ARCATA — Kayla Henry and Katie Franci provided the offense, pacing Humboldt State to a 77-71 win over Cal State Stanislaus in California Collegiate Athletic Association women's basketball action Saturday.

Henry and Franci patrolled the paint for HSU, scoring 24 and 16 points, respectively, helping the Jacks hold off a hard-charging Warriors. The Jacks moved up by as many as 13 points in the second half, but allowed the Warriors to pull within one when Lysandra Williams drove for a basket with four minutes, 10 seconds remaining.

Henry and Franci scored the next eight points for the Jacks to keep Humboldt ahead, and Luiza Osborne and Brittney Taylor added six straight free throws to finish off the game. With win, the Jacks improved to 8-7 overall and drew even at 4-4 in the CCAA while the Warriors fell to 4-10 and 2-6.

Williams paced CSU Stanislaus with 20 points and Shristy Kumar scored 17. Also in double figures was Tiara Dvorek with 13 points.

Starting the game with a different lineup than usual, Humboldt State opened out an 11-2 lead by going inside to Franci and Henry in the post. But the Warriors soon found their footing, three-pointers by Christin Gowan and Dvorak pulling them within four points at 13-9.

HSU stretched the lead to 13 points toward the end of the period, enjoying a 37-24 advantage on Henry's layup with 1:40 left in the half. But Kumar drained a three-pointer and Gowan made a pair of free throws to help the Warriors pull within 37-29 at the break.

Humboldt State goes on the road next week for a pair of CCAA games. The Lumberjacks take on Cal Poly Pomona on Friday and face Cal State San Bernardino on Saturday.


CSU Stanislaus vs Humboldt State
01/19/08 5:30 PM at Arcata, Calif.
At Arcata, Calif.
HUMBOLDT STATE 77, CSU STANISLAUS 71
CSU STANISLAUS (4-10, 2-6 CCAA)
WILLIAMS, Lysandra 9-18 2-5 20; KUMAR, Shristy 6-11 1-1 17; DVORAK, Tiare
5-8 2-4 13; GOWAN, Christin 2-11 2-2 8; BUSI, Katie 3-7 2-2 8; STAMPS, Aleta
1-2 2-2 5; EVERETT, Amanda 0-3 0-0 0; HUGHES, Torrie 0-0 0-0 0; MARSHALL,
Andreanna 0-0 0-0 0; ROWE, Jeanette 0-0 0-0 0; ARENT, Rebecca 0-3 0-0 0.
Totals 26-63 11-16 71.
HUMBOLDT STATE (8-7, 4-4 CCAA)
HENRY, Kayla 12-18 0-0 24; FRANCI, Katie 7-17 2-2 16; PETERSON, Paige 4-7
1-3 10; OSBORNE, Luiza 1-4 7-8 9; ENOS, Jennifer 3-8 0-0 8; KILGORE, Taylor
1-5 2-2 4; TAYLOR, Brittney 0-6 2-4 2; HAAYER, Jessica 0-0 2-2 2; ARGANDA,
Biava 1-2 0-0 2; FELBAB, Melissa 0-0 0-0 0; ALABA, Trisha 0-1 0-0 0;
O'KEEFE, Kristina 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-68 16-21 77.
CSU Stanislaus................   29   42  -   71
Humboldt State................   37   40  -   77
3-point goals--CSU Stanislaus 8-23 (KUMAR, Shristy 4-8; GOWAN, Christin 2-7;
DVORAK, Tiare 1-3; STAMPS, Aleta 1-2; EVERETT, Amanda 0-1; WILLIAMS,
Lysandra 0-2), Humboldt State 3-14 (ENOS, Jennifer 2-7; PETERSON, Paige 1-1;
OSBORNE, Luiza 0-3; KILGORE, Taylor 0-2; TAYLOR, Brittney 0-1). Fouled
out--CSU Stanislaus-BUSI, Katie, Humboldt State-FRANCI, Katie. Rebounds--CSU
Stanislaus 43 (WILLIAMS, Lysandra 10), Humboldt State 38 (FRANCI, Katie 12).
Assists--CSU Stanislaus 13 (WILLIAMS, Lysandra 5), Humboldt State 15
(OSBORNE, Luiza 6). Total fouls--CSU Stanislaus 22, Humboldt State 19.
Technical fouls--CSU Stanislaus-None, Humboldt State-None. A-405