Junior Erin Chambers led Simon Fraser University women’s basketball team to its first conference win this season.
Chambers was one of four Clan players to reach double-figure scoring following a 73-64 win over Cal State Pomona on Nov. 9.
SFU also lost the first game of a back-to-back series in Pomona, California, falling 66-64 in the opener.
The third-year forward led the Clan in scoring in both games, knocking down 20 points in the opening game, before tacking on 21, including 19 in a big second half in SFU’s win the following night. Chambers was also a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line in the game.
Marie-Line Petit contributed 14 points, six assists, four rebounds and two steals in the Clan win. Katie Lowen and Kia Van Laare of New Westminster both scored 10 points for SFU.
Opening victory
The Clan edged Fresno Pacific 69-67 in the men’s season opener in Fresno, California on Nov. 8.
Ibrahim Appiah led the Clan with 11 points, 12 rebounds and six assists.
Sango Niang had a team-high 14 points, while David Gebru added 13.
The following day, SFU dropped an 85-72 decision to Cal State Stanislaus on the second leg of its California swing.
Gebru and Niang had 19 points apiece.
Lost the last one
In soccer, the Clan men’s team lost its final regular season match in the Great Northwest conference 3-0 to Western Washington last Saturday.
All three goals came in the first 15 minutes of the match.
Win stops skid
The SFU football team stopped a six-game losing slide with a 38-17 win over Humboldt State at Terry Fox Field last Saturday.
The Clan sacked the Humboldt quarterback seven times in the game.
