HAYWARD, Calif. - Cal State East Bay women's basketball wrapped up its two game homestand on Saturday with a 72-70 overtime victory over Stanislaus State in CCAA action from Pioneer Gymnasium.
Stanislaus State opened the game on a 14-4 run. Then, the Pioneers would then go on a 12-4 run, capped by a
Payton Sterk 3-pointer with 1:57 left in the quarter, to trim the Warriors' lead to 18-16. The Warriors led 22-16 at the end of the first quarter.
The Pioneers opened the second quarter with seven unanswered points, capped by a
Brooke Donnelly jumper with 7:30 left in the half, to give the Pioneers a 23-22 lead. During the run to start the quarter, Sterk made her 100th career 3-pointer.
Neither team would lead by more than three points for the remainder of the half. The Warriors' three-point lead was at 31-28, after a pair of Joia Armstrong free throws, with 3:59 left in the half. The Pioneers' three-point lead was at 35-32 after a three-point play by
Kayla Rosemon with 2:25 left in the half. The Warriors led 39-37 at halftime.
In the third quarter, the Warriors would gain their largest lead of the quarter at four, at 41-37, on an Aunika Hornung layup with 8:18 left in the quarter. The Pioneers would then go on a 7-1 run, capped by a
Kayla Rosemon layup with 5:06 left in the quarter, to take the lead at 44-42. The Pioneers would gain their largest lead of the quarter at five on two occasions; the second occasion at 52-47 on a Sterk jumper with 1:54 left. The Pioneers led 52-49 after three quarters.
The Warriors started the fourth quarter on a 10-2 run, capped by a Talia Maxwell free throw, to take their largest lead of the quarter at 59-54. The Pioneers would then go on an 8-1 run, capped by a pair of
Camryn Washington free throws with 1:38 left, to take the lead at 62-60. After a free throw by both teams, Armstrong would hit a jumper in the paint with two seconds left to tie the game at 63-63. Both teams had opportunities for a lead before the end of regulation, but neither scored on those chances as the game went into overtime.
The Warriors started the extra frame with a 4-0 spurt, but the Pioneers answered with an 8-3 run, capped by a pair of Sterk free throws, to take a 71-70 with 19 seconds left. The Warriors would miss a jumper in the paint with nine seconds left and would subsequently foul Sterk after a defensive rebound. Sterk made one of her awarded free throws for a 72-70 lead. With one more chance for a tie or lead, the Warriors missed the game-tying jumper as the Pioneers won their second game in a row on Saturday.
- Sterk scored a game-high 32 points for the Pioneers, going 11-for-21 from the floor and making three free throws. She hit seven 3-pointers which tied the program record for the fourth time in her career. She also reached 100 3-pointers for her career during the game, and by finishing with seven, she sits at 104 for her career.
- Also scoring in double figures for CSUEB was Rosemon with 20 points, which matched a career-high.
- Rosemon also had a team-high nine rebounds.
- Defensively, Taylor Linzie had two blocks and Sterk had two steals.
- Mya Blake scored 23 points for the Warriors. Rosemon scored 20 points in the victory.
- The Pioneers shot 45.6 percent from the field to the Warriors' 26.8 percent.
- Stanislaus State outrebounded Cal State East Bay 50-37.
- The Pioneers are 3-1 this season in games that go to overtime.
Cal State East Bay head coach
Jenny Thigpin following Saturday's victory:
"It was good to see the team stick together after a slow start and stay on course after being down early. We made plays with the game on the line and finished off the weekend strong with two wins."
Cal State East Bay: 9-10, 7-6 CCAA
Stanislaus State: 12-11, 7-6 CCAA
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UP NEXT FOR CAL STATE EAST BAY |
Next Thursday, February 1, the Pioneers play the first of four straight road games starting with a matchup at Chico State. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m. from Art Acker Gymnasium. On January 6, the Pioneers lost 69-55 to the Wildcats in Hayward.
