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The College of the Redwoods and Cal Poly Humboldt women’s basketball teams both conference games on Thursday night to keep their championship hopes alive.

The CR women traveled to Quincy to play Feather River in Golden Valley Conference action and came away with a 69-61 win, while the Cal Poly Humboldt women hosted Cal Poly Pomona at Lumberjack Arena and bounced back from a disappointing weekend last week with a 57-56 win.

With the win, CR improved to 3-1 in the GVC (11-9 overall) and kept the pressure on conference leaders Butte, which improved to 3-0 in conference and stretched its winning streak to five straight with an 83-59 win over Siskiyous.

“We had a slow start but were able to find a rhythm early to take the lead,” CR head coach Bree Northern said. 

With Nora Talty leading the way once again, Redwoods opened up a 20-point halftime lead, but the home team would outscore the visitors in each of the third and fourth quarters.

“Feather came out with a lot of energy (in the second half) and we had a hard time matching it,” said Northern, whose team struggled early in the third quarter.

“We were able to hold them off and get the win, but it sure was a fight.”

Talty finished with 15 points, eight rebounds and three assists, while teammate Itzel Torres also continued to impress and added a double-double, finishing with 12 points, 10 rebounds and two assists.

CR’s Mayleah Jackson added 11 points, five assists and three steals, while Paityn Erlenbush chipped in 11 points and a pair of rebounds.

Feather River dropped to 0-4 in conference and 6-13 overall.

Next up, the CR women will close out the first half of conference play at Lassen on Saturday afternoon.

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The Cal Poly Humboldt women, meanwhile, bounced back from two losses to Chico last week with a crucial one-point win over the No. 10 team in the nation.

In a back-and-forth game, the Jacks went into the fourth quarter trailing by one, but outscored the visitors 14-12 for the period to take the victory.

With the win, Humboldt improved to 9-2 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (11-6 overall) and moved within one win of Pomona (10-1, 15-2) in the conference standings.

Also on Thursday, conference leaders Chico defeated Cal State San Bernardino 63-56 to remain unbeaten in the CCAA and improve to 11-0 and 15-2.

Chico plays Pomona on Saturday, while the Jacks will host San Bernardino.

Jordyn Smith had a double-double for Humboldt, scoring a team-high 18 points and pulling down 14 rebounds.