did rally back. The Warriors trailed by just two points after
Jasmine Washington opened the second half with a jumper to make it 29-27.
But an 11-5 Wildcats run allowed the hosts to push ahead. Then a 7-0 run in the middle of the fourth gave Chico a 53-40 lead which turned away any chance the Warriors had.
Stan State ended up just 31.6 percent from the floor and made 3 of 16 three-pointers. The Warriors had missed their first nine three-point tries until Burch made one at 4:43 left in the third.
The Warriors were out-shot for just the first time in six games. The 31.6 percentage was the lowest since game two of the season at Alaska Anchorage. The loss is the Warriors' first during 2016, and more than a month, as their last defeat was on Dec. 19 at Cal State East bay.
Stanislaus will try and regroup this week with a pair of home games when the Warriors host Cal State East Bay on homecoming night on Friday. The Warriors are 7-0 this season at Fitzpatrick Arena.