Long Beach State University Athletics
McCutcheon's Career-Best Leads Beach Past Idaho
2/26/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
49ers Hold On to Defeat Idaho 78-75
LONG BEACH, CA-- Candice Wilson buried two free throws with 7.6 seconds left as Long Beach State (19-6, 13-3 Big West) won its seventh in a row with a 78-75 win over visiting Idaho (16-10, 11-6 Big West). Wilson connected on 1-of-2 free throws with 23.4 seconds left, before Leilani Mitchell's three-point play with 8.6 seconds left made it 76-75. After Wilson's second pair of charity shots, Heather Thoelke missed a three-pointer from the left side with time running out to give The Beach the win. Crystal McCutcheon (Lancaster) scored a career-high 24 points on 8-of-11 shooting for the 49ers, while Emily Faurholt countered with a career-tying 39 points. LBSU shot 49 percent for the contest and 54 percent in the second half, while Idaho countered with a 50 percent clip and 43 shooting percentage in the second half. The 49ers re-took the lead with 6:49 left on two of Petra Gläser's 14 points, as LBSU led 61-60. The Beach would up the lead to 70-62 with 2:27 left as a driving layup by Aisha Hollans (Berkeley), two of her 15 points and nine rebounds, capped a 21-5 run. But Idaho had one more run in them as a Faurholt's three-point play closed the gap to 75-72 with 24.4 seconds left prior to Wilson's free throws. Another Faurholt three, one of five on the night, with 11 and a half minutes left made it 57-49 Idaho prior to LBSU's 11-3 run to take its first lead since early in the first half. Idaho took a three-point lead at the half, holding off a late run by the 49ers to get them back into the contest. After a hot start by the Vandals, the 49ers went on an 18-7 run to end the half to close to within 39-36 on two free throws from Jayme Connors with 1.3 seconds left. LBSU shot 45 percent in the half, compared to a 60 percent clip by UI. A three-pointer by Candice Wilson closed the deficit to 37-32 with 1:20 left after Faurholt and the Vandals went up 32-18 on a Faurholt three-pointer. Faurholt scored 20 of the first 32 Idaho points. Idaho started the game up 19-5 on another Faurholt three with 12:29 left. The 49ers finished with an 11-2 record at The Pyramid, the second-most wins in school-history at the 10-year old building. The 49ers close out the regular season next weekend when they travel to Cal Poly on Thursday and to UC Santa Barbara on Saturday. The Big West Tournament begins March 9. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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