Bulldogs sweep European Tour with 75-53 win over Paris All-Stars

Sunday, August 12

Franconville, France

8:30 a.m. PT

Fresno State

Paris All-Stars (France)

Bulldogs sweep European Tour with 75-53 win over Paris All-Stars

8/11/2018 5:20:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Head Coach Jaime White postgame

Utti leads team with 14 points and seven rebounds.

By: Josh Mitchell / Assistant Director of Communications

FRANCONVILLE, France – With a 75-53 win over Paris All-Stars, the Fresno State women's basketball team closed out its European Tour schedule on Saturday evening with its third win in as many games. Again, it was about balance for the Bulldogs as six players scored at least seven points.

The inside presence of Maddi Utti and Genna Ogier was a key factor in Fresno State's play for the third straight game as the sophomores combined for 23 points and 13 rebounds. Utti posted team highs of 14 points and seven rebounds. Ogier added nine points and six rebounds to go with three steals. Along with Ogier, Kristina Cavey and Breanne Knishka also dropped in nine points. Knshika hit three of the team's seven 3-pointers on the night.

How It Happened
Close midway through the first quarter, Fresno State put on the defensive clamps late in the quarter, the Bulldogs closed the opening 10 minutes on a 14-2 run to take a 23-9 lead. The Bulldogs increased its lead to 19 at halftime with 43-24 through a combined 23 points from Utti (10), Ogier (7) and Knishka (6).

Quotables
Head Coach Jaime White on Saturday's game…
"This was definitely the best team we've played. They had a strategy. I think some of their screens hurt us. We haven't gone against a high screen yet. We had to roll with punches. We tried about five different defense on the high picks.

On what she has learned during the tour…
"The biggest thing is that we can go deep into the bench now and we can transition a little bit better than what I thought we were going to be able to. We have a lot of weapons to press and play uptempo. We have a lot of outside shooting."

Notables
- Maddi Utti reached double figures for the second game during the European Tour, one of three players to do so along with Bree Delaney and Genna Ogier.
- Six players scored at least seven points for the third straight game on the tour.
- Fresno State sank at least seven 3-pointers for the third game in a row.
- Breanne Knishka drained a team-high three 3's.
- The 'Dogs swiped 15 steals, with three players with three each (Candice White, Genna Ogier, Aly Gamez).
- Aly Gamez led the team for the second straight game in assists with five.

European Tour Wrap-Up
- Fresno State sank 26 3-pointers.
- Genna Ogier led the team in scoring with 37 points, followed closely by Maddi Utti at 35.
- Maddi Utti led the team with 28 rebounds.
- Aly Gamez led the team in assists with 16.
- Bree Delaney and Genna Ogier led the team with nine steals.

Up Next
Fresno State opens its regular season on Nov. 6 at Northern Arizona.

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