<\/div>\n Story By LBSU’s Andrea Ohta<\/span><\/p>\n The Long Beach State women’s basketball team led wire-to-wire as it defeated Cal State Northridge, 63-50, in a crucial Big West Conference game at the Walter Pyramid Wednesday night.<\/p>\n With the win, LBSU improved to 6-17 overall and 3-8 in the Big West, moving out of last place in the conference standings.<\/p>\n Although the 49ers had a season-high 30 turnovers, they held a dominating advantage over the Matadors in both field goal percentage (45.1 to 28.8 percent) and on the boards (53-34).<\/p>\n Junior Lauren Sims led The Beach with her third consecutive 21-point game, going 6-for-11 from the field and 3-of-5 from behind the arc. Sims also added a season-high 10 rebounds for her second career double-double. Junior Courtney Jacob was the 49ers’ second-leading scorer with nine points. Freshman Adelle Walton added eight points and eight assists.<\/p>\n Junior Brett Timmons sparked a key 49er run in the second half with eight points and seven rebounds, while classmate Whitney Fields finished with eight points and 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n Long Beach State jumped out to an early 10-2 advantage following a 3-pointer by Walton at the 15:44 mark. The 49ers quickly extended their lead to 14 points (19-5) on a three from sophomore LaTorya Barbee with 11:49 remaining. Despite going through a 3:29 scoring drought and converting just one field goal in the final 6:50 of play, LBSU went into the break up by a 28-16 margin.<\/p>\n The 49ers shot just 38.5 percent from the field in the first half, but held CSUN to a dismal 21.4 field goal percentage. Sims kept The Beach out front with 13 of her 21 points as she was 4-for-5 from the field and 3-of-3 from long distance.<\/p>\n CSUN (5-17, 2-7 BWC) went on a 14-5 spurt to start the second period, cutting the 49er lead to 33-29, but Long Beach State countered as Timmons reeled off eight unanswered points over a 2:34 span to put the 49ers back up by 16 with 11:04 to play.<\/p>\n The Matadors would give LBSU one more scare, pulling within six (56-50) on a Bianca Davies jumper at the 4:19 mark. The 49ers were able to pull away, however, holding CSUN scoreless while hitting five free throws down the stretch.<\/p>\n Jasmine Erving led Cal State Northridge with 16 points and nine rebounds. 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