SAN FRANCISCO – Donja Payne tied the program record with 23 rebounds and added 20 points as the Cal Poly Pomona women's basketball team continued its winning ways, cruising past San Francisco State on Saturday afternoon, 62-48, at The Swamp in San Francisco.
 
The Broncos (6-1, 3-0 CCAA) have won their first three CCAA games of the season while the Gators fell to 4-4 (1-2 CCAA).
 
Payne single-handedly dominated SFSU, tying her season-high in points while becoming the first CPP women's basketball player since 2004 to record 20+ points and 20+ rebounds in the same game. In 35 minutes of action, she was 6 of 11 shooting and 8 for 10 from the free throw line, grabbing 17 defensive rebounds and six rebounds off the offensive glass, along with one assist and one steal in the contest.
 
Ally Bates chipped in with 11 points, eight rebounds and four assists in the victory, and Alicia Jones turned in a 10-point performance. Kalaya Buggs nearly tallied a double-double herself, scoring nine points and corralling eight rebounds.
 
The Broncos led from start to finish on Saturday, scoring the game's first 13 points and jumping out to a 17-4 lead after one quarter of play. The Gators rallied to pull within six points at 26-20 with 1:46 left before the intermission, but that's as close as they would get the rest of the way.
 
CPP crushed SFSU in the key, outrebounding the hosts 52-26 and outscoring them in the paint 32-14, including 17-3 in second-chance points.
 
Only one Gator scored in double-digits; Mya Blake came off the bench to deliver 22 points on 8 of 19 from the floor (5 of 13 from 3-point range) in 34 minutes of work.
 
Cal Poly Pomona will return home Thursday to host Cal State Dominguez Hills at 5:30 pm. It will also feature a special halftime performance by The ZOOperstars! Click HERE for more information.
 
Bronco Bits

• Head coach Danelle Bishop moves to 352-197 in her 19th season as a head coach, including 214-112 in 12 seasons at Cal Poly Pomona.
• With 23 rebounds, Donja Payne tied former WBCA Division II Player of the Year and three-time All-American Vickie Mitchell for most rebounds in a single game in program history; Mitchell snagged 23 rebounds in a 77-64 win at UC Riverside back on Jan. 12, 1984.
• Donja Payne becomes the first player in the program to score more than 20 points and grab more than 20 rebounds in a single game since Keila Beachem scored 28 points and had 20 rebounds in an 87-84 win over Cal State Bakersfield in the NCAA Division II West Region semifinal on Mar. 13, 2004 in Seattle, Wash.
• Donja Payne recorded her team-leading fourth double-double of the season.
• The Broncos are now 48-11 all-time against San Francisco State, including 18-4 in the Danelle Bishop era.
• It is the fifth time in the last 12 seasons that CPP has started the season at 6-1 or better through the first seven games.
• As a program, Cal Poly Pomona is now 1,027-394 in its 48th season, including 372-204 in away games and 200-103 in the month of December since its inception in 1974-75.
• Milestone Watch: Senior Ally Bates has 962 career points in 103 career games, including 384 points in the Green and Gold.

 
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