NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - UC Riverside took its recent stretch into the Valley on Saturday afternoon, downing CSUN 72-59 at the Matadome for the season sweep. 

The Highlanders have now won five straight and six of their last eight, and the five-game stretch is the first since the 2015-16 team won 17 straight en route to the WNIT. 

"It was a great team win today on the road. We still have a lot of work to do to be our best, but we are looking forward to getting back to work this week ahead of two tough games," head coach Nicole Powell said.

UC Riverside is holding its last five opponents to 51.6 points per game and 21.7 percent from downtown.

Jordan Webster, Anna Blount and Olivia West all scored in double figures for the Highlanders, led by Webster's 14. Blount was efficient from the floor in the matinee with 11 points on 5 of 7 shooting. 

The Highlanders got off to a 21-14 lead after a quarter, out-hustling the Matadors 10 minutes in with an 8-2 advantage in fastbreak points and 5-0 in second-chance points. 

UCR continued the trend throughout the afternoon with a 24-6 advantage in fastbreak points for the game, nine of which came in the fourth quarter. 

Olivia West led all scorers at the intermission with 10 points that included a pair of threes, as 13 of UC Riverside's 38 halftime points came off turnovers. West, who finished the afternoon with 13 points and her fourth 10-point game in her last five, has now connected on multiple threes in three of her last four games. 

Webster has now recorded back-to-back 10-point games for the second time this season, with six of her 14 points against the Matadors coming on a perfect 6-for-6 free throw performance. 

UCR returns to the SRC Arena on Thursday, March 3 to battle Cal State Fullerton at 6:00 p.m. on ESPN+. Tickets can be purchased at highlanderstickets.universitytickets.com, and students are free with a valid UCR ID.