Nov. 17, 2009
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego State women's basketball team jumped out to a 10-point lead early in the first half and never looked back, limiting visiting University of San Diego to only 19 points through the first 25 minutes of the game and going on to claim a 79-52 victory Tuesday evening at Viejas Arena. With the win, the Aztecs (2-0) won their first two games of a season for the third straight year, while the Toreros fell to 1-1 overall.
"I couldn't be more pleased and proud of the aggressiveness and intensity that we approached the game with," said SDSU head coach Beth Burns. "We felt that was the key to our game. We weren't pleased with how we rebounded or our consistency at UC Irvine, and we wanted to tighten things up and get after it. (That) started with (Quenese Davis), who played as good of a floor game as I've ever seen. She was so locked into every facet of the game that her teammates surrounded her and feed off that and fortunately for us, we were able to sustain that all night long."
San Diego State had four players finish in double-figure points, as senior Jené Morris (San Francisco, Calif.) and junior Jessika Bradley (Sacramento, Calif.) both scored 14, and juniors Jerica Williams (San Diego, Calif.), who was a perfect 3-for-3 from beyond the arc, and Allison Duffy (Lakeside, Calif.) contributed 13 points apiece. Bradley added 10 rebounds for her first double-double in an Aztec uniform and junior guard Coco Davis (Sacramento, Calif.) had six of the team's 20 assists on the night.
Aztec senior point guard Quenese Davis (Sacramento, Calif.) recorded five assists and, along with Morris, had four steals on the night to lead the defensive effort.
SDSU never trailed, scoring the first point on a free throw by Coco Davis and logging the first field goal on a Morris triple. The Toreros countered with a jumper by Nya Mason and a bucket by Morgan Henderson, but the Aztecs scored four lay-ups in the paint for an eight-point lead at 12-4.
A Quenese Davis jumper at the 13-minute mark sparked a 7-0 run to put the host up by 13 and would move all the way out to 26 at the half, as San Diego State headed into the locker room on a 15-2 run to make the score 45-19.
The Toreros' offensive continued to struggle out of the break, as it failed to score a point until the 14:43 mark with the Aztecs now up by 34 points. The SDSU lead stayed in the upper 20's to low 30's most of the rest of the way until the final buzzer sounded for the team's 79-52 win.
The Aztecs ended the night shooting 50.9 percent from the field, including a 72.7 mark (8-for-11) from beyond the arc, and outrebounded the Toreros, 39-18.
USD was led by Dominique Conners' 16 points, while Sam Child added 10.
The Aztecs play host to the first-ever JHG Jam on Saturday, as they take on Arizona, beginning at 6:30 p.m. PT at Viejas Arena. The second game of the evening will feature the University of Utah Utes against the UCLA Bruins at 8:30 p.m. Both games will be televised live on The Mtn., with a webcast available on goaztecs.com for the SDSU contest.