LA JOLLA, Calif. - The Cal State Fullerton Titans women's basketball lost 57-45 on Saturday afternoon against UC San Diego at the LionTree Arena.
The Titans fell to 2-12 overall for the season and 0-4 in Big West play. Â
The Titans led by two points at halftime at 30-28. However, they were outscored 29-to-15 in the second half leading to the Tritons victory. Â
Aaliyah Stanton led the Titans with 12 points, her seventh straight game wiith 12 or more points.Â
Eva Levingston picked up her fifth double-double of the season and her fourth straight double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.  The Titans had a poor shooting after going 29.3% from the floor on 17-for-58 shooting while the Tritons shot 45.1%.  The Titans were much better in free throws in the game after going 87.5% from the charity stripe. Â
The Titans had a slow start to the game with the Tritons jumping to an early lead.Â
Aaliyah Stanton kept the Titans close after completing a three-point play to make it an 15-11 game. The Tritons led 17-11 after the first quarter.
The Titans played their best basketball of the game in the second quarter as they outscored the Tritons 19-to-11 for the period.Â
Demonnie Lagway scored all 9 of her points in the period as she gave the Titans their first lead of the day on a corner three-pointer to put the Titans up 25-23. Â
Jana Falsdottir hit a three-pointer with 39 seconds left as the Titans took a 30-28 lead into halftime. Â
The third quarter was a complete reversal of fortune for the Titans as the Tritons outscored the Titans 16-to-6 in the third quarter.  UCSD went on a 11-0 run to start the period as Levington hit the first basket for the Titans in the third quarter with 3:49 left in the period.  Levingston pulled the Titans to back under 10 points with a driving basket with 11 seconds left but couldn't complete the three point play opportunity.  UCSD lead 44-36 after three quarters.Â
It was a defensive battle for most of the fourth quarter as both sides found difficulty trying to score. The Tritons outscored the TItans 13-to-9 in the final quarter with five of those 13 points for UCSD coming on free throws from fouls during the garbage time minutes of the fourth quarter.
The Titans return home on Thursday to host UC Davis before immediately flying out to Hawaii the next day to take on the Rainbow Wahine on Saturday.
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