FULLERTON, Calif. - Cal State Fullerton women's basketball fell to Hawai'i 60-54 Saturday night at Titan Gym. With this loss, the Titans are 10-13 and 5-9 in conference play.
Trailing 33-26 at the break, the Titans struggled to fight and secure a comeback win in the second half.
Ashlee Lewis came up big for the Titans in the final quarter, leading the offensive production with six points on 3-of-4 shooting. Lewis also led the team with 12 rebounds against the Rainbow Wahine, eight of which came in the second half.
Gabi finds Ashlee for the layup!#TusksUp pic.twitter.com/jLIMi0MCjh
— Titans Women's Basketball (@FullertonWBB) February 12, 2023
The Titans climbed their way back to even the score four times during the first half of play but headed to the locker room down 33-26 at the break. A free throw by Una Jovanovic gave the Titans their only lead (21-20) of the first half.
Aixchel Hernandez scored 14 points for the Titans on 6-of-10 shooting. Hernandez tied the game for the second time for the Titans with a layup assisted by Fujika Nimmo.
Aixchel ties the game! #TusksUp | @aixchelha pic.twitter.com/pvEGOL8wKg
— Titans Women's Basketball (@FullertonWBB) February 12, 2023
Nimmo started the scoring off for the Titans with a jump shot after falling behind 8-0 at the start of the game. Nimmo led all scorers with 15 points on 5-of-16 shooting. She also was one free-throw short of 100 percent accuracy, making 5-of-6 buckets from the line.
Can't stop Fuji! #TusksUp | @fujika_n pic.twitter.com/UDe4bB74D1
— Titans Women's Basketball (@FullertonWBB) February 12, 2023
Nimmo, who scored her 1,000 career point against UC Riverside on Jan. 5, was gifted a commemorative ball before the game on behalf of the women's basketball program and Titans Athletics.
Before tonight's game, the women's basketball program and Titans Athletics presented @fujika_n with a ball to commemorate her 1,000th career point she scored against UC Riverside on January 5, 2023. #TusksUp pic.twitter.com/c9sNHBAixn
— Titans Women's Basketball (@FullertonWBB) February 12, 2023
The Titans return to action on Wednesday as they face UC San Diego at 7:00 p.m. in Titan Gym.
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