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This Week in Toros Women's Basketball
January 30, 2006

Opponents Scouting Report

Sonoma State Seawovles (8-9, 5-5 CCAA)
About SSU: Sonoma is currently on a two-game losing streak, and has dropped five of its last six games.

SSU would drop both games last week, the first a 65-69 loss to UC San Diego and the second a 51-68 loss to Cal State San Bernardino. Sonoma would hang tough against the No. 2 seed in the West Region, going into the locker room tied at 33-33. Both teams would shoot well in the first half, with both teams just over 41%. In the second half SSU would improve its shooting percentage to 44%, however, UC San Diego kicked it into another gear and shot 50% from the floor. The following night it appeared as though the Seawovles were still dazed from the loss the night before. SSU would only shoot 28% from the floor in the first half, and find themselves down 22-27 at the intermission. In the second half, the SSU defense would seemingly dissapear, as they gave up 41 second half points to the Coyotes, while CSUSB shot nearly 50% from the field. Jessica Jennings leads Sonoma with 14.5 points and 4.1 rebounds this season. Although the Seawolves do not have any other players averaging double figures, they do have six players averaging six or more points per game.

Rivalry Info-SSU: This will be the 30th meeting between the two teams, with the Toros clinging to a 16-13 lead. Earlier this season the 8th ranked Seawolves handed the Toros their first conference loss of the season, winning 72-58 in Rohnert Park.

San Francisco State Gatos (5-12, 0-10 CCAA)
About SFSU: The Gators are currently still seeking their first conference win as they make the long trip down to Carson, CA.

Last week SFSU dropped two games, the first a 56-62 loss to Cal State San Bernardino, and the second a 57-93 loss to UC San Diego. Against CSUSB both teams struggled offensively, with neither team able to get into double-figures in the first ten minutes. The first half would end with the Gators in front by three at 24-21, despite being outshot by the Coyotes 26.9% to 23.3%. CSUSB would turn the ball over 28 times, resulting in 20 more shot attempts for SFSU. The second half would see the two teams battle to a 40-40 tie over the first ten minutes. The Gators would find themselves down three with 51 seconds left. However, the Coyotes would convert their free throws and hold the Gators scoreless over the remaining time. Life the following night would not get much easier, as SFSU took on UC San Diego. The Gators would be down 19-12 in the first eight minutes of the game, and that was as close as they would get. The Tritons would use an 11-2 run to increase their lead to 30-14 and never look back, eventually finishing off the Gators by 36 points. On the season, the Gators are led by Farryn Lewis with 14.2 points per game, also adding 5.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. Chloe Grimm and Leslie Miller are also in double figures with 12.1 points and 7.2 rebounds, and 11.0 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game, respectively.

Rivalry Info-SFSU: This will be the 23rd meeting between the two teams, with the Toros leading the series 15-8. In their first meeting this season the Toros picked up their first conference win, winning 72-68.

Around the CCAA

Here’s a look at the rest of the conference schedule for this week:
Wednesday: Chico State @ CS Stanislaus
Friday: CS Stanislaus @ CS Monterey Bay, San Francisco State @ Cal Poly Pomona, CS Bakersfield @ CS San Bernardino, Cal State L.A. @ UC San Diego
Saturday: Chico State @ CS Monterey Bay, Sonoma State @ Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State L.A. @ CS San Bernardino, CS Bakersfield @ US San Diego

2005-06 Toros Women's Basketball
Schedule/Results Roster Stats Press Releases
CCAA Standings

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CPP & CSUMB Recap:
Last week the Toros cruised to a pair of blow-out victories over Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State Monterey Bay.

Against CPP the Toros tightened up their second-half defense to turn a two-point advantage at the break into a 73-51 win. Blue led the charge with 26 points, seven assists, and five steals while going 8-for-8 from the free throw line.

The two teams would battle in the first half with CSUDH only able to gain a small 31-29 halftime lead.

After the intermission, the Toros would build an eight point lead over the first three minutes of play. Momentum would continue to be on the Toros side as their lead was pushed to 22 at the 7:54 mark. The CSUDH lead would only dip below 20 twice the rest of the game as the Toros cruised to a 22-point win.

Against CSUMB the Toros' 36-to-14 free throw advantage proved too much for the visitors as they ran away with the 76-50 victory. Blue would again garner top scoring honors with 18 points, while only playing 10 minutes in the second half. CSUDH would jump out to a 12-point lead at 19-7 after a three by Jessica Liang with 12:11 remaining. CSUDH would push its lead to 20 at 31-11 over the next four minutes. The Toros offense would go cold for a four-minutes span, but the defense would not let them down. The Toros would use four blocks, two courtesy of Ree Browne, and two steals to keep the Otters off the scoreboard.

