Tough Defense Yields Win for Toros Women at Cal State L.A.
January 8, 2005

Courtesy Cal State L.A. Sports Information Office

Complete Game Stats

LOS ANGELES -- The visiting Cal State Dominguez Hills women's basketball team held the Golden Eagles to just 24 percent shooting from the field as the Toros knocked off Cal State L.A. on Saturday night in the Eagles Nest, 60-50.

CSUDH improves to 5-5, 3-1 CCAA, while Cal State L.A. falls to 3-8, 0-4 CCAA.

Cal State Dominguez Hills scored the first five points of the game, getting a three-pointer by Jessica Liang and a layup from Alana Bailey in the early going. CSULA tied the game at 5-5 on a Regina Baucum jumper, but the visiting Toros went on an 8-0 run and scored 15 of the game's next 17 points, including a pair of Tameka Blue three-pointers, as CSUDH took a 20-7 lead midway through the period.

Cal State L.A. rallied back, hitting 12-of-15 free throws while holding the Toros to just four points over the final 3 1/2 minutes of the period. A putback at the buzzer by CSUDH's Adiana Vega-Howard gave CSUDH a 32-27 lead at intermission.

CSULA's Oda scored the first six points of the second half by herself as the Golden Eagles took their first lead of the game at 33-32 after three Oda free throws with 18:54 left in the game. However, CSULA went cold from the field, hitting just one bucket over the next eight minutes as CSUDH opened up a 45-35 lead.

Cal State L.A. closed to within four points at 45-41 after back-to-back three-pointers by Stacia Stricker and Fatimah Stokley with 10:41 to go, but once again CSULA struggled from the floor as the Golden Eagles hit just one field goal the rest of the way. Cal State Dominguez Hills also would not score from the field in the game's final five minutes, but the Toros hit 5-of-6 free throws down the stretch to pick up the win.

Oda was the lone Golden Eagle in double figure scoring while Charmaine Utz added nine points and a game-high 11 rebounds. CSUDH was paced by Michelle Kribell with 11 points and six boards while Blue added 10 points and four assists off the bench.

The Toros take a northern swing next weekend, playing first at Cal State Stanislaus Friday and Chico State Saturday.