COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Titan Women Rally to Edge Fresno State
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Cheryl Hightower, who had returned to the game 18 seconds earlier, hit her only two free throws of the game with five seconds left, giving Cal State Fullerton a 68-67 victory over Fresno State in a Big West Conference women’s basketball game Thursday at Titan Gym.
The Titans trailed, 61-52, with 4 minutes 31 seconds left, before Joey Ray hit a pair of three-pointers and Claudette Jackson scored four points during a 10-1 spurt, which tied the game, 62-62, with 3:04 left.
Ray had 15 for Fullerton (7-7, 2-3), which won its second in a row after a six-game losing streak.
In another Big West Conference women’s basketball game:
Hawaii 95, UC Irvine 55--The Anteaters lost for the sixth consecutive time, despite a career-high 22 points by sophomore guard Karie Yoshioka at the Bren Center.
Irvine (4-11, 0-6) scored the game’s first four points before the No. 17 Rainbows (12-2, 3-2) took the lead for good with a 12-0 spurt.
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