The San Diego State women's basketball team outscored Cal State Fullerton
38-15 in the second half to earn its five-straight win over the Titans,
69-43, Saturday afternoon at Cox Arena.
With the victory, SDSU improved to 3-3 on the season, while CS Fullerton
dropped to 1-6 in 2004-05, following the non-conference contest.
The first half featured eight ties and seven lead changes. Cal State Fullerton
was up by as many as seven points at 15-8 at the 12:50 mark, before SDSU
forward Jordie Smith (Ft. Collins, Colo.) sparked an 11-2 run with seven
points in just under three minutes. Smith, a redshirt freshman, entered
the afternoon with just one point in two career games and finished with
nine points and six rebounds.
The Titans, however, retook the lead at 21-19 and held it until Cheesman
scored five straight points in the final 1:18 to put the Aztecs up, 31-28,
going into the locker room.
SDSU never relinquished the lead, outscoring CS Fullerton 38-15, behind
Casey's 14 second-half points. The Aztecs were up by 20 points at 62-42
with 3:22 left and ended up winning by 26 points, their biggest margin
of the game, 69-43.
The Aztecs logged six of their 10 steals and limited the Titans to a 23.1
shooting percentage from the field in the second half.
Cal State Fullerton was led by Amber Pruitt, who notched a double-double
with 11 points and 10 rebounds in 30 minutes of action.
Cal State Fullerton now takes the holiday break off until the Titans return
to the court on Tuesday
