BOX SCORE:  Sonoma State 46, San Francisco State 37

ROHNERT PARK, Calif-  Defense was the name of the game on Thursday evening as the Sonoma State women's basketball team used a stifling performance to defeat San Francisco State 46-37 in CCAA action at The Wolves' Den in Rohnert Park.  The win is the Seawolves' first home victory of the season as they improve to 5-8, 3-6 CCAA.  The Gators continue their struggles, dropping to 1-12, 1-8 CCAA. 

The Seawolves got out to a slow start, missing their first four shots and turning the ball over six times in the first five minutes while the Gators grabbed a 6-0 lead.  From the moment the Seawolves got their first basket, however, the tone of the game changed completely.

San Francisco State went nearly 12 minutes without a field goal, as the Seawolves went on runs of 16-0 and 20-3.  Their edge held up through the end of the half as the teams entered the locker room with a 24-13 score on the board.

Sonoma's lead would swell to as many as 19 in the second half at 40-21 before the Gators finally showed some life and made things a bit interesting.  A 10-0 run sliced the lead to nine at 40-31 and three minutes later SF State would narrow it to five at 42-37 with 1:19 to go, but that's as close as they'd get. 

Aly Henington paced the Seawolves with 11 points and seven rebounds.  Taylor Vigil and Jaclyn Bisordi each had nine and Aly Conway went for eight rebounds.  The Seawolves shot 37.9% from the field and were 5-of-17 from beyond the arc.  They attempted only four free throws in the game, converting three of them.

The Gators got 13 points from Lauren Varney and nine points from Michaela Booker.  As a team, SF State could only manage a 22.9% shooting percentage and they were just 1-of-10 from three-point territory.

The Seawolves will go for a weekend sweep on Sunday when they face undefeated Cal State Monterey Bay (13-0).