The second half was a repeat of the first, with the Toros maintaining a 20-plus point lead the entire way, and pushing it to 30 at one point.

News, Notes, & Other Toro-Bits

STILL AT No. 9: The Cal State Dominguez Hills women’s basketball team is still ranked at No. 9 in the second NCAA Farwest Regional ranking of the season, it was announced by the NCAA.

If the Toros are to make the regionals for the second-straight year, the next two weeks could determine their fate. Over the next four games the Toros will battle against three ranked teams, including No. 1 Cal State Bakersfield, No. 3 Cal State L.A., and No. 8 Sonoma State. All three of these ranked teams gave the Toros losses in the first half of the season, so the fate of the postseason will rest on whether CSUDH can avenge the early season defeats.

	Team	Div. II	Region
1	Cal State Bakersfield	12-1	10-1
2	UC San Diego	10-2	10-1
3	Western Washington	13-1	13-1
4	Cal State L.A.	9-2	7-2
5	Chico State	11-2	11-2
6	Seattle Pacific	8-4	7-4
7	Humboldt State	7-7	7-7
8	Sonoma State	6-6	6-6
9	Cal St. Dominguez Hills	5-5	4-5
10	Northwest Nazarene	6-5	4-5

AND THEN THERE WAS ONE: Senior Tameka Blue proved that her four-point performance against UC San Diego two weeks ago was a fluke, responding this week with a 26-point performance against Cal Poly Pomona and an 18-point effort against Cal State Monterey Bay, while only playing 10 minutes in the second half against the Otters. With her combined 44 points, Blue jumped over two former Toros and now stands only behind Faye Hagan in career points. Her current average of 18.1 ppg places her nearly one and a half points above what she must average over the remaining 10 games to become the greatest scorer in CSUDH history.

PUTTING THE “D” IN DH: Although the Toros may only be in the middle of the pack in conference play this season, the Toro defense has proven quite a challenge for opposing teams. CSUDH is currently No. one in field goal defense, and three-point field goal defense, and only 0.4 behind the leader in points allowed per game. The Toros have held all but one team to under their scoring average, and even in the Toros losses this season, they have managed to keep the other team from reaching their season average.

Toros record by starting lineup

Bailey, Blankenship, Blue, Liang, Kribell 5-6
Bailey, Baldwin, Blankenship, Liang, Kribell 3-0
Blue, Blankenship, Kribell, Kyles, Liang 1-0
Blue, Kribell, Kyles, McGinest, Montalvo 1-0

Countdown to 400, Milestone Within Reach: With the 10 wins thus far, the 05-06 Toros are inching closer to the school’s 400th women’s basketball win. With 399 women’s basketball victories entering this week, the Toros are now one win away, with head coach Van Girard accounting for 232 of the wins.

The Toros’ first shot at 400 will be this Friday, as they take on Sonoma State.

Toros Among CCAA Leaders

Team:
- 3-Point FG Defense: 1st, .269 -
- FG Defense: 1st, .356 -
- Scoring Defense: 2nd, 60.8 papg -
- 3-Point FG Pct.: 3rd, .353
Individual:
- Scoring Avg: Tameka Blue (3rd, 18.1 ppg), Alana Bailey (16th, 11.4 ppg), Brittney Blankenship (30th, 9.4 ppg) -
- FG Pct.: Bailey (5th, 5.04), Blue (14th, .426) -
- FT Pct.: Blue (5th, .827), Blankenship (9th, .739), Bailey (11th, .691) -
- Rebounding Avg: Bailey (13th, 6.3 rpg), Blankenship (20th, 5.6 rpg) -
- 3-Point FG Pct.: Liang (6th, .434), Blue (13th, .737) -
- 3-Point FGM: Liang (1st, 2.25 mpg), Blue (15th, 1.19 mpg) -
- Steals: Blue (11th, 2.06 spg), Liang (16th, 1.88 spg)-
- Blocked Shots: Kribell (12th, 0.69 bpg).

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Blue’s Quest for Career Points Leader
Games Left: 10 - Needs to avg. 16.7 ppg.

	Name	Total Points	Points Behind
1)	Faye Hagan	1466	0
2)	Tameka Blue	1299	167

Toros Continue 2005-06 Basketball Web Cast Schedule With Waldcast.net: CSUDH and Waldcast.net continue their broadcast schedule for the Toros 2005-06 women’s basketball seasons. All the Webcasts can be heard here on the Cal State Dominguez Hills Athletics Website. See the complete Webcast schedule.

Longtime southland broadcaster Ronnie Wald, who begins his third year as the basketball broadcast voice of the Toros, will be calling the play-by-play.

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