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Toros Pick Up First CCAA Win After 80-77 Decision at Cal State L.A.

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LOS ANGELES -- True freshman Monay Lee led Cal State Dominguez Hills with 19 points and 11 rebounds as the Toros avenged an earlier season loss to their cross-town rival in an offensive 80-77 win over the Golden Eagles to snap a 3-game skid.

The Toros used a huge 52-36 rebounding edge to pick up their first CCAA win of the year to improve to 2-6, 1-3 CCAA, while CSULA fell to 5-2, 2-2 CCAA.

Cal State L.A. allowed the first seven points of the game and trailed, 13-6, before finally stirring. Consecutive baskets by three Golden Eagles sliced the lead to one point and the hosts eventually y took their first lead at 20-19 after a basket by Samantha Hansen. That started a 10-0 run that included a layup by Melville and two straight 3-pointers by Williams and gave the Golden Eagles their biggest lead at 28-19.
 
Cal State Dominguez Hills, though, used a late 16-0 run to erase a 36-28 deficit and take a 42-36 lead, entering the break up three at 42-39.
 
The Toros then scored the first 10 points of the second half to take a 52-39 lead. The lead grew to 19 points, 70-51, with 9:20 remaining following a 3-pointer by Denisha Lundy.
 
Cal State L.A. still trailed by 11 points, 76-65, with 3:10 to go until making one final push. A layup, a pair of free throws and back-to-back 3-pointers made it 76-75 with 49 seconds left, but Lee hit a pair of free throws to push the lead back to three points, 78-75.

After a quick CSULA bucket, Lundy hit two more free throws with 18 seconds left for the final points of the game.

Lee had 19 points and 11 rebounds for Cal State Dominguez Hills, which snapped a five-game losing streak to Cal State L.A. 

Lundy and Julia Poecksteiner had 17 points each and Breanne Garcia had 11 points. Joi Bertand had the defensive play of the game for the Toros, tipping a 3-point attempt by Williams in the final seconds. Lee grabbed the rebound and the Toros ran out the remaining time on the clock.
 
Cal State L.A. shot 43.7 percent for the game (31-of-71), but made only five of 23 attempts from behind the 3-point arc (21.7 percent), while the visitors shot 40.6 percent (26-of-64) and knocked down nine of its 21 attempts from 3-point range (42.9 percent).

The Golden Eagles were 10-of-15 from the free-throw line, while the Toros were 19-of-29.

The Toros will next see action in 2013, hosting Cal State Monterey Bay and Cal State East Bay for the first league weekend of the new calendar year.  All contests can be seen live on the Toro Sports Network at www.GoToros.com/live.
 

 
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