COLLEGES: WAVES CAN'T HOLD ON IN LOSS.Byline: Daily News Junior center Jenna Green scored a game-high 21 points and sophomore point guard LaShay Fears chipped in with 16 as the UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. team came from behind to defeat Pepperdine 78-67 Monday night at Firestone Fieldhouse Firestone Fieldhouse is a multipurpose arena located in Malibu, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. It was built in 1973 as the home of the Pepperdine University Waves basketball and volleyball teams, who still play at the Fieldhouse today. . Junior guard Daphanie Kennedy had 19 points and seven rebounds to lead the Waves (7-5), who lost for the third time in the past fivegames. Pepperdine raced out to a 12-4 run, capped off by a three-point shot by guard Jessica Ross 5:44 into the game. Forward Miranda Ayim made a jumper in the paint to give the Waves' biggest lead of the evening, 31-16 with 7:58 left before halftime. Trailing by nine with 15:12left, the Gauchos went on an 11-2 run, culminating with Green's jumper to tie the score at 53-53. Ariana Gnekow's putback 30 seconds later gave UCSB UCSB University of California at Santa Barbara UCSB University of Casual Sex and Beer its first lead, 57-55. The Gauchos' run continued as they scored the next eightpoints of the contest, capped by freshman forward Jordan Franey's lay-up, to take a 65-55 advantage with 4:42 left. CAPTION(S): box Box: USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. vs. LONGWOOD - Daily News |
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