During the last game of a two game road trip, Sacramento State women’s basketball watched as the wheels fell off against St. Mary’s.

After a first half in which Sac State rallied to comeback from a 10-point deficit, the Hornets were dominated in the second half by the Gaels Sunday at McKeon Pavilion, losing 70-50.

It is the third straight loss for the Hornets after winning their home opener and left them winless on the road so far this year.

The Hornets (1-4) opened the game by staking St. Mary’s (4-3) to a 10-0 lead, scoring their first points off of a jumper from senior guard Tyeisha Brown nearly seven minutes into the game. The Hornets managed to come all the way back to the game, though on the strength of three Kim Sheehy 3-pointers and Brown’s work cutting to the basket.

Sheehy ended the game with 12 points on 4-for-8 shooting from beyond the arc. Brown led the Hornets with a season-high 16 points, while pulling down five rebounds and contributing five assists.

“I’d definitely take the win any day over the points,” Brown said.

Despite being as close as one point with a little more than 11 minutes to play, the Hornets couldn’t keep up inside as the Gaels closed with an 30-9 run. Powered by forward Triola Jackson’s 19 points and nine rebounds, St. Mary’s out-rebounded and outran the Hornets in the second half.

“I feel like we ran out of gas. We ran the game and then just deflated in the second half,” Brown said.

The disparity between the two teams was most apparent at the free throw line, as the Hornets shot only five free throws, including just two in the second half, to the Gaels 17, leading to a 13-3 advantage in free points for St. Mary’s.

Sac State dropped the first game of the road trip Friday night in San Luis Obispo to Cal Poly, 73-65. The Hornets return home to the Hornets Nest Wednesday night to face Ohio at 7:05 p.m.