SAN FRANCISCO – Auren Isaacson scored nine points, Amaya Snowden added eight along with 11 rebounds to match her career high, but the Cal State Dominguez Hills women's basketball team opened the 2022 side of their season with a 59-57 defeat to San Francisco State in the Swamp Thursday night.
 
Following a pair of free throws by Isaacson to tie the game at 57 with 38 seconds left, the Gators broke that tie 23 ticks later on an Ashley Hart jumper. The Toros went for the win with a 3-pointer attempt by Hosanna Walker at the top of the key, but the shot missed and went out of bounds to hand the possession to the Gators.
 
For the Toros it was their first game in 26 days, after the last three scheduled conference games were declared no contests by the NCAA and CCAA due to the opposing teams being placed on COVID-19 protocols.
 
Neither side performed well in the shooting category. Both teams made 20 field goals while combining for five 3-point baskets. Dominguez Hills did win the rebounding column 50-40.
 
Asia Jordan also scored eight points while four others dropped in six.
 
The Toros got off to a promising start right from tipoff, building a 9-0 lead 2:30 into the game and force the Gators to burn a timeout. Dominguez Hills stayed up front until SF State tied the game at 33 with 7:30 left in the third quarter, erasing a 13-point deficit.
 
The two sides would change leads three times while tying five up until the final seconds of the game.
 
Dominguez Hills travels south of the 101 Freeway to Seaside to face Cal State Monterey Bay Saturday at 1 p.m. The game will be closed to the public be can be watched on the CCAA Network.