SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco State women's basketball team fell to Cal State San Bernardino 66-56 on Purple Out night. Mya Blake had a career-high 24 points to lead the Gators but it wasn't enough to claim victory at home.











 

By The Numbers

 
 

• Gators fall to 4-3 on the season and 1-1 in the CCAA while CSUMB improves to 5-2 and 1-1 in the CCAA
• Blake's 24 points were one shy of cracking the top ten in a single game.
• SF State went 3-for-12 from beyond the arch while San Bernardino went 7-for-16.
• The Yotes out rebounded the Gators 41 to 34.
• Gators went 13-for-16 from the charity stripe including perfect performances from Blake and Jolene Armendariz.

How it Happened

Neither team took more than a two-possession lead during the first quarter as the Gators shot a hair under .300. Blake banked a buzzer-beater three near the end of the first quarter to cut the Yotes' lead to 14-12.

The Gators struggled to score outside of Blake in the second quarter, only managing 10 points while the Yotes outscored them with 21 off .667 percent shooting. Blake had eight out of the Gators' ten points.

SF State came within a possession in the third quarter as a lay-up from Blake cut the Yotes' lead to 35-32 with 6:32 remaining. The Yotes would take their largest lead of the game with 6:43 left in the fourth quarter. The Gators outscored the Yotes 15-6 to make it a 59-54 game with 1:12 left in the game. Down by five with 33 seconds left, the Gators did not have enough team fouls to send San Bernardino to the line right away and the Yotes could milk the clock to close the game.
 

Up Next

Gators will host Cal Poly Pomona on Saturday, December 3 at 1:00 p.m.  The broadcast will be available on the CCAA Network and live stats are available at sfstategators.com/livestats_wbb. Fans can follow along for updates on instagram and Twitter at SFstate_WBB. Tickets are available at sfstategators.com/tickets.