Toros Outlast Hawks to Post 58-51 Women's Win
Nakeisha Perkins posts a double-double to lead Toros to non-conference victory
December 29, 2001

Complete Box Score

CARSON, Calif.- The Cal State Dominguez Hills women's basketball team ended a four-game losing streak, posting a 58-51 non-conference win over the visiting Hawks of Christian Heritage.

The last time that the Toros tasted victory was on November 23, when they notched a win over Southern Colorado University at home.

The first half was an even battle. It got off to a slow start after the tip, with a total of only ten points being scored in the first five minutes of play. Christian Heritage stepped up after that point, taking a 11-4 lead off baskets by Andrea Hamilton and Karen Relph.

The Toros looked to Tracee Lewis (St. Bernard's HS) at that point, and the senior guard nailed a three-pointer to cut the lead to four. It was the first of her three treys in the half. She drained one at 2:46 to tie the game at 20, and her final one at seven seconds remaining to take the Toros into the locker room with a 25-24 lead. Lewis had a half-high nine points to lead all players.

The second half was a different story, with the momentum belonging to CSUDH. The Toros broke out of an 37-38 stalemate at the ten-minute mark, and never gave up the lead after that. They sealed their victory with their biggest lead of the game at 10 with 7 seconds remaining, on two made free throws by Lewis.

The story of the night however, was the play by junior forward Nakeisha Perkins (Grant HS). Perkins had a double-double on the night with ten points and ten boards. It was the first double-double by any Toro this season.

As a team, CSUDH was 25-61 (41%) from the field, 4-18 (22%) from behind the arc and 4-10 (40%) from the charity stripe.

Lewis scored a team-high and tied a game-high 13 points, including three baskets from downtown. Perkins poured in ten, grabbing a game-high ten rebounds.

The Hawks were 17-40 (42.5%) from the field, 2-8 (20%) from downtown, and 15-26 (57%) from the free throw line.

Andrea Hamilton and Jennifer Gray dumped in a 13 points apiece to tie CSUDH's Lewis for game-high points. The Hawks had three players, Hamilton, Relph and Gray, score in double-figures.

The Toros moved to 2-6 overall. They return to CCAA action next weekend when they host Grand Canyon University on Friday and UC San Diego on Saturday. First tip in each game is slated for 5:30 p.m.