POMONA – Donja Payne led all players with 20 points and 10 rebounds as the Cal Poly Pomona women's basketball team jumped out to a 19-0 lead early and never looked back, crusing to a 67-38 victory over visiting Cal State San Bernardino Saturday afternoon at Kellogg Arena in Pomona.
 
With the victory, the Broncos improved to 4-1 overall and opened the CCAA season at 1-0. The win also gave head coach Danelle Bishop her 350^th victory has a head coach at the NCAA Division II level. The Coyotes fell to 4-2 (0-1 CCAA).
 
It was all Broncos early and often as CPP scored the first 19 points of the game before the Coyotes' Mia Dufresne put two points on the scoreboard with a layup at the 3:16 mark of the first quarter. It would be the only bucket by CSUSB in the opening quarter as the frame ended with CPP holding a 26-2 lead.
 
The lead jumped to 26 early in the second half (30-4) before earning the eventual 29-point win, the largest margin of victory since an 85-56 win over Chico State on Dec. 29, 2018.
 
Payne scored 20 points on 9 of 15 shooting while Ally Bates added 14 points with seven rebounds and six assists. Chynna Cochran came off the bench to score 13 points for the hosts. As a team, CPP was 28 of 68 from the floor (41.2 percent).
 
Cal State San Bernardino was held to just 29.4 percent on 15 of 51 shooting. Samantha Henley and Olivia Lee led the Coyotes with eight points each.
 
Cal Poly Pomona will head to the Bay Area next week for two games, beginning with a Thursday night contest at Cal State Monterey Bay. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 pm.

Bronco Bits

• Head coach Danelle Bishop moves to 350-197 in her 19th season as a head coach, including 212-112 in 12 seasons at Cal Poly Pomona.
• The Broncos have now won 12 consecutive games against Cal State San Bernardino dating back to the 2015-16 season, rising to 50-15 all-time vs the Coyotes.
• It is the 57^th time in program history that CPP has held an opponent to under 40 points in a game, and the ninth time in the Danelle Bishop era (first since Jan. 20, 2018).
• The Broncos are now 46-8 in games decided by 20 or more points during the Danelle Bishop era.
• Donja Payne recorded her team-leading third double-double of the season.
• It is the fourth time in the last 12 seasons that CPP has started the season at 4-1.
• As a program, Cal Poly Pomona is now 1,025-394 in its 48th season, including 542-127 in home games and 129-54 in the month of November since its inception in 1974-75.
• CPP is now 39-7 in conference openers, including 12-2 the last 14 seasons.
• Milestone Watch: Senior Ally Bates has 934 career points in 101 career games, including 356 points in the Green and Gold.

 
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