The Lumberjack

Issue date: 2/20/08 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Rose E. Dana A San Francisco State player tries to prevent senior guard Jessica Haayer (left) from making a pass to her teammates.

Media Credit: Rose E. Dana Senior forward Kayla Henry finds herself with a short-range jump shot.

Think Pink! That was the theme of the weekend for the women's basketball
team as they encouraged fans to wear pink on Saturday night in support of
breast cancer awareness. The team even participated in the cause, wearing
pink shoelaces, socks, headbands and warm-up shirts.

Humboldt State blew away Cal. State Monterey Bay on Friday night by 31 points, and
carried the energy over to another victory on Saturday night against San
Francisco State. The impressive weekend for the Lady 'Jacks makes it three wins
in a row, and four of their last six.

Humboldt State goes on the road Friday for back-to-back away games. First they play
4-12 Cal State Stanislaus, and then on Saturday take on Chico State. Chico
State is tied for first place in the division and beat Humboldt State by 22 points
the last time the two teams met. This could be a big game for the team, and
a win against a top ranked opponent on their home court would be
impressive.

The game against San Francisco State on Saturday night started out close. Humboldt State took its first lead when
sophomore Brittany Taylor had a key steal and layup that sparked a 14-3
run. She led all bench scorers with eight points and outscored San Francisco State's entire bench.

Junior guard Jennifer Enos continued her accurate shooting from Friday
night, and made an early three pointer and had two nice moves to the
basket. She scored seven of her 12 points in the first half.

The 'Jacks led 35-23 at the half, and pushed their lead to as many as 14 points.
They shot close to 50 percent in the first half while San Francisco State only shot 26
percent. Though Humboldt State turned the ball over more, San Francisco State could not capitalize on
the mistakes.

Humboldt State continued its aggressive play and up-tempo style in the second half.
SFS would cut the lead to six points with around 10 minutes left at halftime, but a
three pointer by Enos quickly put the 'Jacks back up by nine. With just
under two minutes to play, sophomore guard Taylor Kilgore hit a three pointer
that put the 'Jacks up by 13 and the game out of reach for the Gators.

San Francisco State's Krystle Mays and Brio Rode tied to lead all scores with 18 points.
Mays added 14 rebounds giving her a double-double on the night. Junior forward Katie Franci led Humboldt State and had a double-double of her own, with 13
points and 12 rebounds.

Humboldt State moves into fifth place in the California Collegiate Athletic Association
and are 13-10 overall. They have a total of four games left this season and
their next home game is on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 5:30 p.m. in the East Gym.

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