Highlanders Fall to UC San Diego

Thursday, January 25

Riverside, Calif.

6:00 p.m.

UC Riverside

10-9,5-4Big West

UC San Diego

8-11,4-4Big West

Team	1	2	3	4	F
UC San Diego	7	11	16	17	51
UC Riverside	4	3	24	12	43

Photo by: Andrea David

1/25/2024 8:25:00 PM | Women's Basketball

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - UC Riverside's five-game win streak came to an end on Thursday night at the SRC Arena in a 51-43 defeat to UC San Diego.

HOW IT HAPPENED

UCR flashed its stout defense out of the gate, holding the Tritons to just 1 of 11 from the field out of the opening tip. Matehya Bryant accounted for four of the Highlanders' 11 rebounds after a quarter. Bryant and Jordan Webster each claimed six of UCR's 22 rebounds at halftime.
UCR started the second half strong with back-to-back buckets from Bryant and Webster, the senior's first field goal of the night.
UC Riverside continued its theme of third-quarter offensive outbursts with a 4-of-8 clip out of halftime. UCR trimmed the deficit to four following the back end of two free throws from Bryant.
RyAnne Walters' back to back threes late in the third helped UCR continue to unfurl its third-quarter identity, effectively erasing a double-digit deficit for the second straight game.

HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

UC Riverside pulled down a season-high 46 rebounds, the most by a Highlander team since last year's squad registered 58 in the Big West opener at Cal State Bakersfield.
Bryant's 17 rebounds on Thursday were a new individual single-game high for UC Riverside on the season, in addition to 17 points on 6 of 14 shooting that gave her double double number four on the season.

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