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This Week in Toros Women's Basketball
February 7, 2006

Opponents Scouting Report

Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles (14-5, 8-4 CCAA)
About CSULA: The Golden Eagles split last weekend series, first falling to UC San Diego 80-62, and then picking up a 64-58 win against Cal State San Bernardino.

Against the Tritons Amber Fouse scored 22 points, including 6-of-9 from beyond the arc, but UC San Diego’s dominating first half, in which they outscored CSULA 43 to 22, proved too much for the Golden Eagles to overcome. In addition to Fouse, Tiffaney Maddox would record a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds, while adding a pair of blocks and steals. Monica Tokoro would also score in double figures, chipping in 10 points and five assists.

The following night against Cal State San Bernardino, Tokoro and Fouse would once again lead the Golden Eagle charge, with 12 and 11 points, respectively. Jaemy Oda would be a spark off the bench, chipping in eight points, seven rebounds, and three steals.

On the season CSULA is led by Monica Tokoro’s 14.1 points and 4.8 assists per game. Amber Fouse is second with 10.9 points per game, while shooting 43 percent from the three-point line. Just scoring under double figures are Charmaine Utz and Shayna Stanley, with 9.9 and 9.4 points per game, respectively.

Rivalry Info-CSULA: This will be the 59th meeting between the two teams, with Cal State L.A. holding a 30-28 advantage. Earlier this season Brandi McGinest’s last second shot came up just short as the Toros dropped a 54-56 heartbreaker in the Torodome. The 58 meetings thus far between the two teams is the most against any active opponent, and ties former conference opponent UC Riverside (58 meetings) for most all-time.

Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners (18-1, 11-1 CCAA)
About CSUB: The Roadrunners swept last weekends series, beating Cal State San Bernardino 68-63 and UC San Diego 80-72. CSUB is currently riding an 16-game winning streak, with their last loss coming at the hands of UC San Diego back on December 3rd, a 101-91 overtime decision.

Against Cal State San Bernardino it appeared as though the Roadrunners may have been caught looking ahead to the game vs UC San Diego, wanting to avenge the only blemish on their record. The game came down to the final 25 seconds, when a quartet of Roadrunners made a handful of key plays to run the Bakersfield win streak to 15 games. Rhondi Naff came off the bench to lead to the Roadrunners with 15 points. Rhonda Johnson would contribute her fifth double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

The following night, UC San Diego would lead for most of the game's first nine minutes. When Bakersfield finally gained the lead, it couldn't ignite one of its trademark runs that has put away so many teams this season. The teams took turns questioning each other’s grip on the game until a Krista Arase three-pointer gave Bakersfield the lead for good at 48-45. Although the Roadrunners never relinquished their advantage, they couldn't put UCSD away until the closing minutes. Bakersfield got the lead to seven points three times down the stretch. It wasn't until a pair of Arase free throws with 1:47 left that made the score 73-64, allowing the Roadrunners to breathe easier.

Rivalry Info-CSUB: This will be the 13th meeting between the two teams, with Cal State Bakersfield dominating the series 10-2. In the first meeting between the two teams this season, the Roadrunners used a late charge and capitalized on poor shooting down the stretch by the Toros to come away with the 78-74 win in the Torodome.

Around the CCAA

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

2005-06 Toros Women's Basketball
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Last Week’s Recap
SSU Recap: Against SSU, Brittney Blankenship would record her third double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds to in the Toros 56-33 win.

It took awhile for both teams to get going in the first half, as the Toros would be the first to put up points on the scoreboard at the 17:25 mark. Both teams would continue their offensive woes over the next few minutes, with neither team able to get into double digits through the first ten minutes of play.

CSUDH would not waste time in the second half putting points on the board, starting the half on a 14-1 run to go up 35-14 at the 14:14 mark. The Toro lead would hover around 20 points over the next four minutes, before remaining above 20 for the rest of the game. Michelle Kribell would contribute one of her best games of the season with 10 points and eight rebounds.

CSUDH would keep on rolling the following night as Tameka Blue and Blankenship shared top scoring honors with 15 points apiece in the 78-57 win, extending the Toro winning streak to five games.

