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WBB Champs 1
44
Cal State Monterey Bay CSUMB 9-18, 5-15 CCAA
69
Winner Cal State East Bay CSUEB 24-4, 18-2 CCAA
Cal State Monterey Bay CSUMB
9-18, 5-15 CCAA
44
Final
69
Cal State East Bay CSUEB
24-4, 18-2 CCAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Cal State Monterey Bay CSUMB 10 13 15 6 44
Cal State East Bay CSUEB 18 15 18 18 69

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Steve Connolly, Director of Athletic Communications

Pioneers Oust Otters on Senior Night to Claim First CCAA Title

HAYWARD, Calif. -- The Cal State East Bay women's basketball team completed an historic regular season with a 69-44 win over Cal State Monterey Bay on Saturday at Pioneer Gym to clinch a share of the 2015-16 California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) championship.

It's the 11 straight win for East Bay, and they finish the season at 24-4, the best regular reason record in program history. The Pioneers end up in a first place tie atop the CCAA at 18-2 with Cal State Dominguez Hills and UC San Diego. While the teams share the regular season title, East Bay will be the No. 3 seed in next week's postseason tournament due to tie-breakers.

The Pioneers, who entered the night ranked No. 4 in the nation in scoring defense, held Monterey Bay to 31.1 percent shooting for the night. The pioneers pulled away in the fourth quarter, as four seniors scored in double figures on "Senior Night."

"Our Seniors have done such a wonderful job of leading us throughout this season," said head coach Suzy Barcomb. "It was especially rewarding to win on Senior Night, and in doing so, earn a share of the CCAA league title."

Laci Effenberger led the way with 16 points and went 4-for-8 from long range to extend her single-season record for made three-pointers to 88. She has hit from long range at least once in 43 straight games.

Tori Breshers posted 15 points and eight rebounds, and Shannon Bland notched 12 points and five assists. Madison Craig contributed 10 points on 4-for-6 shooting.

"Tori started off the game being aggressive on the offensive end of the floor and it gave us a jump start to the game," Barcomb noted. "Laci was shooting it well from the outside tonight and that opened up our inside game. We had good solid contributions by so many players the rest of the way, and we shared the ball, finding the open shots throughout most of the night."

The Pioneers shot 44 percent from the field and had it going from deep, hitting 8-of-17 from beyond the arc. 

Remy Puou added nine points and six boards. Bianca Littleton shined on Senior Night, tallying seven points and five rounds on a perfect 3-for-3 from the floor.

Prior to the game, the Pioneers held a ceremony to honor Breshers, Bland, Craig, Effenberger, Anderson, and Littleton. It's a particularly impressive class of student-athletes, who collectively reached heights never seen before at Cal State East Bay. They're six of the top seven players on the team in terms of minutes and scoring, and appropriately, accounted for 60 of the team's 69 points tonight.

"This group of seniors have accomplished so many program firsts and set a new standard for our women's basketball program," Barcomb said. "We share this title with all of the seniors who came before who believed in this program and what we were trying to accomplish. Now we must turn our attention to preparing for the first round of the CCAA tournament."

East Bay will have yet another program first on Tuesday when the Pioneers host their first ever CCAA playoff game. CSUEB welcomes in 6th-seeded Humboldt State for the first round of the CCAA Tournament. Tip-off is at 7 p.m. as the Pioneers look to earn a trip to the semifinals in Stockton. 



 
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