Women continue winning ways at Save Mart Center
By NATHAN HATHAWAY
The Fresno State women’s basketball team is on a winning streak.
That’s something the Bulldogs haven’t been able to say since
early January, two games into the Western Athletic Conference schedule.
Since opening the season 10-1, Fresno State has been unable to string
together wins.Until now.
Fresno State’s 71-50 spanking of Boise State on Saturday at the
Save Mart Center gave the Bulldogs their third win in a row and put them
above .500 in conference games (7-6) for the first time since Jan 8. The
win also improved the Bulldogs’ overall record to 15-7 and bumped
them up into fifth place in the WAC.
“The girls are really sharing the ball wel,” interim coach
Adrian Wiggins said. “Our shooting percentage is up. We’re
hitting almost 50 percent from 3-point range as of late. We’re taking
great shots.
“We’ve been getting better over the last few weeks, and I
think tonight is the fruit of that.”
And the Bulldogs are doing it at home.
Before Thursday’s game against Texas-El Paso, Fresno State was riding
a five-game home losing streak that included an 0-4 record against WAC
opponents.
“[The Save Mart Center] is a beautiful facility; it deserves a good
basketball team, and we had not given it that,” Wiggins said. “And
so I’m very proud we’ve given it a good basketball team these
past two nights.”
Fresno State used a 20-5 run and held Boise State (8-14, 3-10 WAC) without
a field goal for more than six and a half minutes midway through the first
half to record the Bulldogs third straight win.
Chantella Perera led all scorers with 19 points. Aritta Lane and Tierre
Wilson scored 13 points apiece and combined to pull down 13 rebounds.
Michelle Hessing led Boise State with 14 points and Tasha Harris scored
12.
Fresno Stat e outrebounded tthe Broncos 40-25 and shot 45 percent from
the field, compared to 36 percent for Boise State
The Bulldogs next take their winning streak on the road to face Tulsa
on Thursday and Rice on Saturday.
Both teams beat the Bulldogs at the Save Mart Center earlier this year.
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