SEASIDE, Calif. - Trailing for much of regulation, Cal State East Bay women's basketball made a run in the fourth quarter on Saturday to force overtime, and finish with an 84-76 win against Cal State Monterey Bay in CCAA action from The Kelp Bed. 
 

GAME SUMMARY

The Otters opened the game on an 11-4 run capped by a layup by Samiya Terry with 3:52 left. The Pioneers would come as close as five on three occasions; the third occasion at 15-10 on fastbreak jumper by Taylor Linzie with 2:51 left in the quarter. CSUMB expanded its lead to double digits, at 22-12, on a Terry jumper with 1:17 left. The Otters ultimately led 23-28 after the first quarter. 
 
In the second quarter, the Otters mainted a lead throughout the quarter, and pulled away to lead by 13 at halftime, 47-34

A  double-digit lead was maintained by the Otters for most of the third quarter. Although the lead was as little as nine points, CSUMB led 57-47 going into the final quarter. 

To start the fourth quarter, back-to-back 3-pointers for CSUMB extended the lead to 16 points, 63-47 at the 8:50 mark. However, a 3-pointer by Payton Sterk at the 7:14 mark started a Cal State East Bay run of 13-2. From there, the Otters only scored one more field goal in the quarter, as the lead slowly was relinquished. At the 1:03 mark, Linzie made a steal and assisted on a fastbreak layup by Camryn Washington to tie the game at 70-70 with under a minute remaining in regulation. Both teams finished regulation with a 70-70 tie. 

In overtime, the two teams would trade the lead back and forth early in the extra frame. Trailing 76-72, Sterk hit her third basket from beyond the arc at the 3:06 mark of overtime to trim the CSUMB lead to one. Then after the 3-pointer, Sterk made a steal and drew a foul. Sterk made a pair of free throws to give CSUEB a 77-76 lead as the Pioneers finished the game with the next seven unanswered points for an 84-76 win. 
 

NOTABLE STATS

• Leading all scorers for the Pioneers was Washington with a career-high 26 points, going 9-for-14 from the floor and 8-for-12 from the free throw line. 
• Linzie reached a double-double for the second time this season, as she scored 16 points and had 11 rebounds. Linzie is averaging 10.7 rebounds a game, which is second highest in the CCAA through Saturday. 
• Defensively, Lailah Carey had four steals. 
• Jaela Richardson had three blocks and two steals on Saturday. With her three blocks, she leads the CCAA through Saturday's action with 13 on the season.  

POSTGAME QUOTE

Cal State East Bay head coach Jenny Thigpin following Saturday's overtime victory: 
"So proud of our team sticking together and pulling it out after the first half that we had. We stuck together and made plays down the stretch that helped us secure the win on the road."
 

RECORDS

Cal State East Bay: 3-4, 1-1 CCAA
Cal State Monterey Bay: 1-5, 0-2 CCAA
 

UP NEXT FOR CAL STATE EAST BAY

The Pioneers will Travel to Southern California for the next two CCAA games. The first of next week's pair of games is a matchup at Cal State San Bernardino on Thursday, December 7. Tipoff from Coussoulis Arena is set for 5:30 p.m.