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CHICO, Calif. — The Dominican University of California women's basketball team was unable to fend off a late surge by Chico State on Tuesday night, falling 79-64 in non-conference play.

Chico State (3-0) got on the board first with a Pauline Ferrall shot in the key but Dominican's Tammy Brawner scored a shot at the other end to tie the game early at 2-2. Alisha Flaaten made the first of her four first-half three pointers to give Dominican (1-2) the early 5-2 lead. The score remained tight through the first 10 minutes but another Flaaten three-pointer pushed the lead to seven with 9:39 to go. Kimi Nakamura drained a three-pointer under five minutes to play to extend the Dominican lead to a dozen. The Wildcats used a 14-7 run to finish the first half and trim the Dominican lead to 40-35 at the intermission.

The Wildcats began the second half with a 5-0 run to tie the game at 40. The next ten minutes mirrored the first half, as the two teams remained within three points of each other. The Wildcats finally blew the doors open with a 10-point run to take a 65-55 lead. Dominican never pulled closer than to within nine points and Chico State led by 15 by the time the buzzer sounded.

Flaaten finished the night with six three-pointers and 24 points to lead all scorers. Shawna Bryant added 10 points in the loss.

Bryant and Raquel Gomes each pulled down five rebounds for Dominican.

Ferrall was one of three Wildcats to reach double digits and led Chico State with 20 points and 12 rebounds.

The Lady Penguins resume play on Dec. 1 looking to even their season record with a home game against former California Pacific Conference arch rival Holy Names University. Tipoff is slated for 7:00 p.m. A tailgate in front of the Conlan Center will take place beginning at 5:30 p.m. and there will be free giveaways while supplies last.