UC San Diego

PORTLAND, Ore.—UC San Diego women's basketball dropped its season opener to Portland, 91-48 on Thursday evening in the Chiles Center. Sydney Brown recorded a team high 13 points and eight rebounds, while Parker Montgomery and Ula Chamberlin added nine and seven points respectively for the Tritons.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Tritons (0-1) got off to a slow start, trailing 14-0 before recording their first points on a pair of free throws by Aishah Brown with 2:34 left in the opening quarter. The Pilots (1-0) landed 9-of-17 from the field, compared to 1-of-17 for UC San Diego, and led 21-4 in the opening period.
 
UC San Diego found some success early in the second quarter, with back-to-back field goals from Brown and Montgomery to open the period. The Tritons shot 31 percent from the field, collecting 14 points but the first quarter deficit loomed large, and UC San Diego trailed 44-18 at the half.
 
The Tritons found a rhythm to open the second half behind Chamberlin's seven points and five from Montgomery. UC San Diego shot 38 percent from the field and kept pace with the Pilots, tallying 19 points to UP's 23.
 
The final quarter saw the Pilots pull away for good, knocking down 10-of-13 from the field for a game-high 77 field goal percentage. Brown tallied six of her 13 points in the quarter, but the Tritons ultimately fell to the Pilots 91-48.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• Senior Sydney Brown led the Tritons in scoring (13), rebounds (8), adding two steals.
• UC San Diego's starters consisted of Madison Baxter, Aishah Brown, Sydney Brown, Brianna Claros and Julia Macabuhay
• The Tritons got 25 points from their bench, including nine from Parker Montgomery

UP NEXT
 The Tritons will remain on the road, traveling north to take on Seattle on Saturday at 2 p.m. PT. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and live statistics will be available on UCSDTritons.com.
 
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program has begun a new era as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.