SAN FRANCISCO — (Feb. 17) In desperate need of a win to keep their West Region tournament hopes alive, Humboldt State's women's basketball team claimed a hard-fought 53-49 victory over San Francisco State Saturday in California Collegiate Athletic Association action.

The Lumberjacks snap a four-game losing streak, improving to 15-8 overall and 10-8 in the CCAA while the Gators fall to 6-17 overall and 6-12 in league play.

The key for Humboldt in the first half was going inside to Mia Spasowska, whose 10 first-half points helped the Jacks to take a 24-22 lead into the break.

In the second half, San Francisco State took a 33-32 lead at the 12:24 mark on a free throw by Krystal Mays.

Wilder led the Jacks in opening up an eight points lead with 8:41 remaining, but was called for a fourth personal foul at the 7:24 mark and was forced to the bench.

“We really needed this one,” said HSU head coach Joddie Gleason. “We could have folded when Katie (Wilder) got into foul trouble, but we called a time out an encouraged and rejuvenated the team to finish it out.”

May's hit back-to-back buckets to give the Gators a one-point lead with three minutes remaining, but Wilder made good on a three point play the old fashion way and she and Spasowska hit free throws down the stretch to hold on for the win.

Wilder finished with 11 points and a team-high nine rebounds while Spasowska had a team-high 15 points.

Humboldt's defense held the Gators to a 27.3 percent effort from the field. May's finished with a game-high 16 points while Brio Rode chipped in 11.

Humboldt returns to the East Gym Thursday and Saturday for this season's final homestand. Cal State Bakersfield will be Thursday's opponent while Cal State L.A. visits Arcata on Saturday. Both games tip-off at 5:30 p.m.

Humboldt State vs San Francisco State
02/17/07 5:30 p.m. at San Francisco, CA (Main Gymnasium)
HUMBOLDT STATE 53, SAN FRANCISCO STATE 49
HUMBOLDT STATE (15-8, 10-8 CCAA)
SPASOWSKA, Mia 6-10 3-7 15; WILDER, Katie 4-7 2-5 11; PETERSON, Paige 3-4 0-0 6; ARGANDA, Biava 2-8 1-2 5; HAAYER, Jessica 2-5 0-0 4; O'KEEFE, Kristina 2-2 0-0 4; KILGORE, Taylor 1-1 0-0 3; NELSON, Claudia 1-3 0-1 2; ANDREWS, Haley 1-3 0-0 2; ENOS, Jennifer 0-5 1-2 1; OSBORNE, Luiza 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-49 7-17 53.
SAN FRANCISCO STATE (6-17, 6-12 CCAA)
MAYS, Krystle 5-14 6-11 16; RODE, Brio 4-11 0-0 11; OLIVER, Zalisha 1-4 7-8 9; CRAIN-WILLIAMS,Shone 1-5 1-2 4; GRIMM, Chloe 1-4 1-2 3; AUSTIN-BEAN, Ashlee 1-5 0-0 2; HOUT-FREEMAN,Jessica 1-4 0-0 2; EDINBURGH, Aumornai 1-4 0-0 2; WALDON, Bobbie 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 15-55 15-23 49.
Humboldt State................   24   29  -   53
San Francisco State...........   22   27  -   49
3-point goals--Humboldt State 2-15 (WILDER, Katie 1-3; KILGORE, Taylor 1-1; ARGANDA, Biava 0-3; HAAYER, Jessica 0-2; ANDREWS, Haley 0-1; ENOS, Jennifer 0-3; OSBORNE, Luiza 0-1; SPASOWSKA, Mia 0-1), San Francisco State 4-14 (RODE, Brio 3-8; CRAIN-WILLIAMS,Shone 1-3; AUSTIN-BEAN, Ashlee 0-1; WALDON, Bobbie 0-2). Fouled out--Humboldt State-None, San Francisco State-None. Rebounds--Humboldt State 42 (WILDER, Katie 9), San Francisco State 40 (MAYS, Krystle 11). Assists--Humboldt State 10 (WILDER, Katie 3), San Francisco State 9 (RODE, Brio 2; GRIMM, Chloe 2). Total fouls--Humboldt State 18, San Francisco State 19. Technical fouls--Humboldt State-None, San Francisco
State-None. A-222

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