Colorado State University Athletics
Women's Basketball Rolls In First Exhibition Game
11/5/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
The Colorado State Women?s basketball team kicked off their 2004-05 campaign in convincing fashion Friday night by knocking off Western State College 89-39.
The game was the first of two exhibition contests for the Rams before they open the regular season versus San Francisco on November 19.
The Rams had five players score in double figures, led by 21 points from Melissa Dennett who shot 9 for 9 from the field and 3 for 3 from the free throw line. Also stepping up big for the Rams was freshmen Sara Hunter. The Fort Collins native recorded 16 points, including 3 for 3 from behind the arc in her first game as a Ram. Juniors Msur Tor-Agbidye and Lindsay Thomas each contributed 10 points as did sophomore Marilyn Moulton.
The Rams bench also stepped up big tonight, putting up 43 of the team?s 89 total points.
The Rams used a number of significant runs in the first half to take a lead of 45-12 into the half.
The Rams went on an 8-0 run midway through the first half to take a 19-7 lead on a tip-in by Tor-Agbidye and the team never looked back. The team went on 20-0 run from the 8:45 mark to the 1:44 mark in the first half to pull away from the Mountaineers.
Western State committed 22 turnovers in the first half which also allowed the Rams to build a significant cushion heading into the half.
The second half was much of the same for the Rams. The team outscored Western State 44-27 in the second half to come away victorious. Colorado State used a 15-2 run in late in the game to put things away for good.
The difference tonight was points down low. The Rams posted 52 points in the paint compared to just 14 by Western State.
Colorado State Head Coach Chris Denker was pleased with his team?s performance tonight.
?We came out real assertive and real aggressive. Our bench was really solid which lends to the depth of the team,? said Denker.
The Rams will return to action on November 13 when they take on UCCS at Moby Arena, the game is set for a 7 p.m. tip-off.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS Western State College vs Colorado State 11-05-04 7:05 p.m. at Fort Collins, Colo. (Moby Arena) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Western State College 0-1 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 23 Stephanie Coleman... f 3-7 0-0 3-4 2 1 3 3 9 0 1 0 3 29 33 Taryn Brennan....... f 2-5 0-1 4-9 1 4 5 3 8 1 5 1 0 24 30 Holly Braasch....... c 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 3 2 4 3 0 2 24 03 Ashley Braasch...... g 3-8 3-5 0-0 1 2 3 2 9 1 3 0 0 27 43 Audra Lawson........ g 2-4 0-1 1-2 1 2 3 3 5 0 1 0 2 18 11 Kara West........... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 7 14 Breanna Bardarson... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 Liz Davies.......... 0-6 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 20 22 Sarai Martinez...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 8 24 Missouri Ann Donnell 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 13 45 Meghan McKinney..... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 16 50 Tina Streff......... 1-3 0-0 4-6 0 0 0 1 6 1 2 1 2 11 TEAM................ 5 Totals.............. 11-38 3-9 14-23 7 13 20 24 39 9 34 2 10 199 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 5-19 26.3% 2nd Half: 6-19 31.6% Game: 28.9% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 33.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 13-19 68.4% Game: 60.9% 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Colorado State 1-0 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 20 NOHR, Molly......... f 1-2 0-0 2-2 0 3 3 4 4 2 1 0 1 14 43 TOR-AGBIDYE, Msur... f 4-9 0-0 2-2 4 5 9 1 10 1 4 3 1 18 51 MOULTON, Marilyn.... c 4-4 0-0 2-2 2 1 3 4 10 1 2 0 1 17 04 HUNTER, Sara........ g 6-8 3-3 1-4 0 2 2 1 16 3 2 0 2 21 05 ESPINOZA, Vanessa... g 2-8 2-4 0-2 0 2 2 1 6 1 4 0 6 24 11 PRICE, Sydney....... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 SQUARE, Justine..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 15 KRAMER, Liz......... 1-4 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 19 21 WALSETH, Annika..... 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 0 2 5 1 1 0 14 31 O'DWYER, Kylee...... 2-4 0-0 4-4 0 2 2 1 8 4 3 0 1 27 32 DENNETT, Melissa.... 9-9 0-0 3-3 4 4 8 1 21 3 3 0 0 20 45 THOMAS, Lindsay..... 4-6 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 2 10 0 1 0 3 21 TEAM................ 2 2 4 Totals.............. 34-57 5-10 16-22 14 26 40 19 89 23 24 4 16 201 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 18-31 58.1% 2nd Half: 16-26 61.5% Game: 59.6% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd Half: 1-3 33.3% Game: 50.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd Half: 11-13 84.6% Game: 72.7% 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: John Haefeli, Michaela Fox, Donovan Briggans Technical fouls: Western State College-None. Colorado State-None. Attendance: 1404 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Western State College......... 12 27 - 39 Colorado State................ 45 44 - 89 Points in the paint-WSCW 14,CS 52. Points off turnovers-WSCW 15,CS 37. 2nd chance points-WSCW 3,CS 16. Fast break points-WSCW 0,CS 12. Bench points-WSCW 6,CS 43. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-2 times. Last FG-WSCW 2nd-05:24, CS 2nd-00:04.
