Box Score

The Sunbirds bounced back from an exhibition loss on Tuesday to Fresno State at the Save Mart Center with a 91-83 win over Cal State San Marcos.

Fresno Pacific shot just under 48-percent from the field in the game including 38-percent from long range.

Charde Stevens and Keairra White both put up plus 20 point performances in the win and Stevens added six rebounds. Junior Guard Jenay Herring flirted with a double-double and finished with 15 points and nine assists.

"We had some better execution tonight both on the offensive and defensive ends," said head coach Erin Scholz. "Everything was a little bit better. There are still a lot of things for us to work on."

The Cougars were led by forward Danielle Cooper who was a monster on the inside with 33 points and 18 rebounds.

Guard Keri Stephanoff was caught up with Cooper underneath the basket midway through the first half and was forced out of the game with a cut over her right eye, she would return briefly before leaving the game for good.

The Sunbirds went back and forth with Cal State San Marcos early on as the Sunbirds were unable to stop Cooper in the paint. But 18 first half turnovers by the Cougars gave Fresno Pacific a seven point lead at the break. 

Out of the half the Sunbirds were able to continue to create turnovers on the Cougars which led to some easy point on the other end. Fresno Pacific jumped out to as much as a 12 point lead late in the second half.

"It is about pushing through and testing your limits. For our girls to get to that point and go one more minute is going to be big going forward, and it is where we need to get too," said Scholz.