San Diego State jumped out to a...

San Diego State jumped out to a 21-point lead at halftime and coasted to a 74-52 victory in a Western Athletic Conference game at New Mexico. Kieishsha Garnes had 19 points and nine rebounds for the Aztecs (14-7, 6-2). Michelle Suman added 17 points and 11 rebounds. The Lobos are 2-19, 0-8.

UCSD overcame a one-point halftime deficit to defeat La Verne, 69-60. Cari Young led UCSD with eight rebounds 22 points and teammate Lisa Beaver grabbed 16 rebounds and contributed 16 points. La Verne’s dina Palacios led all scorers with 35 points.

Rochelle Lightner, a transfer from USD, helped Point Loma Nazarene clinch a Golden State Athletic Conference co-championship, scoring 26 points and pulling in 14 rebounds in the Crusaders’ 74-66 victory at Cal Baptist. PLNC, which improved to 20-6, 8-2, also got 18 points from Christy Stevens.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Cal Baptist celebrated its home coming by gaining revenge for a two-point loss at Point Loma Nazarene College earlier this season with an easy 89-63 victory.

The last time the two teams met, Cal Baptist lost on a buzzer beater, 76-74.

This time Cal Baptist came out strong, shooting 70.4% from the field in the first half to PLNC’s 30.6%.

Cal Baptist (14-12, 3-6) also was nine of 10 from behind the three-point arc in first half. Kenny Jones made six of eight three-pointers and finished with 22 points. Teammate Lance Williams led all scorers with 24.

Rusty Fallin led PLNC (11-14, 3-6 in the Golden State Athletic conference) with 18 points, and teammate Mark Bulgin contributed 13 rebounds and 14 points.

UC San Diego shot 57% en route to a 91-50 victory at Menlo. Chris Moore had 21 points to lead the Tritons (21-4), who led by nine at halftime but opened the second half with a 10-0 run. Menlo dropped to 12-13.

MEN’S TENNIS

The San Diego Intercollegiate Invitational, hosted by USD, was postponed because of rain and will resume at 8 a.m. today with the singles semifinals and doubles quarterfinals. The finals are now scheduled for Monday.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

For the second day in a row, host SDSU split two matches in the ASICS Grand Prix Tournament at Peterson Gym. The Aztecs beat Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne, 11-15, 15-7, 10-15, 15-13, 15-11, but fell to Rutgers, 15-10, 15-11, 15-9. Defending national champion Cal State Long Beach was the only team to win both of its matches, beating Loyola Marymount and Cal State Northridge each in three games.

BASEBALL

Rain postponed games involving USD and UCSD. The Tritons were rained out at Cal Lutheran. The Toreros will try to play Saturday’s scheduled doubleheader with San Francisco State at noon today at Cunningham Stadium. UCSD will play Cal Lutheran at home at 2 p.m. Wednesday.