RIVERSIDE, Calif. - UC Riverside dropped a 62-51 decision to Hawai'i on Saturday night at the Stan Sheriff Center.  

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Makayla Jackson carried the load for UC Riverside on Saturday, scoring a game-high 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting with three threes.  
• UCR shot 50% from three in the first quarter on a 3 for 6 clip, one of which came from RyAnne Walters off a turnover for the Highlanders' first bucket of the night.  
• UCR's three first-quarter triples all came on consecutive possessions as the Highlanders opened the game on a 9-3 run.  
• Inside the arc, UC Riverside held a 6-4 advantage in points in the paint for the second quarter as Jackson and Matehya Bryant split UCR's eight second-quarter points.  
• UCR grabbed 11 of its 35 rebounds in the third quarter, led by four of Jordyn Marshall's five on the night.  
• Bryant brought the deficit down to single digits with the first of two made free throws inside of a minute left in the fourth quarter. UCR outscored the Rainbow Wahine 18-16 in the fourth quarter, seeing half of its scoring in the frame come from Jordan Webster.  

HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS 

• UCR outscored Hawai'i 6-0 in second chance points in the second half.  
• Webster is now two points shy of entering UC Riverside's single-season top 10 after scoring in double figures in her 33rd game of her last 37.  
• Jackson recorded her second 20-point game of the season and first since scoring 21 at UC Davis on January 4. The Stanislaus State transfer has now shot at least 50% from the field in five of her last eight games. 

UP NEXT 

• UC Riverside returns to action for its final road game of the regular season on Thursday, March 7 with a 7:00 p.m. tipoff at Cal State Fullerton on ESPN+.