SAN FRANCISCO -- Cal State L.A.'s women's basketball team made certain it was coming home with a much-needed California Collegiate Athletic Association road sweep.

The Golden Eagles scored the first 17 points of the game and never looked back in a 68-35 victory over San Francisco State Saturday night in Main Gym. Cal State L.A. (8-8, 7-5 CCAA) won for the fifth time in the past six games and pulled into a fifth-place tie in the conference with UC San Diego.

Kiah Knox had a 13-point, 10-rebound double-double, while Chiara DiMarco had 13 points in her second straight big outing this weekend. Franeka Hall also had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Jayzyl Tauala had 12 points to lead San Francisco State (0-16, 0-12 CCAA).

Cal State L.A. shot 41 percent for the game (25-of-61), while limiting San Francisco State to just 21.3 percent shooting (13-of-61). The Golden Eagles made 5-of-16 from 3-point range, while the Gators were just 2-of-23. Cal State L.A. was 13-of-20 from the free-throw line, while San Francisco State was 7-of-8.

The Golden Eagles had a 53-36 rebounding edge.

Aiwekhoe Okungbowa and Geena Greene each had nine points and seven rebounds for the Golden Eagles.

Cal State L.A. had its best start to a game this season, scoring the first 17 points of the contest on its way to a 27-point halftime lead.

Knox scored the first basket of the game and Okungbowa scored the next four points to make it 6-0. Ali Orlich made a 3-pointer and Bree Parsons scored back-to-back baskets to stretch the lead to 13-0 before a pair of free throws by DiMarco and a basket by Okungbowa made it 17-0 four minutes into the game. The Gators scored their first basket 4:21 into the game and eventually cut the margin to 12 points, 26-14, with 6:16 remaining in the half.

The Golden Eagles, though, closed the half on a 17-2 run to break the game open. DiMarco started the surge with a 3-pointer, Knox scored the next three points on a free throw and a basket and DiMarco hit another 3-pointer to make it 35-14. A basket by Greene made it 41-14 and, after the Gators scored to break a 15-0 run, Hall hit a pair of free throws to make it 43-16 at halftime.

Cal State L.A. kept firm control of the game in the second half and didn't lead by less than 20 points in the final period.

Cal State L.A. will return to action next Friday with a road game at Chico State.