Box Score
SAN BERNARDINO --- Amanda Ragains and Krystal Urzua scored a combined 37 points to lead Cal State San Bernardino to a 76-70 win over Cal State Stanislaus.
The Coyotes (12-8, 7-7 CCAA) got a team-high 19 points from Urzua who scored 14 points in the second half. Ragains went 4-for-5 from beyond the arc in the first half alone, scoring 16 of her 18 points before intermission. She also was just two rebounds short of a double-double with eight. Kymberly Ooten added 12 points and five boards.
Alishea Kelly scored a game-high 23 points for the Warriors (5-13, 4-10 CCAA), with 16 coming in the first half. She went 8-for-14 from the field, 2-for-3 from downtown and was 5-of-7 from the charity stripe. Christin Gowan scored 17 points and Ebony Mims-Johnson added 14.
A 24-6 run mid-way through the second half help put the Warriors away. After CSUSB took a 40-36 lead at the half, the Warriors closed it to a one-point gap twice with the final coming at 44-43 with 17:24 left. That was as close as CSUS came the rest of the contest as the Coyotes had six different players score in that run to put CSUSB up 64-49 with 7:57 remaining. Cal State San Bernardino took its biggest lead of the half at 67-51 with 7:11 left.
CSUSB held a double-digit lead up until the 1:58 mark when Kelly hit a layup and Gowan found the bottom of net with a three to cap a 14-3 run as the Warriors cut it to 70-65 with 1:20 left. Despite the late run, the Coyotes were able to hold off Stanislaus in the final two minutes.
Neither team led by more than four in the first half until the 10:10 mark when Ragains capped an 8-0 run with a trey to put the Coyotes up 27-20. The Warriors cut it to 32-31 with 3:14 left in the half, but back-to-back treys by Ashlee Ford and Ragains put CSUSB up 38-31. Stanislaus got an offensive put back and a three to cut it 38-36 with 59 seconds left before Kymberly Ooten sank a two to give the Coyotes a 40-36 lead at intermission.
The Warriors out scored the Coyotes 28-6 in the paint, but the CSUSB bench notched 30 points compared to just 18 from Stanislaus.
The Coyotes don't have anytime to waste as they take on West Region No. 9 Chico State, Saturday night at 5:30 in Coussoulis Arena.