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Toros Give No. 13 Chico State a Handful in 70-63 Loss

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CARSON -- Junior Jamie Robinson boasted game highs in points and rebounds, but 13th-ranked Chico State held off a game Cal State Dominguez Hills squad in tonight's 70-63 decision after the Toros crept to within two points with 1:17 left in regulation.

The loss snaps the Toros' two-game winning streak in moving them to 5-9, 4-7 CCAA, while CSUC improves to a league best 9-1 mark, and 13-1 overall.

The Wildcats played up to their No. 13 ranking, storming out to an 8-0 lead to open the game.  A Monay Lee old-fashioned 3-pointer gave the Toros their first points of the game with nearly five minutes elapsed in the first half, spurring a charge that saw the Toros take a 13-12 lead on a Denisha Lundy triple at the 11:12 mark.

The Wildcats, however, answered in a big way, out-scoring the Toros 23-9 to take control of the game and a 36-21 lead entering the half as CSUDH shot jut 23% from the floor compared to 39% for the visitors.

The second half, however, saw a different Toro team take the "Dave Yanai Court." 

Led by Robinson, CSUDH cut its deficit to 38-28 at the 17:19 mark, and to 40-33 four minutes later, both hoops courtesy of game's leading scorer.

Chico State withstood that run to push its lead back to double-figures on a McKenzie Dalthorp jumper, but an aggressive Toro offense, and Monay Lee's free throw shooting, brought the Toros to within 53-51 at the 6:38 mark, the closest CSUDH came to sniffing the lead since the opening tip.

A triple by Denisha Lundy at 2:24 with the Wildcats leading by four gave CSUDH its best chance at a lead, with a Robinson jumper 30 seconds later duplicating the one-point deficit at 63-62.

CSUS, however, wouldn't break, out-scoring the hosts 7-1 the rest of the way in the 70-63 win.

Poecksteiner added 16 points and 5 steals in the loss, with Lee chipping in 11 points and 3 boards.

Facing her former team, head coach Molly Goodenbour's young squad showed the heart that helped make Goodenbour's Wildcats the CCAA Champions in 2007-08 en route to earning CCAA Coach of the Year honors.

"Brian (Chico's head coach) and I are good friends.  He's a great coach and we run a lot of the same stuff," begins Goodenbour.  "It was good to see a lot of familiar faces as I have a lot of good memories from Chico.  That part was fun, but when we start competing, we want to beat them just like we want to beat everybody."

CSUDH will continue its homestand next weekend, taking on Cal Poly Pomona on Friday.  The game will be streamed live on the Toro Sports Network.
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