Women's Basketball Loses CCAA Opener to Chico State 64-52
December 7, 2001

CHICO, Calif.--Chico State outscored the Toros by 12 points in the second period to cruise to a 64-52 CCAA opening win tonight over Cal State Dominguez Hills at Acker Gymnasium in Chico, CA.

After battling to a 22-22 tie at the half, Chico began the second stanza with a 10-4 run to take a lead they would never relinquish. Fercia Rambacal's (Mark Keppel HS) trey with 14:03 remaining would trim the Chico lead to 36-31 but that was as close as the Toros would get. Chico State (5-0, 1-0 CCAA) would go on a 15-4 run in the final five minutes to go on for the conference win.

CSUDH (1-3, 0-1 CCAA) would only committ 14 turnovers in the game, but it was their cold shooting which would spell defeat on the night. The Toros managed only to make 29% of their shots in the game (19-64) while Chico shot .489 from the field.

Senior guard Tracee Lewis (St. Bernard HS) led the Toros in the losing effort with 16 points. Rambacal chipped in with nine points on the night. Nakeisha Perkins and Christina Tucker would lead the team defensively with eight boards each.

Kara Scheitlin paced the Wildcat attack with 18 points off the bench. Jennifer Kern poured in 17 points while Rexanne Simpton knocked in 15 points. Kern also pulled down a team-high eight rebounds.

CSUDH is back in conference action tomorrow night at UC Davis. First tip in Recreation Hall is slated for 6 pm.