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LeAnne Willingham scored her first collegiate points in Saturday's win over Sonoma State.

Pioneers Punch Ticket to CCAA Tourney in Regular Season Finale

3/1/2014 8:30:00 PM

Box Score ROHNERT PARK, Calif. – Tonight's 67-39 road win over Sonoma State secures Cal State East Bay's spot in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Tournament for the third straight year. The Pioneers finished in a four-way tie for third place in the regular season standings and will be the No. 6 seed for Thursday night's game at the Citizens Business Bank Arena.

Standings: CCAA Women's Basketball

"A must win for our team and we stepped up to the challenge of taking care of business on the road," said East Bay Head Coach Suzy Barcomb. "We were in a 'must win' situation for the last four games and that was a great deal of pressure."

Cal State East Bay (16-13, 13-9 CCAA) closed out the regular season winning four straight games after suffering a season-long six game losing streak. The Pioneers are the hottest team in the conference heading into the CCAA Tournament boasting the longest active winning streak among playoff squads.

East Bay never trailed Sonoma State (4-22, 3-19 CCAA) after Micah Walker drained a 3-point basket on the team's opening possession of the game. It was the start of a scoring run capped off by a triple from Danielle Peacon that put the Pioneers out front 10-0.

Peacon was a dominant force in the first half scoring 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field in just 11 minutes of action. She outscored the entire Sonoma State roster 18-15 in the first half en route to her game-high 22 points.

Cal State East Bay led by 23 at intermission and led by no less than 21 points the entire second half. Tori Breshers scored all 12 of her points over the final 20 minutes to lead the Pioneers.

Brianna Terrance pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds as East Bay enjoyed a 40-24 advantage on the glass. Her final made basket of the contest was her 184th of the season which ties a 31-year old program record set by Shawn Spangler during the 1982-83 campaign.

Every active player on the East Bay roster who previously played this season saw action in the regular season finale. LeAnne Willingham's first collegiate points were the final two for the Pioneers on Saturday.

In her final collegiate contest Sonoma State senior Kristina Fahey finished with a team-high 13 points and three blocks. Molly Kommer contributed 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting in the loss.

Cal State East Bay will play in the single elimination CCAA Post-Season Tournament starting on Thursday, March 6. CSUEB will face No. 3 seed Cal State Dominguez Hills with the winner advancing to the semifinal on Friday, March 7, to take on No. 2 seed Chico State.
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