LOGAN, Utah - San Francisco State women's basketball team kicked off its season with an Exhibition game against Utah State at Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. The Gators played a close first quarter but ultimately fell 71-40.
- The Gators started Gianna Darté, Geriah Bradley, Malea Scobie, Anyce Jefferson and Athena Brombacher.
- Brombacher led the Gators with 11 points.
- SF State finished with 35 turnovers and 25 personal fouls
- The Gators had nine steals while Utah State had 17.
- Aaliyah Gayles led Utah State with 16 points.
Darté scored the first basket for the Gators with a three-pointer at 7:14 in the first quarter. Despite six turnovers in the first quarter, the Gators kept things close. Brombacher was 3-for-3 with six points and Scobie scored on a lay-up to tie things up at 13-13 with a little over thirty seconds to go. Aaliyah Gayles' three-point basket near the end of the quarter put Utah State up by one possession.
Utah State used a 12-2 run to start to pull away from the Gators in the second quarter and go into the locker room up 34-22. The Utah used a huge third quarter where they outscored the Gators 20-3 to take control of the game the rest of the way.
SF State will have one more exhibition game on November 9. They'll stay closer to home and play at Saint Mary's at 2 pm. Live stats will be available at sfstategators.com and fans can stream the match live on FloCollege.
