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CSUN Avenges Earlier Loss to Upend Cal Poly
2/13/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. --- The CSUN women's basketball team (16-9, 6-5 Big West) defeated Cal Poly 70-58 Thursday evening in a Big West Conference contest on The Blacktop at The Matadome. Ashlee Guay led the Matadors with 17 points, Cinnamon Lister added 15 and CSUN won its second-straight Big West game to improve to 6-5 in league play.Â
The Matadors entered Thursday's contest looking for a little revenge against a Cal Poly team that won their first meeting this season. CSUN left with its fourth win in its last five games with the Mustangs and its fifth-straight victory at home in the series.Â
CSUN controlled the early part of the contest, building a 38-24 lead at the half. Cal Poly actually led 24-22 with 6:11 to play in the first half after a lay-up from Hannah Gilbert. From there, CSUN went on a 16-0 run to close the first half.Â
Guay had eight points and Katelin King and Lister each had key 3-pointers during that stretch. The Matadors shot 41 percent (16-of-39) and hit five 3-pointers. Cal Poly finished at 34.4 percent (11-of-32) and missed its final eight shots in the frame.
In the second half, CSUN jumped out on a 9-2 run to take a 47-26 lead with about 15 minutes to play. The Matadors took their biggest lead of the game (58-36) on a 3-pointer from Randi Friess at 9:35 in the second half.
Cal Poly fought back and eventually cut the lead to eight with just over two minutes to play. However, CSUN hit its free throws down the stretch and pulled away for the 12-point victory.Â
"I think our focus is getting back to where it needs to be and we are getting back to what has been our identity," CSUN head coach Jason Flowers said. "You can accept the outcome when you get the effort and do things the way they need to be done. Cal Poly is a team that has a lot of tradition recently and they fought back. We were able to finish it out at the end."Â
The Matadors held an 18-0 advantage in fast-break points and connected on nine 3-pointers to just one for the Mustangs. The Matadors' bench also finished with a 22-6 advantage over Cal Poly.Â
Guay added five rebounds, three assists and three steals to her team-high 17 points. She now has 279 career steals, tying her for the sixth-most in Big West Conference history. She also now stands at a school-record 499 career assists.Â
Lister drained three 3-pointers and added three rebounds and two steals in 33 minutes of work. She now has 980 points for her career and has hit 143 3-pointers in 57 games as a Matador.Â
Janae Sharpe totaled 11 points, giving her 1,275 for her career and ranking her sixth in program history. She added six rebounds and three assists in 31 minutes of action.Â
Camille Mahlknecht came off the bench to finish with six points, six rebounds and two blocked shots. She now has 275 career rejections, the fourth-most in Big West Conference history.Â
Jasmine Johnson led the Matadors with nine rebounds and had a steal in 20 minutes of work. King finished with nine points on three 3-pointers and Emily Cole added seven points and a pair of 3-pointers.
Taryn Garza led Cal Poly with 18 points and 16 rebounds. Gilbert also scored 18 points and had three blocks for the Mustangs. Ariana Elegado finished with zero points on 0-for-7 shooting from the field.Â
CSUN held a narrow advantage in rebounding (44-42) and forced 18 Mustang turnovers.Â
The Matadors return to action Saturday, Feb. 14 with a road game at UC Santa Barbara. Tip off from The Thunderdome is slated for 2 p.m.Â