February 23, 2007
Courtesy Cal State San Bernardino Sports Information Office
Box Score
SAN BERNARDINO -- Cal State Dominguez Hills, playing like a team that wants to regain a spot among the West Region's top eight teams, avenged a first-round CCAA loss to Cal State San Bernardino with a 56-38 victory Friday night over the Coyotes before 233 fans in Coussoulis Arena.
The victory improved the Toros, ranked No. 9 in the region, to 13-10 overall and 10-9 in the CCAA while the Coyotes, ranked No. 7, slipped to 16-8 overall and 12-7 in conference.
The Toros play at Cal Poly Pomona at 5:30 p.m. Saturday while the Coyotes will host CCAA leader UC San Diego, ranked No. 1 in the West Region, also at 5:30 p.m.
Brigayle Iglehart was the thorn in the side for the Coyotes as she accounted for a game-high 21 points to go with four rebounds, four steals and three assists in 33 minutes of play. Alana Bailey had nine points, eight rebounds and three steals while Michelle Kribell and Jessica Liang each had nine points. All of Liang's points came from three-point range.
Coyotes junior Vanessa Wilt had a team-high 11 points and a team-high seven rebounds. A 60 percent shooter, Wilt was just five of 13 from the floor thanks to a collapsing Toros defense. Krystal Urzua had 10 points and three assists but was just four of 15 from the field for CSUSB.
The Toros led 24-15 at the break and shot 44 percent in the second half (11 of 25) to finish at 40 percent for the game. They hit six of 13 from the three (46 percent) and 10 of 14 from the foul line (71 percent).
The Coyotes, shooting 42 percent for the season from the field, were held to just 27 percent (15 of 55) by the aggressive Toros defense that denied the inside to Wilt and the outside to everyone but Urzua. CSUSB was just four of 17 from three-point range (23 percent) -- two each by Urzua and Rachel Johnson.
The Toros forced 23 Coyotes turnovers in the game.
The game was tied 7-7 with 13:54 left in the first half and both teams went nearly five minutes without scoring. Wilt broke the spell with a layup for a 9-7 Coyotes lead with 8:59 left in the half but the Toros outscored CSUSB 12-4 over the next four minutes to take a 19-13 lead.
Iglehart's layup early in the second half put the Toros up 33-17 and the lead became 22 points at 42-20 on a pair of free throws by Kribell with 10:55 to go in the game.
Dominguez Hills led by 22 points again at 52-30 on a three-pointer by Kribell with 4:41 left and both coaches substituted freely after that.
