CSUDH Women's Basketball Weekly
January 24, 2006

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This Week’s Opponents:

• @ Cal State Monterey Bay (1/26)
• @ San Francisco State (1/27)

Recapping Last Week

After being evenly matched over the first 10 minutes last Saturday against the Coyotes, the Toros would grab the first real advantage in the game with a four-point lead at 15-11, thanks to a trey by Michelle Kribell at the 9:17 mark.

After back-to-back three-point shots by CSUSB to tie at 19-19, the Toros would rebuild their four-point lead on consecutive jumpers by Brittney Blankenship, but a CSUSB layup followed by a deep trey would give the Coyotes a one-point advantage heading into intermission.

The Coyotes would turn it on after the break, extending their lead to 30-23 in the first three minutes, and then to 38-27 at the 13:04 mark.

CSUSB would show no signs of cooling down over the next seven minutes, stretching its lead to 21 at 53-23 with 5:40 on the clock.

Blankenship led the offense with nine points and eight rebounds, with Brigayle Iglehart and Alana Bailey each chipping in eight points in the effort.

Against the Broncos the night before, Jessica Liang came out locked and loaded, nailing a long-range bomb to kick off an 8-2 Toro run over the first two and a half minutes of play.

The Broncos would respond with three straight buckets by Jessica Hopkins to knot the game at 8-8 with 15:15 showing on the clock.

The two teams would remain close over the next three minutes before an offensive rebound and put back by Michele Hale would ignite an 8-0 Toro run, putting CSUDH up 24-15 with 10:30 left.

The Coyotes would cut the Toro lead to just two, were it would fluctuate over the next seven minutes before a jumper by Mallory Avila at the 2:13 mark put CSUDH back up nine at 40-31.

CPP would disintegrate the Toro lead after the break, finding themselves down only one at the 16.59 mark.

After a Toro time out, Blankenship would drive to the basket to stop the Bronco momentum, and eventually the Toros would extend their lead to 11 on a Blankenship trey with 8:23 remaining in the contest.

The Toros lead would hover around double digits over the next five minutes.

In addition to Iglehart’s 21 points, Blankenship and Bailey were both in double figures with 16 and 11 points, respectively.

News & Notes

Against the Nation: Here is a quick look at where the Toros sit against the rest of the teams across the nation.

Scoring Offense: (160th, 63.8), Scoring Defense: (77th, 60.7), Scoring Margin: (124th, 3.1), Field Goal Percentage: (121st, 40.3), Field Goal Defense: (94th, 38.3), Free-Throw Pct.: (219th, 63.5), Rebound Margin: (105th, 2.1), 3-Point Field Goals Per Game: (163rd, 4.5), 3-Point Field Goal Pct.: (26th, 36.4), Win-Loss Pct: (112th, 61.5), Assists Per Game: (196th, 11.9), Blocked Shots Per Game: (157th, 2.3), Steals Per Game: (155th, 8.9), Turnovers Per Game: (82nd, 18.0), Personal Fouls Per Game: (169th, 18.5), 3-Point Field Goals Per Game: Jessica Liang (27th, 2.6), 3-Point Field Goal Pct.: Jessica Liang (35th, 40.5).

A Pair of New Faces: Here is a quick look back at what head coach Van Girard had to say about two of the new players on the team in the pre-season:

“Brigayle (Iglehart) has a tremendous ability to get to the basket and a nice mid-range game. She will be a different kind of point than we have had in that she will pitch the ball.”

“Unique (Bennett) is a physical guard and a very good deep shooter who should also be able to help us on the boards.”

Compared to the Past Four Seasons: Here is a glance at how the 2006-07 Toros compare to the 2005-06, 2004-05, 2003-04, 2002-03 teams through the first 13 games of each season.

About This Week’s Foes

About the Otters
CS Monterey Bay Otters -- 3-11, 2-7 CCAA: The Otters are currently on a four-game losing streak, and have lost 10 of their last 11 games.

Last week CSUMB fell in a 63-56 overtime decision to Cal State Stanislaus, and then to nationally-ranked Chico State, 67-54.

Against the Warriors, CSUMB would outshoot CSUS in the first half, 33.3- to 30.6-, but find themselves down two at intermission, 29-27.

The Otters’ field goal percentage would slip to 32.5- in the second half while the Warriors increased to 47.6, however, CSUMB would use an 11-2 offensive rebounding advantage to win the second half 29-27, knotting the game at 56-56 and forcing an extra period.

The extra period would not be kind to the Otters as they went 0-5 from the field, putting a goose egg on the scoreboard.

The next night the Otters would fight hard against the first place Wildcats of Chico State.

CSUMB would limit the high powered Wildcat offense to only 32 first half points and a 33.3 field goal percentage while scoring 26 points and also shooting 33.3- from the floor.

CSUMB would fade a little in the second half, allowing CSUC to shoot 42.4- from the field, and seeing its shooting percentage dip to 31.0- in the 13-point loss.

About the Gators
San Francisco State Gators -- 4-10, 4-5 CCAA
SFSU is coming off a split last weekend, falling to Chico State 80-50, and then ending their four-game losing streak with a 72-64 win over Cal State Stanislaus.

Against CSUC the game would be out of reach quickly with the Wildcats shooting 53.3- in the first half and building 40-25 lead.

Offensively Krystle Mays would carry the first half load for the Gators with 10 points.

The Gator defense would step in in the second half and bring the Wildcat shooting percentage down to 37.1-, but CSUC would still score 40 points in the period, thanks in part to 13 made free throws and 12 offensive rebounds.

The next night the Gators would start off slow, finding themselves down 33-27 at intermission before exploding for 45 points while shooting 51.4- from the floor in the second half to pick up the win over the Warriors.

In the first half SFSU would outshoot CSUS 39.3- to 33.3-, but the Warriors would use a 15-to-6 offensive rebounding advantage to make up for the lack of shooting accuracy to build its lead.

After intermission everything would seem to shift the Gators’ way.

SFSU’s Brio Rode would hit an offensive groove and score 14 points, after just four in the first half, to lead her team to the come-from-behind win.