Titans Fall to The Beach 69-62 at Titan Gym

Titans Fall to The Beach 69-62 at Titan Gym

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FULLERTON, Calif. – The Cal State Fullerton women's basketball team lost to Long Beach State 69-62 on Saturday night at Titan Gym behind a team-high 17 points from Lauren Spargo and 16 points from point guard Hallie Meneses.

The two Long Beach State seniors were aggressive all night, as Spargo hit 7-of-16 from the field and 3-of-11 from behind the three-point line in her 34 minutes on the floor.  Meneses quietly poured in 16 points on 4-of-11 from the field and 4-of-10 from behind the arc, but was instrumental in setting up open Beach players throughout the game tallying five assists on the night.

Turnovers plagued the Titans in the opening 5 minutes of the game, giving the ball to Long Beach State five times.  Fullerton was held scoreless through the first three minutes of the game largely because of the four-straight turnovers to start the contest.  The Titan defense came up with stops to temper the early struggles, however, only allowing LBSU to take a 4-0 lead during the opening minutes of the game. 

Fullerton shot 38 percent (11-of-29 FG) from the field in the half, including 5-of-15 (33 percent) from deep.  Statisically, CSF held the advantage over Long Beach in the opening 20 minutes of play, winning the battles for rebounds 19-16, points in the paint 12-4, and bench scoring 12-2.

Long Beach State shot 40 percent (10-of-25) from the field and 33 percent (6-of-18) from behind the arc.  The Beach were able to put up 13 points off of 10 Titan turnovers in the first half which powered them to a 32-28 lead at the half.

Chante Miles and Samantha Logan led the Titans into the break with eight points each. Spargo, Chantel Dooley and Cecily Wilson all took eight points with them into halftime to lead The Beach on the offensive end.

After trading baskets for the opening five minutes of the game, Long Beach State caught fire during a three-minute stretch with 15 minutes left to play.  After a made free throw from Miles fell through to close the Titan deficit to 34-37, Wilson and Meneses went on a tear to lead LBSU on a 10-0 run that the Titans could never recover from.

The Titans made shots down the stretch to make the game interesting as Tailer Butler nailed a three-pointer with 1:21 left in the game to pull CSF within five points at 58-63, but Anna Kim drained four-straight from the charity stripe to seal the victory.

Miles led the charge for the Titans once again on Saturday, pouring in 19 points (7-of-16 FG), dishing out four assists and pulling down three rebounds.  The senior reached another milestone in her Titan career, passing Charlee Underwood (1,382 points) on the all-time Fullerton scoring list midway through the second half.  Miles now has 1,384 points in her four-year Titan career.

Logan was a spark off the bench for the Titans against Long Beach State, scoring a season-high 17 points on 6-of-12 from the field.  The sophomore also set a new season-high in the game on Saturday by hitting five three-pointers in nine attempts.

The Titans drop to 10-17 overall on the season and 4-10 in the Big West Conference.  Long Beach State ends a three-game losing streak to improve to 21-7 overall and 8-6 in the tight Big West Conference standings.

The Titans will end their three-game home stand on Thursday as they welcome UC Irvine to Titan Gym for Fullerton senior night.  The Cal State Fullerton women's basketball program will be honoring four student-athletes Thursday night, Chante Miles, Tailer Butler, Kathleen Iwuoha and Natalie Williams will all be playing their last regular season home games at Titan Gym.

Notes: Cal State Fullerton is now 35-66 all-time against Long Beach State…The Titans had a season-high 21 offensive rebounds in the game on Saturday night at Titan Gym…CSF won the bench scoring battle 27-10 tonight, just one game after being out scored 30-0 by CSUN's bench…Chante Miles is now just 16 points away from Meg Gallagher (1,421 points) to move into eighth place on the all-time Titan scoring list…Kat Iwuoha was three points away from her team-high eighth double double of the season, and also missed extending her double figures scoring streak to 10-straight games…With 13 rebounds on the night, Iwuoha also moved past Erin Whiteside and and Nancy Dunkle for fourth place on the Titan career rebounding list...Tonight was rally buff giveaway night at Titan Gym for all in attendance...Miles extended her career-high streak of scoring in double figures to 25-straight games.

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