RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos women's basketball dropped its 2017-18 season opener, 80-63, in the CBU Conference Challenge to host California Baptist on Saturday. It was the inaugural game in the CBU Event Center and the Lancers had more than 1,000 fans including their band.
 
"Obviously, this wasn't the outcome we wanted and I didn't think we earned the right to win the game," said head coach Renee Jimenez. "We did not play our best basketball and were a little rattled to start the game which took us out of any offensive rhythm. We have to be better tomorrow on both ends of the court."
 
Senior Savannah Camp was  CSUSM's top scorer with 23 points, going 7-of-16 from the field. Junior Baylee Olsen and sophomore Stephanie Custodio each chipped in 12 points. Senior forward Monica Friedl pulled down seven rebounds in addition to her six points.

CSUSM trailed 21-7 after the opening quarter but a 19-12 second quarter closed the gap to 33-26 at the halftime break. Olsen dropped four 3-pointers in the first half as CSUSM shot 31.3 percent from behind the arc while keeping the Lancers to a 14.3 (2-of-14) percentage.
 
A 3-pointer by sophomore Juliet Jones cut the CBU lead to 39-34 but an 8-2 Lancer run put the gap back into double-digits.  CBU shot 52.7 percent from the field in the second half to clinch the win.
 
CBU's Ane Olaeta Larrauri led all scorers with 24 points while Tori Mitchell narrowly missed out on a double-double, finishing with nine points and a game-high 12 rebounds.
 
The Cougars are back in action on Saturday, Nov. 11 against Simon Fraser at 5 p.m.