NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The Chicago State women's basketball team (4-16, 3-8 WAC) dropped its matchup with Stephen F. Austin, 84-55, Thursday in a road battle.
Quentarra Mitchell and Allysah Boothe each piled up 12 points, while Aaliyah Collins scored five points and dropped in six assists. Christina Britter added eight points and five boards.
On the evening, CSU turned the ball over 27 times.
The Lumberjacks scored the first five points before CSU racked up a scoring spurt keyed by Kyjai Miles and a Boothe three. Mitchell then heated up with a few jumpers, and the Cougars pulled to within 15-13 at the 2:30 mark. A Laura Segues trey and a slew of SFA buckets led to a 24-16 Lumberjack lead after one.
In quarter two, SFA began to pull away. Britter opened the quarter with a CSU layup, but then the Lumberjacks went on a 9-0 run to take a 33-18 lead. The lead ballooned to 20, at 42-22, by halftime, as both Aiyana Johnson and Stephanie Visscher powered the SFA attack.
Miles and Mitchell led the CSU attack from the inside as the third started, while Boothe nailed another three at the 5:04 mark. But SFA held firm, stifling the Cougars en route to a 55-39 lead through three.
In the fourth quarter, the Lumberjacks held firm, ballooning their lead to 77-44 by the 3:45 mark on a Brionna Scott three. Boothe and Taylor Norris scored for the Cougars down the stretch, who eventually fell, 84-55.
The Cougars' Texas two-step continues Saturday at 3:00 p.m. as the Cougars face Sam Houston for the first time in program history. Chicago State then returns home to face Stephen F. Austin again on Wednesday, Feb. 16 at 6:00 p.m.
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Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year.
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