Webster’s Career Night Helps Highlanders Down Bakersfield

Thursday, January 18

Riverside, Calif.

6:00 p.m.

UC Riverside

9-8,4-3Big West

Cal State Bakersfield

4-11,1-5Big West

Team	1	2	3	4	F
CSU Bakersfield	22	15	9	16	62
UC Riverside	11	15	23	15	64

1/18/2024 8:34:00 PM | Women's Basketball

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - UC Riverside stretched its win streak to four on Thursday night at the SRC Arena with a 64-62 win over Cal State Bakersfield.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Makayla Jackson led UCR with 11 points in the first half on 4 of 6 shooting. Jackson hit a three in the final seconds prior to halftime to solidify her sixth game in her last eight with at least 10 points.
Jordan Webster grabbed three rebounds in the first half but quickly registered three more in the first few minutes after halftime, helping the Highlanders go on a 7-0 run dating back to Jackson's three just before the break.
Jackson stretched the run to 10-0 with her third triple of the night, forcing a Bakersfield timeout while UCR continued to chip away at its deficit.
Webster knocked down the back end of two shots from the free throw line to erase a 15-point deficit and tie the game at 37 late in the third quarter.
UC Riverside overcame its second biggest deficit of Big West play at 15 points with just over three minutes remaining until halftime, but followed that up by outscoring the Roadrunners 23-9 in the third quarter while holding them to just 2 of 16 from the field in the frame.
Webster grabbed the game-winning rebound as Bakersfield missed the tying shot, giving Webster her second double double of the season and soon after her first career 30-point game.

HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

UCR earned its fourth straight win for the second time this season, doing so following an 0-3 start to the season.
Webster became the 20th member of UC Riverside's 1,000-point club on Thursday with an and-one down low that gave UCR a 46-39 lead in the third quarter. The senior finished with a new career high of 31 points and is the first Highlander since Jannon Otto in 2018-19 to record 30 points in a game.
UCR showed the majority of their control on Thursday in transition, where the Highlanders overpowered Cal State Bakersfield with a 24-2 edge in fastbreak points.
UCR shot a season-high 33 free throws on Thursday and has now gone to the free throw line at least 20 times in three of its last four games.

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