Thursday, February 9
Stockton, CA
5:00 PM
UC Riverside
3-85-18; BWC
46
at
63
Pacific
6-413-9; BWC
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| UC Riverside | 15 | 31 | 46 |
| PACIFIC | 28 | 35 | 63 |
Photo by: Gabriel L. Acosta
Women's Basketball Can't Recover From Early Run In 63-46 Loss At Pacific
2/9/2012 4:38:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Box Score - Pacific 63, UC Riverside 46
Stockton, CA - The UC Riverside women's basketball team allowed a 13-0 run early in the first half, and could not recover as Pacific improved to 8-2 on their home floor with a 63-46 victory at the Alex G. Spanos Center on Thursday evening in Big West Conference play.
The Highlanders had won three of their last four games, but fall to 5-18 overall and 3-8 in league play, while the Tigers improve to 13-9, 6-4.
UCR led 6-4 early in the game, but Pacific went on a 13-0 run opening a 17-6 advantage with 11:29 remaining in the half. The Highlanders missed five straight from the field, while committing eight turnovers during that span.
Natasha Hadley's jumper at the 10:08 mark finally put a stop to the run, but the Tigers pushed their lead out to 13 on two occasions, the last at 28-15 heading into the half.
UC Riverside made just six field goals all period while missing four from the free thow line. The Highlanders also turned the ball over 17 times for 18 Pacific points. The 15 points for UCR in the period ties for the third-fewest points in a half in the program's Division I history.
UC Riverside opened the second half scoring six of the first eight points to cut the lead to single-digits, 30-21, after two minutes of play.
The teams' traded buckets over the next three minutes as Pacific's lead fluctuated between 11 and 13 points, until Hadley's 10th point of the half again put UCR within nine, 38-29, at the 14:46 mark.
The Tigers went on a 12-2 run, however, building a 19 point lead, 50-31, with 8:48 left in the game, as the Highlanders were held without a point for almost five minutes.
Pacific led by as many as 20 points, the last at 55-35, but UCR scored five of the next seven points to cut the margin to 15, 57-42, after a three-point play from Jamila Williams at the 3:17 mark.
UCR never got closer than that the rest of the game as the Tigers went on for the victory.
The Highlanders improved their shooting in the second period, hitting 44.4 percent (12-27) of their field goals, but it was not enough as the Tigers still outscored UCR 35-31 in the half.
For the game, Hadley led the Highlanders with 14 points while Williams added nine points in just 11 minutes off of the bench. Pacific's Kendall Kenyon led all players with 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting.
UCR committed a season-high 26 turnovers, the most since the team miscarried on that many against UC Davis on March 11, 2011.
The Highlanders now remain on the road for a 1:00 pm game at UC Davis on Saturday, February 11 in Davis, CA.
Stockton, CA - The UC Riverside women's basketball team allowed a 13-0 run early in the first half, and could not recover as Pacific improved to 8-2 on their home floor with a 63-46 victory at the Alex G. Spanos Center on Thursday evening in Big West Conference play.
The Highlanders had won three of their last four games, but fall to 5-18 overall and 3-8 in league play, while the Tigers improve to 13-9, 6-4.
UCR led 6-4 early in the game, but Pacific went on a 13-0 run opening a 17-6 advantage with 11:29 remaining in the half. The Highlanders missed five straight from the field, while committing eight turnovers during that span.
Natasha Hadley's jumper at the 10:08 mark finally put a stop to the run, but the Tigers pushed their lead out to 13 on two occasions, the last at 28-15 heading into the half.
UC Riverside made just six field goals all period while missing four from the free thow line. The Highlanders also turned the ball over 17 times for 18 Pacific points. The 15 points for UCR in the period ties for the third-fewest points in a half in the program's Division I history.
UC Riverside opened the second half scoring six of the first eight points to cut the lead to single-digits, 30-21, after two minutes of play.
The teams' traded buckets over the next three minutes as Pacific's lead fluctuated between 11 and 13 points, until Hadley's 10th point of the half again put UCR within nine, 38-29, at the 14:46 mark.
The Tigers went on a 12-2 run, however, building a 19 point lead, 50-31, with 8:48 left in the game, as the Highlanders were held without a point for almost five minutes.
Pacific led by as many as 20 points, the last at 55-35, but UCR scored five of the next seven points to cut the margin to 15, 57-42, after a three-point play from Jamila Williams at the 3:17 mark.
UCR never got closer than that the rest of the game as the Tigers went on for the victory.
The Highlanders improved their shooting in the second period, hitting 44.4 percent (12-27) of their field goals, but it was not enough as the Tigers still outscored UCR 35-31 in the half.
For the game, Hadley led the Highlanders with 14 points while Williams added nine points in just 11 minutes off of the bench. Pacific's Kendall Kenyon led all players with 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting.
UCR committed a season-high 26 turnovers, the most since the team miscarried on that many against UC Davis on March 11, 2011.
The Highlanders now remain on the road for a 1:00 pm game at UC Davis on Saturday, February 11 in Davis, CA.
Team Stats
UCRWBK
PACIFIC
FG%
.375
.355
3FG%
.333
.235
FT%
.429
.577
RB
39
44
TO
26
18
STL
10
13
Game Leaders
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
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