Box Score Riverside, CA—The UC Riverside Women's Basketball Team evened its Big West record at 3-3 Saturday night with an 82-78 victory over visiting Cal Poly. The Highlanders also welcomed back second-leading scorer Simone DeCoud who missed the previous six games with an injury.

The Highlanders started the game by missing their first four field goal attempts, and found themselves down 7-0. UCR finally got on the board almost two-and-a-half minutes into the contest thanks to a three-pointer by freshman Michelle Curry. Dynese Adams drained a three with 12:38 in the first half, giving the Highlanders a 12-11 lead they would maintain the rest of the evening.

UC Riverside went into the locker room at the end of the first half with a 44-34 lead.

The Highlanders turned up the intensity on defense after the break, and went on a 7-0 run to start the period. UC Riverside increased its advantage to 20 with four minutes gone before the Mustangs began to chip away at the lead. A Beth Balbierz three-pointer with six seconds remaining sliced the lead to three, but that was as close as Cal Poly would get.

Brittany Crain, who entered the week ranked fifth in the nation in scoring, led the Highlanders' offense with 22 points, pushing her double-figure scoring streak to 29 games.

Adams added 17 points, shooting 55.6 percent from the field including two threes, and dished out a career-high six assists. Annelise Ito scored 12 points and made 5 of 10 shots from the field.

Curry recorded her second career double-double with 14 points and a career-high tying 10 boards. She didn't stop there as she recorded three blocked shots for another career-high. Making a clear statement that she is back, DeCoud netted 14 points and handed out two assists.

The Highlanders travel to CSUN Thursday, January 29. Tip is set for 4 pm PT.