SFSU Recap: SFSU started quickly and controlled the game over the first four minutes of play, building a 7-4 lead. CSUDH would catch up on a jumper by Blue and tie the game at 14-14 with 10:56 remaining. The Toros would go on a 13-0 run over the remaining 4:45 and go into the locker room with a 47-31 advantage.

SFSU would start the second half on a 16-7 run over the first eight minutes of play to cut the Toro lead to seven at 54-47. Aujanee Baldwin would come off the bench and grab an offensive rebound, and then score to put the Toros' lead back in double digits at 57-47 with 10:22 remaining. CSUDH would turn up its defensive intensity, and keep the Gators scoreless for the next five minutes, pushing their lead to 75-53. The Toros would tack on three more points to complete the 78-57 win.

Alana Bailey would chip in her third double-double of the season with 12 points and 11 rebounds, while Jessica Liang contributed 11 points off the bench.

News, Notes, & Other Toro-Bits

TURNING THE TIDE: Through the first 13 games of the season the Toros have started games strong, outscoring their opponents in the first half, 431 to 364. However, the intermission always seemed to cast a spell over the Toro offense, and the team that came out of the locker room was not the same team that went in. In the second half the Toros’ opponents would turn the tide, seeing CSUDH be outscored 422 to 451. However, during the Toros current five-game winning streak they have reversed their fortunes and have won the battle of both halves. CSUDH has outscored their opponents 173 to 120 in the first half and 170 to 123 in the second, which have led to four blowouts of at least 20 points.

DEFENSE...DEFENSE...DEFENSE: This season CSUDH has been anchored by their ability to bring down their opponents’ field goal percentage, 3-point field goal percentage, and points per game. But during the current win streak the Toros have turned their defense up to a new level. The Toros have held the past five teams to a combined .274 field goal percentage, .216 3-point field goal percentage, and an amazing 48.6 points per game. Currently the CSUDH defense is ranked #1 in points allowed per game, opponent field goal percentage, and opponent 3-point field goal percentage amongst conference teams.

LUCK OF THE FRESHMAN?: So far this season the Toros have used five different starting lineups, producing an overall record of 12-6. However, a strange fact is that the Toros are undefeated when at least one freshman is in the starting lineup, winning all five of their games. The Toros are 3-0 in the games when Aujanee Baldwin starts, and 2-0 when Ennisha Kyles is in the starting five.

ROUGH ROAD AHEAD: The Toros are heading out on a four-game road trip that could determine if they are to make the playoffs for the second straight year. After they take on the West Regions No. 5 ranked Cal State L.A. on Friday, it only gets harder they take on the Wests No. 1 ranked Cal State Bakersfield. The following week, the Toros play at Chico State, who is currently ranked No. 4, before returning home to take on Cal State San Bernardino and UC San Diego, who are ranked No. 10 and No. 2. All together CSUDH will play over half of the ranked schools in the Western Region in the next three weeks.

Toros record by starting lineup

Bailey, Blankenship, Blue, Kribell, Liang 5-6
Bailey, Baldwin, Blankenship, Kribell, Liang 3-0
Bailey, Blankenship, Blue, Kribell, McGinest 2-0
Blue, Blankenship, Kribell, Kyles, Liang 1-0
Blue, Kribell, Kyles, McGinest, Montalvo 1-0

Far West Rankings

	Team	Div. II	Region
1	Cal State Bakersfield	14-1	12-1
2	UC San Diego	12-2	12-1
3	Western Washington	15-1	15-1
4	Chico State	12-3	12-3
5	Cal State L.A.	10-3	8-3
6	Seattle Pacific	10-4	9-4
7	Northwest Nazarene	8-5	6-5
8	Cal St. Dominguez Hills	6-5	5-5
9	Humboldt State	8-7	8-7
10	Cal State San Bernardino	7-6	6-5

He’s a Photographing Foo...!:
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Blue’s Quest for Career Points Leader
Games Left: 8 - Needs to avg. 18.6 ppg.

	Name	Total Points	Points Behind
1)	Faye Hagan	1466	0
2)	Tameka Blue	1317	149

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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