SAN BERNARDINO (Jan. 1, 2015) -- The Coyotes put themselves into possession of a victory with less than a minute remaining and earned a 54-51 win over visiting Cal State L.A. in CCAA women's basketball Thursday night.

CSUSB (7-2, 3-2 CCAA) snapped its two-game winning streak behind junior Alexcia Mack's 14 points. She led three Coyotes in double figures with Chelsea Austin adding 13 with 10 rebounds, and Chelsea Barnes 11 against the Golden Eagles (3-6, 2-3).

The Coyotes trailed by seven, 42-35, with 8:54 remaining in the game before they worked back into the game. Barnes hit a pair of free throws that opened a 6-0 run over the next two-plus minutes. Teammate Chelsea Austin added a jumper and Barnes added a jumper of her own and CSUSB trailed 42-41 with 6:35 left.

CSULA got the lead back to five before the Coyotes got control late. Down 46-41 inside six minutes, Austin, Barnes and Mack produced a 6-0 run on jump shots, giving the Coyotes a 47-46 advantage with 2:33 left.

Mack padded the lead to two -- 49-47 -- but Chiara DiMarco converted a four-point play wtih 1:11 left. She drilled a 3-pointer on a circus shot, then hit the free throw when she was fouled on the shot by Mack and the Coyotes were down 51-49 with 69 seconds left.

Barnes converted a free throw on the first of a two-shot foul. She missed the second and the ball was controlled briefly by CSULA's Aiwekhoe Okungbowa, who then lost the ball on a turnover.

Twenty seconds later, Brianna Baker hit a jumper and Austin hit two free throws with one second left for the three-point Coyotes' win.

CSUSB hit 50 percent from the field in the second half on 12 of 24 shots. It finished 41.2 percent for the game. Most impressive was CSUSB's 18 assists on its 21 field goals. Brianna Harden had seven points off the bench. Adriana Brodie had four points and shared game rebound honors with 10. Mack and Baker each had four assists and Harden and Austin each had three.

DiMarco and Ali Orlich each scored 15 for CSULA.

The Coyotes return to Coussoulis Arena on Saturday against Cal State Dominguez Hills.