POMONA, Calif. — The San Francisco State women's basketball team fell 66-45 at Cal Poly Pomona on Thursday night at the Kellogg Center.
- The Gators (1-17/1-14 CCAA) dropped the season series to the Broncos and have dropped their last eight meetings.
- SF State had two players with double doubles for the first time since February 2, 2018. Muirae Gomez tallied her second double-double of the year with 14 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. Madison Corder also had her second double-double of the year with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
- Taimane Lesa-Hardee, wore No. 21 after deciding to change from No. 24 to honor Kobe Bryant. Lesa-Hardee scored nine points and dished out a career-high six assists.
- The Broncos (13-7/9-5 CCAA) had three players in double digits, led by Kasey Smit's game-high 16 points. Dominique Dotson added 11 points and Jayda Vlllareal added 10 points.
- SF State committed 22 turnovers, which led directly to 17 points for the Broncos.
Cal Poly Pomona raced out to an 16-8 lead in the first quarter but the Gators marched right back. Corder kicked off an 8-0 run that ended with a Lesa-Hardee layup that beat the buzzer and finished the quarter tied at 16-16.
The Broncos began the second quarter with a three from former Gator Lauryn Catching. Corder answered with a putback but the Gators went scoreless for nearly four and a half minutes. Still, the Broncos struggled just as much and only grew their advantage to four over the same period. The deficit grew to eight before Lesa-Hardee connected with Corder to cut the lead to six, 32-26, at the end of the half.
Out of the intermission, the Broncos pushed their lead to 10 with four quick points.
Jarecxy Privado buried a three for the Gators and Gomez drew a foul and made both tries to cut the lead to five.
That work was offset by four consecutive free throws for CPP and the Gators trailed by nine.
Gabby Jajeh hit a three and Corder made the second of a pair of free throws to cut the lead back to five. The margin grew to double digits and the Broncos closed out the third quarter with a 14-point lead.
The Gators were outscored 14-7 in the fourth quarter and were held scoreless for the final 2:18.
The Gators wrap up the road trip with a 1 p.m. game at Cal State San Bernardino on Saturday, February 1. The game will be streamed on the CCAA Network and live stats will also be available at sfstategators.com.
