BAKERSFIELD, Calif.—CSU Bakersfield (2-1) took a return visit to century city in order to overcome a 11-point first half deficit as the Roadrunners defeated UC Irvine (0-3) 104-92 in women's basketball action Wednesday night at the Icardo Center. CSUB scored 100 points for the second consecutive game.

“We didn't want to give up as many points as we did, but we wanted to keep it up tempo and we wanted to keep the pressure on,” said CSUB head coach Greg McCall.

The Anteaters led 40-29 with 7:46 remaining in the first half before CSUB battled back to take a 52-51 lead into halftime. UC Irvine opened the second half on a 9-0 spurt and led by eight with 17:29 to go in the game. The teams exchanged the leads and were tied with each other five times in the closing frame. With the score tied at 84, the Roadrunners used a 10-2 run to put the game away.

Tyonna Outland (So., Compton, Calif., Lynwood HS) went 10-for-15 from the field to score 23 points and lead CSUB.  Madison McKenney (So., San Juan Capistrano, Calif., Santa Margarita Catholic HS) set a CSU Bakersfield Division I record for highest field goal percentage in a game as the 5-6 guard was 8-for-8 from the field. McKenney was 6-for-6 from three-point range, which is also a new CSUB Division I school record. McKenney ended the night with 22 points. 
 
Dajy Vines (R-Fr., Oxnard, Calif., Santa Clara HS) scored 16 points, made five steals, and had four assists. Kristine Herman (R-Sr., San Ramon, Calif., Florida Gulf Coast) posted 13 points and six rebounds. Lauren Carter (R-Jr., Moorpark, Calif., Moorpark HS) added 11 for the Roadrunners.

CSUB shot 57.6% from the field (38-of-66) and went 14-of-25 from three-point range (56%). UCI made 40-of-78 field goal attempts, a 51.3% clip. Jacquelyn Marshall came off the bench for the Anteaters to score a game high 31 points. Jazmyne White scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. UC Irvine outrebounded the Roadrunners 52-22, but turned the ball over 23 times, compared to 10 for CSUB.

“We knew we had to pressure the ball,” said McCall. “But we had to make an in-game adjustment. We told them in the first half that we wanted to make their team to go to the left because there set plays went to the right. I thought once we were able to do that, we turned the game around.”

CSUB heads to UC Riverside Saturday for a 2 p.m. start.