Box Score HAYWARD, Calif. – Cal State East Bay extended its season long win streak to four games following a lopsided 61-44 conference win over Humboldt State on Saturday night inside Pioneer Gymnasium. The Pioneers have won their last three games by an average of 20 points and are currently in a three-way tie atop the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) standings.

During that stretch the CCAA's top scoring defense has held its opponent to its respective season-low scoring total at the time of the contest. Humboldt State (5-5, 2-4 CCAA) had scored at least 65 points in every regular season game this season prior to Saturday night's 44-point effort.

Kersey Wilcox, the league's leading scorer averaging nearly 19 points per game heading into the weekend, was held to just three points on 1-of-6 shooting from the floor. Outside of Elle Anderson's 10 points on a 5-of-6 shooting effort, the Jacks managed to make just 12-of-41 shots from the field (.293) and no other player scored in double figures.

"We were incredibly sluggish tonight and we must learn to grind out wins on the second night," said East Bay Head Coach Suzy Barcomb. "It wasn't pretty, but we gutted it out in the second half and connected at the free throw line."

Stephanie Lopez finished with 10 points, seven rebounds, seven assists, and three steals to follow up her 12-point, 11-assist game the previous night. Lopez is quickly becoming the catalyst of the Pioneer offense as a distributor of the ball leading this year's squad with 50 assists.

"Stephanie played a complete game. She found the open player, worked hard defensively, and got on the glass for us tonight," praised Barcomb following Lopez's season-high 39 minutes of floor time.

One night after recording her first double-double for the Pioneers, Danielle Peacon had a repeat performance with 12 points and 10 rebounds. She has shot .500 or better in each of the past three games and averaged 10 boards per contest during that time. Peacon finished with a season-high five assists in the win.

Brianna Terrance finished with a game-high 17 points and knocked down 4-of-5 at the foul line. The Pioneers enjoyed an efficient night at the charity stripe converting 16-of-20 attempts. East Bay is unbeaten (7-0) when making 16-plus free throws, and just 1-5 when under that mark.

For the third straight game Rachel Finnegan grabbed four steals and has been a leading force in the team's recent stretch of defensive dominance. East Bay has held conference opponents to just 52.2 points per game in six contests this season, nearly 10 points fewer than any other CCAA squad.

Cal State East Bay (8-5, 5-1 CCAA) will be on the road next weekend for back-to-back league contests. The Pioneers will face UC San Diego (7-3, 4-2 CCAA) on Friday, Jan. 10, and Cal State San Bernardino (1-8, 0-6 CCAA) on Saturday, Jan. 11.