ARCATA — (Jan. 11) Mia Spasowska poured in a career-high 29 points while Katie Wilder dished out a career-high 11 assists, leading the Lumberjack women's basketball team to a 81-68 California Collegiate Athletic Association win over San Francisco State Thursday.

The Lumberjacks improve to 9-3 overall and 4-3 in conference play while the Gators fall to 3-8 overall and 3-3 in the CCAA.

“That was a good win for us over a solid San Francisco State team,” said HSU head coach Joddie Gleason. “They were above us in the conference standings so this was a nice one to even out their record.”

SFSU's Brio Rode sunk a three pointer to open the game, but Spasowska followed that with eight straight points of her own to give the Jacks an 8-3 lead.

The hot shooting continued throughout the first half for Humboldt, led by Spasowska's 14 points and Biava Arganda's 12 points. A 57.7 first-half field goal percentage was aided by a 6-for-10 performance from beyond the arc, led by Taylor Kilgor's three three-pointers.

After leading by as many as 17 points, the Jacks staved off a Gator run to close out the half with a 42-35 advantage.

Throughout the game Humboldt struggled against San Francisco State's full court pressure, committing a season-high 29 turnovers, but the Jacks held their composure down the stretch to hold on the the 13-point victory.

Spasowska added nine rebounds to go along with her career-high point total while Arganda tied her career-high with 18 points. Wilder was one point shy of a double-double, tallying nine points and 11 assists.

The Lumberjacks gave up 17 offensive rebounds to the Gators, but won the battle of the boards 46-32, while also holding SFSU to a 36.8 percentage from the field.

Humboldt will close out its six game homestand on Saturday, hosting CSU Monterey Bay at 5:30 p.m. in the East Gym.
   
San Francisco State vs Humboldt State
1/11/07 5:30 p.m. at Arcata, Calif.
HUMBOLDT STATE 81, SAN FRANCISCO STATE 68
SAN FRANCISCO STATE (3-8, 3-2 CCAA)
CRAIN-WILLIAMS,Shone 6-16 0-1 15; MAYS, Krystal 7-14 1-4 15; RODE, Brio 4-13 0-0 11; HOUT-FREEMAN,Jessica 3-8 0-0 8; GRIMM, Chloe 4-12 0-2 8; AUSTIN-BEAN, Ashley 1-4 2-2 4; OLIVER, Zalisha 1-4 0-0 3; EDINBURGH, Aumomai 1-3 0-0 2; WALDON, Bobbie 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 28-76 3-9 68.
HUMBOLDT STATE (9-3, 4-3 CCAA)
SPASOWSKA, Mia 13-16 3-5 29; ARGANDA, Biava 5-11 6-6 18; KILGORE, Taylor 3-5 0-0 9; WILDER, Katie 2-8 5-6 9; ENOS, Jennifer 2-3 2-2 7; HAAYER, Jessica 0-1 4-4 4; ANDREWS, Haley 1-2 0-0 3; PETERSON, Paige 1-4 0-0 2; O'KEEFE, Kristina 0-1 0-0 0; NELSON, Claudia 0-0 0-1 0; OSBORNE, Luiza 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-51 20-24 81.
San Francisco State...........   35   33  -   68
Humboldt State................   42   39  -   81
3-point goals-San Francisco State 9-27 (RODE, Brio 3-10; CRAIN-WILLIAMS,Shone 3-9; HOUT-FREEMAN,Jessica 2-5; OLIVER, Zalisha 1-1; AUSTIN-BEAN, Ashley 0-2), Humboldt State 7-15 (KILGORE, Taylor 3-4; ARGANDA, Biava 2-4; ENOS, Jennifer 1-2; ANDREWS, Haley 1-1; WILDER, Katie 0-3; SPASOWSKA, Mia 0-1). Fouled out--San Francisco State-MAYS, Krystal, Humboldt State-None. Rebounds-San Francisco State 32 (MAYS, Krystal 7), Humboldt State 46 (SPASOWSKA, Mia 9). Assists-San Francisco State 13 (HOUT-FREEMAN,Jessica 3), Humboldt State 21 (WILDER, Katie 11). Total fouls-San Francisco State 25, Humboldt State 15. A-413

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