OAKLAND — Four Warriors were in double digits in scoring as Stanislaus State used a strong second half to pull away for an 87-77 win over Notre Dame de Namur to open the 2019-20 regular season Friday evening.
 
Stanislaus State is one of four teams at the two-day Spirit of the Sisters Conference Challenge at Holy Names University to begin the year. The Warriors have now won five straight preseason tournament games since 2017.
 
Top Warrior Performers
• Xavier Francois scored 19 points and shot 6 of 10 from the field to lead all players.
• Ty Davis netted 17 points, including 6 of 6 at the free throw line, with five rebounds. He scored 13 of his points in the second half.
• Vida Faniel scored 13 points, including three three-pointers.
• Luis Salgado scored 11 points to go with eight team-leading rebounds.
• Three other Warriors had seven or more points with Fred Lavender (9), Darius Scott (8) and Brandon Thomas (7) chipping in on offense.
 
Statistically Speaking
• The Warriors were 24 for 28 at the free throw line for 85.7 percent.
• Stan State shot 43.5 percent from the field, but was 9 of 32 from three-point range.
• The Warriors had seven steals and forced NDNU 18 turnovers.
• Stanislaus scored 40 points in the paint.
 
Key Moments of the Game
• A 14-2 run turned a tight game into a 14-point Stan State lead at 58-44 with 16:08 to go in the second half.
• Stanislaus State led by as many as 17 points, at 73-56, with a three-pointer by Davis at 6:57 left to play..
• The Warriors led by double-digits for most of the second half.
 
Noteworthy
• The Warriors are now 6-2 against NDNU since 2002.
• Stanislaus State also scored 87 points in the final game of the 2018-19 season, against Cal State Dominguez Hills.
 
Up Next
The Warriors will play host Holy Names at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night.