FRESNO, Calif. – The San Diego State women’s basketball team (7-3, 1-0) won at Fresno State (6-6, 0-1) 63-53 in their Mountain West opener Wednesday evening. The Aztecs held the Bulldogs to 29% shooting from the floor and had four players score in double-digits, led by Naomi Panganiban’s 15 points.
“We didn’t play our best game, but I’m happy we were able to pull out a win,” Head coach Stacie Terry-Hutson said after the game. “We are playing well defensively and doing a good job following the scout, but now we’ve got to make a jump defensively.”
Panganiban was 6-for-10 from the floor and scored 11 of her team-high 15 points in the first half. She has led the Aztecs in scoring in each of the last three games, averaging 16.7 points per game over that span.
Nat Martinez finished with 12 points, CJ Latta had a season-high 11 points and was 3-for-3 from three and Nala Williams chipped in 10.
A 12-2 run gave the Aztecs an early lead and they had just one turnover in the first quarter while holding the Bulldogs without a field goal from a six-plus minute stretch.
Their lead ballooned to double-digits at the half after holding Fresno State to another cold stretch where they finished the second quarter 1-for-10.
The lead would grow as big as 17 points before a Fresno State run cut their lead to 59-53, but SDSU scored the final four points to win by 10.
SDSU outscored the Bulldogs 26-18 in the paint.
STAT OF THE GAME
The Aztecs shot 41% from three (7-for-17).
THE NOTE
SDSU has won their last seven meetings with Fresno State.
UP NEXT
The Aztecs host Boise State Saturday at 1 p.m.