Box Score
OCEANSIDE, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos women's basketball team rewrote the record books in its 113-49 win over Arizona Christian on Tuesday night at MiraCosta College.
The Cougars set school records for points (113), margin of victory (64), field goals (48), rebounds (70), assists (38) and steals (24) while handing the Firestorm their first loss of the season.
ACU (2-1) was held to 24.6 percent (15-of-61) shooting and forced into 34 turnovers by CSUSM (3-2), the most of any opponent the Cougars have faced.
“I'm honestly really proud of our defense. Our scoring was due to that great defense and handling their pressure,” said CSUSM head coach Sheri Jennum. “That's a lot of points to put on the board. Our focus is to play great defense and then get out and run.”
CSUSM scored the first 10 points of the game before going on a 28-3 run over a 6:59 span to essentially put the game to bed with 4:37 left in the first half.
Sarah Jackson found
Nanice Kollee with five seconds remaining to put the Cougars up 63-22 at the half.
Heather Thompson led the Cougars with a career-high 20 points and 17 boards. She tied the school record for field goals while shooting 77 percent (10-of-13). Seven of her rebounds were on the offensive end and she added five assists, three steals and two blocks.
Michel'la Logan was 6-of-10 for 16 points, while
Anna Nguyen (5-of-7) and
Sherika Miller (6-of-12) registered 13 apiece. Kollee went 5-of-6 for 10 points while adding five assists.
Jackson tallied a team season high with eight assists and six steals, adding 12 points on 6-of-9 shooting.
The Cougars were lethal from three-point range, going 5-of-8 on the night. Nguyen led the team with a trifecta of three pointers, and
Jessica Harris added a pair.
Danielle Cooper totaled 15 rebounds and eight points in the win.
CSUSM faces tougher tests this weekend when they travel to play The Master's College on Friday before hosting Menlo College on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. at MiraCosta College.
“That's going to be a good test for us. It'll be a good test to assess where we are,” said Jennum.