SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. ? The Idaho women's basketball team closed out the Courtyard by Marriott San Luis Obispo Holiday Beach Classic with a flourish on Sunday, as the Vandals ran away from Cal State Bakersfield to earn their second win of the year.

Idaho (2-4) proved too much for the Roadrunners (3-2) in the second half after trailing for most of the first and held on for a 75-62 win.

It was a strong run that did Idaho in against Cal Poly on Saturday afternoon, but this time it was the Vandals who did the running and Cal State Bakersfield doing the chasing, as Idaho turned a one-point deficit with 12 minutes to go into a 10-point cushion just five minutes later and never looked back.

“In the second half, we knew what we had to do ? we had to turn up our energy level a lot,” Idaho coach Jon Newlee said. “I feel like our team can out-work people. We run a lot in practice for situations just like this and I think that practice really paid off for us in the second half today.”

Sophomore post Yinka Olorunnife had her best game of the season, as she dropped a team season-high 23 points and snagged seven rebounds, with two steals and one block. She also hit a career-high three of seven 3-point field goals and earned a spot on the All-Tournament team.

“Yinka really took us on her shoulders for a stretch in the second half,” Newlee said. “She did a great job against their six-foot-four post. She just battled her in the paint, then took her outside and made her pay for not guarding her.”

Freshman Shaena-Lyn Kuehu came off the bench to put in a strong effort, as she nailed her first career double-double with a 14-point, 10-rebound performance. Junior Derisa Taleni put in another solid all-around effort as she scored 13, with six rebounds, three steals, two assists and a block. Junior Charlotte Otero put in yet another solid game, as she scored 12 points on four-of-eight shooting, with six assists and no turnovers.

“Charlotte was great tonight,” Newlee said. “If you can get that stat line out of your point guard every night, you've got something special and she's just been playing really well.”

Idaho out-rebounded the Roadrunners by a 43-38 margin and held a 20-10 advantage in points off turnovers. The Vandals also shot .424 (28-66) from the field, while the ?Runners shot a season-low .375 (24-64). Both teams had 20 bench points, 18 points in the paint and 14 second-chance points and the game saw seven lead changes and six ties.

While Newlee was happy with the way the offense created opportunities and shot well, he said he was happiest with the way the Vandals clamped down on defense and held the ?Runners nearly 20 points below their season average of 81 points.

“This team lost to Fresno State 97-88 and we just held them to 62,” Newlee said. “The thing I was probably most happy with today was the way the defense played the game plan.”

It was a close game throughout the first half that saw several slim leads by the ?Runners and several ties, but no Idaho leads until an Olorunnife jumper at the 2:52 mark put the Vandals ahead 27-25, a lead that Idaho would maintain going into the break with a score of 31-30.

The teams appeared to have swapped roles to start the second, as Idaho clung to a slim lead for the first eight minutes before a layup by Kuehu and a deep ball by Olorunnife broke the game open at the 10:58 mark and gave Idaho a seven-point lead at 51-44 that started a 13-3 Idaho run to stretch the lead to 12 with 7:30 remaining. The Vandals, which fell behind late in the second half on Saturday against Cal Poly, held strong on Sunday and never let the lead dip below 10 in the final minutes.

“I started Shaena in the second half to try to get her going and she started taking the ball hard to the rim and finishing hard at the rim,” Newlee said. “I thought Shaena and Yinka really jump-started us in the second half.”

Idaho will head into a three-game home stretch having won two out of three. Next up for the Vandals will be Long Beach State next Sunday, Dec. 7, at the Cowan Spectrum, followed by games against Pacific on Dec. 11 and Washington State on Dec. 14.