SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco State women's basketball team will go into the break on a high note with a 57-47 win over Northwest Nazarene at Main Gym Monday afternoon. The Gators got big contributions from the entire roster and played well start to finish.
- Gators improve to 5-6 on the season while the Nighthawks fall to 6-4.
- Northwest Nazarene played in the NCAA Tournament a season ago, making this the second team the Gators have beaten that have played in the tournament.
- SF State dominated the boards 50-33. The 50 boards grabbed is tied for eighth most in a single game.
- Tierra Snipes lead the Gators with 13 points.
- Taimane Lesa-Hardee stuffed the stat sheet with nine points, a team high nine rebounds, four assists and three steals.
Gators got off to a hot start in the first quarter, playing well both defensively and offensively. SF State dominated the boards 13-7 while stealing the ball three times. Snipes had a pair of put back lay-ups for the Gators and
Jolene Armendariz made all three shots at the line to put the Gators up 19-9 at the end of the quarter.
The offense stalled in the next frame as the team committed eight turnovers. The Nighthawks came back within a possession but a buzzer-beater three from
Samaria Velazquez put the Gators up 28-23 before the end of the half.
Lesa-Hardee had a hand in back-to-back scoring plays that put the Gators back up by double-digits with 4:55 left in the third. Foul calls against the Gators gave the Nighthawks a chance to come back and the Gators' lead was cut to 45-39 at the end of the fourth.
With the lead cut down to two with 2:02 left in fourth, the Gators made crucial plays within the following 20 seconds to give them the cushion they needed for the win.
Talia Garner drove for a lay-up and hit the and-one shot. On the following possession,
Mya Blake stole the ball and lobbed it to Velasquez to go up 54-47. The Nighthawks missed a three and turned the ball over on the next two possessions while the Gators went to the charity stripe and patted their lead.
Gators will have some time-off before returning to conference action at home on December 31st. SF State will host Cal State Monterey Bay for its second match-up of the season for a 1 p.m. showdown. 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 pending platform availability at SFstate_WBB. Tickets are available at
sfstategators.com/tickets.
