SAN FRANCISCO – Balanced scoring by the SF State Gators keyed their 82-69 non-conference win over the Holy Names University Hawks this evening at The Swamp. Four players scored in double figures for the hosts led by Jennifer Le's 15 points for the Gators, who improve to 3-0.

"Overall, great team effort against a scrappy Holy Names team; we have to commit to play defense consistently on every possession," said SF State head coach Dr. Joaquin Wallace. "We have to be better against Santa Clara tomorrow evening and Simon Fraser in Canada over the weekend."

Besides Le's 15 points, Lauren Varney added 13 points and Brianna Harden chipped in 12 points and 8 rebounds off the bench for the Gators. Katie Batlin added 10 points and had four assists for the hosts.

The Gators held the Hawks to just 40% shooting from the field while forcing them into 19 turnovers.

Renique Fitzpatrick paced the Hawks (1-2) with a game high 19 points and 11 rebounds.

The Gators built a 25-15 lead in the first 12 minutes of the game and never looked back.

They increased their lead to 35-18 on a three by Angela Van Sickel with a little under six minutes left in the first stanza.

Holy Names though came back and cut the lead to 35-28 on a Fitzpatrick lay-up.

SF State ended the half outscoring the Hawks 8-5 to take a 43-33 lead into the locker room.

The Gators came out of the locker room outscoring their guests 7-3 to take a 50-36 lead in the first two minutes of the second half.

Holy Names would not a go away as the Hawks kept chipping at the Gator lead, eventually cutting it to 72-64 on a Kali Taelefi jumper with 4:24 to go in regulation.

SF State increased the lead back to double figures as the Gators went on a 8-1 run to take a 80-65 lead. The Gators held on for an 82-70 win.

The Gators will return to the court tomorrow evening at 7pm, for an exhibition game at Santa Clara University against the Broncos at The Leavey Center on the campus of SCU. They will then return to their regular season schedule this weekend for a pair of non-conference games against Simon Fraser in Canada. SF State will face the Clan at 7pm this Friday, Nov. 22. The two teams will then play a 1pm starting game this Saturday, Nov. 23.

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