Cal State women drop fifth straight

The struggle continues for the Cal State San Bernardino women as
the Coyotes dropped their fifth straight game, this one to the
visiting Otters 65-58.

``We're lacking some maturity and it is showing,'' Cal State coach
Kevin Becker said. ``We have been struggling with it all year. It's
just been tougher because we're not pulling out the games we were
earlier.''

The Coyotes (7-9, 5-5) went on a 19-0 run that started with the
last 7:05 of the first half. They had their biggest lead of the game
after at 38-23 on a jumper from the corner by Shannon Gholar 1:30
into the seconds half.

But Cal State couldn't hold on. The Otters (9-7, 4-6) rallied back
and led 56-52 on a corner jumper by Helen Suarez with 4:30 to go.

The Coyotes trailed 59-56 but missed their next three shots from
the field and the Otters grabbed the rebound each time. The Otters
hit just 14 of 24 free throws but Suarez hit two to make it 61-56
and Andrews added two with 44 seconds left to put the game ot of
reach.

Krystal Urzua tallied 12 points and seven rebounds while Morgan
Pryor added 11. Lisa Takata had a team-high six assists.

Gholar had eight points and four assists but left the game
with a hyperextended knee with 15:06 left and Cal State up 40-30.