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San Jose, Calif. – The San Jose State women's basketball team had five players in double figures and shot 54 percent from the floor en route to an 82-72 victory over the CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners on Saturday afternoon in The Event Center.The win is the Spartans (1-3) first of the season and ends a three-game skid in which the team was shooting 29 percent and averaging just 60 points per game.paced SJSU with a career-high 14 points. She was 6-of-8 from the floor including 2-of-3 from beyond the arc.andhad 12 each andfinished with 11 points, eight rebounds and eight assists.Both team's shot well in the opening period. CSUB (3-2) hit 12-of-19 shots (63 percent) to the Spartans' 8-of-16 (50 percent). San José State grabbed an early 14-6 lead after an Anderson three with six and a half minutes to go, but CSU Bakersfield battled back and took a 24-21 lead into the second quarter. CSUB's Vanessa Austin, a 6-3 sophomore, had eight of her game-high 21 points in the first 10 minutes on 4-of-5 shooting.A Potter trey 58 seconds into the second period tied the game 24-24 and a Nina Carpenter layup 15 seconds later gave the Roadrunners the lead back 26-24. Anderson drained her second three with 8:24 to go before the half and the Spartans were back in front for good., SJSU pushed it's advantage to seven with 2:24 to go before the intermission, but the Roadrunners scored the last four points of the period and San José State took a 40-37 lead into the half.The only quarter in which SJSU didn't hit at least 50 percent was the third. The Spartans made 4-of-10 (40 percent), but CSU Bakersfield was just 5-of-18 (28 percent) and San José State took a 54-49 advantage into the final period.The offense ramped back up in the final 10 minutes. SJSU made 10-of-15 shots, including 3-of-4 from beyond the arc, 5-of-7 from the line and built a 15-point advantage. Down the stretch, Lewis scored six of the team's final eight points to secure the 82-72 win.Marquez's 11 points equaled her season-high. She equaled a career-high with eight assists and set a career-best with eight rebounds.In addition to its 54 percent shooting, the Spartans made 12-of-22 shots (55 percent) from three-point range, both season highs.San José State return to action on Thursday night hosting UOP. Tipoff in The Event Center is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.