FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Audriana Spencer led the 15th-ranked Wildcats for the second straight night as the Chico State women’s basketball team won the Mt. McKinley Bank North Star Invitational with a 74-65 win over host Alaska-Fairbanks in the championship game.
The win was the fourth straight to open the season for the Wildcats, who begin CCAA play this Wednesday, November 28, at Cal State Stanislaus.
Spencer tallied 18 points in 31 minutes of play tonight, shooting 5-for-11 from the floor, 2-for-5 from three-point range, and 6-for-6 from the free-throw line. Jessica Von Tillow came off the bench for 10 points and three assists in 25 minutes on the court. Christine Vest led the Wildcats with eight rebounds to go with her seven points.
Renee Goldoff, who entered the game averaging 21 points and 11.7 rebounds, only played 11 minutes early in the game. In her brief time on the court she was 3-for-3 from the floor and 4-for-6 from the free throw line for a total of 10 points and four rebounds.
The Wildcats jumped out to an 8-0 start and built an early 23-6 lead, and left the court with a 40-24 halftime advantage. Fairbanks battled back in front of its home crowd and took its first lead of the game, 55-53, with 7:18 remaining in the second half. But the lead was short-lived, as Christine Vest tied the game at 57-57 with a lay up and the Wildcats never trailed the final five minutes of the contest.
Official Basketball Box Score
CSUCW vs Alaska
11/24/07 8:00 P.M. at Mt McKinley Bank North Star Invitat. G4
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VISITORS: CSUCW 4-0
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
03 SMITH-WILLIAMS, Jade * 1-3 0-0 5-8 1 1 2 3 7 3 3 0 0 35
11 SMITH, Natasha...... 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 10
21 RICHARDSON, Melissa. * 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 4 4 2 3 3 3 1 0 22
22 MONTEITH, Amanda.... * 4-6 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 4 8 3 6 0 4 28
24 SPENCER, Audriana... * 5-11 2-5 6-6 3 2 5 2 18 0 2 0 1 31
30 VON TILLOW, Jessica. 5-11 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 5 10 3 1 0 1 25
32 COLLINS, Molly...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
33 GOLDOFF, Renee...... * 3-3 0-0 4-6 0 4 4 1 10 0 4 0 1 11
41 EDWARDS, Cory....... 2-4 0-0 5-6 1 1 2 5 9 0 3 0 0 13
42 VEST, Christine..... 3-7 0-0 1-1 2 6 8 5 7 0 1 0 0 21
TEAM................ 3 4 7 1
Totals.............. 25-51 3-8 21-27 12 27 39 30 74 13 28 1 7 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-30 53.3% 2nd Half: 9-21 42.9% Game: 49.0% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd Half: 1-2 50.0% Game: 37.5% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 15-19 78.9% Game: 77.8% 3
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HOME TEAM: Alaska 1-1
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
03 Reabold,Kari........ * 5-10 0-0 9-14 2 4 6 4 19 3 4 1 1 37
04 Bruketta,Cristina... * 5-14 3-10 0-1 1 2 3 4 13 0 2 0 3 30
11 Simmons,Anna........ 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 9
20 Shumate,Joscelyn.... * 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 11
22 Thigpen,Megan....... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
23 Herrin,Sarah........ * 2-6 0-1 1-4 4 1 5 1 5 1 2 0 1 23
33 Bozek,Nicole........ 0-3 0-0 3-6 4 3 7 4 3 2 2 0 0 20
42 Brown,Sheena........ * 6-16 0-2 3-5 1 0 1 4 15 1 8 0 2 36
44 Black,Lexie......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
45 Francis,Amonda...... 2-6 0-0 3-10 5 2 7 0 7 0 0 2 3 26
53 Erhardt,Nada........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
TEAM................ 4 3 7 2
Totals.............. 21-59 3-13 20-42 22 16 38 23 65 8 22 3 14 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-33 24.2% 2nd Half: 13-26 50.0% Game: 35.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-8 12.5% 2nd Half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 23.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 7-11 63.6% 2nd Half: 13-31 41.9% Game: 47.6% 11,1
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Officials: Stacey Brodzik, Allegro Butler, Eric Johnson
Technical fouls: CSUCW-VON TILLOW, Jessica. Alaska-None.
Attendance: 533
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
CSUCW......................... 40 34 - 74
Alaska........................ 24 41 - 65
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Points in the paint-CSUCW 24,ALASKAW 18. Points off turnovers-CSUCW 23,ALASKAW 24.
2nd chance points-CSUCW 10,ALASKAW 10. Fast break points-CSUCW 0,ALASKAW 0.
Bench points-CSUCW 28,ALASKAW 12. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-2 times.
Last FG-CSUCW 2nd-03:56, ALASKAW 2nd-00:29.
Largest lead-CSUCW by 17 1st-12:38, ALASKAW by 2 2nd-07:18.
