BELLINGHAM, Wash. - The San Francisco State women's basketball team kept up with #23 Central Washington throughout the first three quarters but fell down the stretch and lost 65-44.
- SF State falls to 2-3 on the season. Central Washington stays perfect at 5-0.
- Athena Brombacher led the Gators with 12 points.
- The Wildcats shooting percentage was nearly twice as much as the Gators as they shot 47.4 percent from the field while the Gators shot 24.5.
- The Gators chances at the line kept them in the game. They finished 13-for-16.
- Asher Cai led all players with 23 points.
After starting the game 6-5, the Gators went cold for the majority of the rest of the first quarter while Central Washington went on a 10-0 run to take a 16-5 lead. Bradley made a pair of free throw shots in the final 30 seconds to cut the lead before the end of the quarter.
Leilani Blecha opened the second quarter with back-to-back threes to get the Gators within a possession. Central Washington responded with a 15-2 run into the media time-out. Down 33-17 with under two minutes in the second quarter, Talia Garner scored a pull-up jumper and Deonna Mayfield made a three-point play. Mayfield had the ball with seconds left in the quarter and launched a buzzer-beater three but was fouled and sent to the free throw line. She made two baskets to cut the score to 33-24.
Gianna Darte launched a deep free to cut a third-quarter lead to 42-35 with three minutes to go. Central Washington closed out the quarter on a 8-2 run to take a 13-point lead heading into the final frame. The Gators' shooing went cold and finished 1-for-12 in the fourth.
SF State plays host school Western Washington on November 29 at 2:30 p.m. Live stats will be available at sfstategators.com.
