BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Cal State Fullerton Titans women's basketball team won their second consecutive game in overtime after defeating the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners 92-87 in double OT on Saturday afternoon at the Icardo Center.
The Titans improved to 14-9 overall and 10-3 in conference play. The 10 conference wins are most the conference wins the Titans have had since the 1990/91 season. Â
Cristina Jones followed up on a huge game on Thursday at Riverside with an even bigger game on Saturday.  Jones became the fifth Titan in program history to post a 20/20 stat line after scoring a career high 35 points, hauling down a career high 20 rebounds, and also recording three assists. She also played all 50 minutes for the game.
The Titans had four figures in double digits scoring. Â
Talia Maxwell had her second career double-double after scoring 17 points and hauling down 10 rebounds. Â
Maddy Tauro had 13 points and
Dylan Swindle had 12 points.The Titans shot 41.2 (28-for-68) from the free throw line.  They outrebounded the Roadrunners 47-to-42 for the game.  They went to the charity stripe 48 times where they shot 70.8% (34-for-48) from the floor. The 48 FT attempts surpassed the most FT attempts in program history (46 vs ASU on 2/18/84) and the 34 free throws made were the most in program history (32 three times, last vs UCI on 3/10/2010).
The game was a completely even affair as the Titans outscored the Roadrunners by one point in the first two quarters and Roadrunners outscored the Titans by one point in final two quarters of regulation.
The Titans jumped to a big 15-2 lead to start the game in the first quarter.
However, the script turned midway through the first quarter as the Roadrunners went on a 18-6 run to finish the quarter just behind the Titans.
The momentum carried on for the Bakersfield early in the second quarter as they led by four points. Â However, the Titans did a good job of hanging within a single possession for the quarter as both sides traded the lead. Â The Titans went into halftime ahead by two points after
Mimi Moon made a layup and the free throw with one second left in the quarter.
Things remained closely knotted up in the third quarter as the Roadrunners outscored the Titans 20-to-19 in the third.
In the fourth quarter the Titans led by 5 points midway through the quarter before the foul game began to haunt both sides.
The Titans led by five points (72-67) with 2:01 left in regulation.
 However, the Roadrunners kept chipping away and getting defensive stops and eventually cut the lead.  The Titans didn't score on their final few possessions and the Roadrunners tied things up with 22 seconds left after Chrishawn Coleman went 1-for-2 from the charity stripe.  The Titans ran a play for
Talia Maxwell at the end of regulation but her shot bounced in and out of the rim to send the game to overtime.
In overtime, it became a war of survival as both sides had multiple players with four fouls. Â Despite two of the Roadrunners fouling out early in OT, the Roadrunners led late in the OT period. Â The Roadrunners missed a layup that could've sealed the game with :08 seconds left but they they got the offensive rebound and went 1-for-2 from the line to give the Titans hope with the score 81-to-79 in favor of CSUB. Â In the Titans final play of OT,
Dylan Swindle was fouled and she calmly drilled both free throws to tie the game at 81-81 with 4 seconds left.
In the second overtime period, the Roadrunners top scorer Chrishawn Coleman fouled out at the beginning of the period after attempting a steal. Â The Titans took a 3-point lead after
Dylan Swindle hit a three pointer to give them an 85-82 lead.Â
The Titans led by five points midway though the second overtime period and were in control of the game. Â The Roadrunners made things interesting after cutting the lead to two points at 89-87 with 33 seconds left. Â However,
Cristina Jones went 1-for-2 from the line to make it a 3-point game at 90-87. Â On the Bakersfield inbounds play at the endline, the Roadrunner who received the ball saw the ball bounce off her feet on her dribble to give the Titans the ball back. Â
Dylan Swindle iced the game with two free throws to restore the 5-point lead as the Titans finally outlasted the Roadrunners in 50 minutes.
The Titans head home for two games next week hosting both of their local rivals. Â They host Long Beach State on Thursday and UC Irvine on Saturday. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. against the Beach on Thursday.
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