'Dogs rout La Verne 111-56

Thursday, December 12

Fresno, CA

11:00 AM PT

Fresno State

8-3

111

La Verne

6-2

Team	1	2	3	4	F
LAVERNE	17	14	14	11	56
Fresno State	37	29	34	11	111

December 12, 2019: Fresno State women's Basketball against La Verne played an early game for Elementary School Day at the Save Mart Center.

Photo by: Keith Kountz

'Dogs rout La Verne 111-56

12/12/2019 3:16:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score Photo Gallery (Keith Kountz)

By: Josh Mitchell / Assistant Director of Communications

FRESNO, Calif. – With a large contingent of kids in the stands on elementary school day, Fresno State put on a show Thursday afternoon, defeating La Verne 111-56 at Save Mart Center. The 100-point game was the Bulldogs first since scoring 107 against San Jose State on March 7, 2014.

Hanna Cavinder paced the 'Dogs with 26 points on an efficient 11-of-15 shooting to go with a game-high seven assists. Haley Cavinder filled up the sheet with 23 points, eight rebounds, six assists and three steals. Maddi Utti added 18 points and seven rebounds in 19 minutes. In her second start in the three games, Jordanna Porter notched her first career double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds.

How It Happened
Fresno State opened up the game on fire, knocking down nine of their first 11 shots to race out to a 19-11 lead. The Cavinders put together a 9-0 run late in the quarter and Jordanna Porter sank a 3-pointer in the final seconds to push the Bulldogs' lead to 37-17.

Fresno State's lead quickly rose into the 20's early in the second and it hung there throughout the majority of the period. The Bulldogs' advantage ballooned to 35 by the end of the half with a 12-0 spurt to end the period with five 'Dogs scoring three-plus minute stretch. Hanna Cavinder paced the 'Dogs at the break with 21 points in 19 minutes.

The Bulldogs torrid shooting continued into the third quarter as they shot 65.2 percent in the period (15-of-23). The 'Dogs built their lead up to 95-40 less than eight minutes into the second half through a 29-9 stretch. A 3-pointer from Kendyll Kinzer just before buzzer put the 'Dogs at the century mark as they took a 100-55 advantage in the final period.

Team Notes

Fresno State surpassed 100 points for the first time since scoring 107 against San Jose State on March 7, 2014.
Most points scored since Nov. 14, 2010 against Sacramento State (120).
The Bulldogs shot a season-high 59.8 percent from the field (49-of-82).
Fresno State's 29 assists was a season-high and its second time over 20 in the last three games.
Fresno State had five players score in double figures for the second time in the last two weeks.
The Bulldogs outscored La Verne 80-12 in the paint.
Fresno State scored 38 fast break points and 34 points off turnovers.

Player Notes
Hanna Cavinder – 26 points, 7 assists, 3 assists, 3 steals

Season high of 26 points.
Fourth 20-point game this season.
Fourth time leading the team in points and assists this season.
Shot 11-of-15 from the field.

Haley Cavinder – 23 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals

Fourth 20-point game this season.
Tied her career high in rebounds.
Shot 10-of-18 from floor.

Maddi Utti – 18 points, 7 rebounds, 6 steals, 3 assists

Season high of six steals.
Sixth game this season with seven or more rebounds.
Shot 9-of-13 from the field.

Jordanna Porter – 14 points, 11 rebounds 2 assists

First career double-double.
Career high of 11 rebounds.
Second time leading in rebounds this season.
Shot 6-of-8 from the field.

Quotes
Head Coach Jaime White
On Jordanna Porter…
"She played well and she expanded her game, not just in threes but she can get to the rim. We've challenged her with defending and getting those rebounds on the backside so I think she's really taken into that and showed up early and ready to go today."

On the game...
"We knew if we could come out and really have a focus on stopping them defensively because they like to go up and down. You saw how they shot the threes, and so we knew we were going to have to stop that. I felt that if we did that we would get transition, we would get some stuff in the paint and that was obviously where we could score."

On the way her team played…
"I'm proud of the kids, proud of how we shared the ball tonight, proud of running some stuff and fine tuning some things so we can go in and play a good Santa Clara."

On elementary day…
"It was great, that was the first time we had done that. Third, fourth and fifth grade here. Next year we're going to be even bigger. It would be nice to have three, four, and five schools here. We had almost 400 kids from one school alone so I'm really excited about that. Really grateful and it's so fun to see the kids and their excitement, it's so special to us."

Jordanna Porter, Sr., Forward
On the game...
"That's really one of the best games to play when it's up tempo"

On the contrasting styles of play…
"It's good that we just played our game and we didn't run up and down the court with them, and we did more than they did."

On her getting a double-double...
"I couldn't have gotten the double-double without my team, without the pass and without getting the rebounds, I couldn't do it without my team."

Looking ahead…
"We're knowing each other better, our chemistry is getting better. Without our chemistry, knowing what each person can do, and knowing who each person is, knowing our personnel for each person, we wouldn't be as successful as we are."

Up Next
Fresno State will head north to the Bay Area on Dec. 21 to face Santa Clara. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. PT.

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