Box Score  CHICO, Calif.---  Despite the trio of Michaela Booker, Nicole Hicks and Angela Van Sickel combining for 40 of the Gators' 51 points, the Chico State Wildcats defeated the visiting SF State Gators 61-50 in a CCAA game at Acker Gymnasium on the campus of Chico State this evening.  Synchro Bull paced the Wildcats (12-8, 9-7 CCAA) with 14 points, 9 rebounds, 5 steals, 4 assists and two blocked shots.

“Chico State's bench outplayed ours this evening,” said SF State Head Coach Joaquin Wallace.  “As a team, we have to do a better job of finishing out layup, put-backs and free throws.”  “

Booker paced the Gators with 16 points while Hicks chipped in 14 and Van Sickel had 10 points for SF State.  With the loss, SF State falls to 7-15 overall and 6-10 in the CCAA which puts them in a three-way tie with Sonoma State and Cal State San Bernardino for seventh place.

Chico State, who is in sixth place in the CCAA, had its bench outscore the Gators 34-22 lead by the duo of Crystal Sewell and Jennifer Rene each with 8 points. Besides Bull's 14 points, Natash Smith added 11 points for the Wildcats.

Charnay Bell's jumper seven minutes into the game gave the Gators an 8-3 lead, but Chico State outscored SF State 14-3 to take a 17-11 with 7:12 left in the half. 

SF State tied the game at 17-17 on Booker's jumper, but the Wildcats finished the half outscoring their visitors 10-8 to take a 27-25 lead into the locker room.

Chico State came out firing in the second half as the Wildcats increased their lead to 34-27 three minutes in the second half.  Jennifer Rene's lay-up with 13:42 on the clock gave the Wildcats their largest lead at that time, 44-33. 

The Gators would not go away as Hicks' jumper with 6:21 to go capped a 14-4 run by the visitors as they cut the deficit to 48-47. 

That would be the closest the Gators would get as the Wildcats finished the game outscoring their guests 15-4 in the final six minutes to take the 63-51 victory.

Chico State forced 22 turnovers by the Gators while holding them to just 37% shooting frog from the field.  SF State was 0-for-7 from three-point land and just 7-for-13 from the charity stripe. 

The Wildcats also had 13 steals and was 12-for-14 from the line with five players going two-for-two.

SF State will continue its four-game road trip this Friday, February 10 at 5:30pm, when the Gators travel across the Bay to face Cal State East Bay in Hayward, Calif.  The Pioneers defeated the Gators 64-39 in San Francisco on January 7. 

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