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WBB Celebration vs Portland
76
Portland UP 2-3,0-0 WCC
85
Winner UC San Diego UCSD 1-2,0-0 Big West
Portland UP
2-3,0-0 WCC
76
Final
85
UC San Diego UCSD
1-2,0-0 Big West
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Portland UP 17 15 23 21 76
UC San Diego UCSD 17 23 28 17 85

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Career Night for Cangelosi Propels Tritons Past Pilots

Brown and Cangelosi both score 20+ in UC San Diego’s 85-76 victory over Portland

LA JOLLA, Calif.–UC San Diego women's basketball defeated Portland, 85-76, on Sunday evening in LionTree Arena. With the win, The Tritons (1-2) improve to 1-1 in the all-time series with the Pilots (2-3).
 
The Tritons were led offensively by Emily Cangelosi with a career-high 25 points and Sydney Brown with a season-high 21 points. Julia Macabuhay added 13 points and led the team with seven assists. Brown recorded her first double-double of the season, finishing with a team-best 11 rebounds, while Parker Montgomery added five boards. UC San Diego spread the ball around with seven Tritons recording at least two assists for a team total of 22.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UC San Diego jumped out to the early 16-6 lead in the opening quarter, with five different Tritons scoring in the opening minutes. Portland answered with a nine-point scoring in the closing minutes to take its only lead of the game, 17-16. Grace Talbot sank a free throw in the final seconds to tie the game at 17-all heading into the first quarter break.
 
The Tritons came out blazing in the second quarter, going on a 11-3 scoring run to build their lead, 28-20. The Pilots closed the gap to four points but UC San Diego would not let up, going on a 4-0 run to close out the half and take a 40-32 lead into the break.
 
Cangelosi caught fire in the third quarter, scoring 14 of the Tritons 28 points, including four threes. UC San Diego extended its lead by as many as 15 and took a 68-55 lead into the final quarter break.
 
The Tritons opened the fourth period with a 7-3 run for their largest lead of the game, 75-58. Portland rallied midway through the quarter with a 13-3 run to cut the lead to single digits, but the Tritons held on down the stretch to secure the 85-76 victory.
 
TRITON TIDBITS
  • Emily Cangelosi and Sydney Brown both finished with 20+ point games for the Tritons—the first of the season for UC San Diego. Julia Macabuhay also turned in a double-figure scoring effort.
  • Cangelosi tallied a career high 25 points, finishing 7-for-12 from three-point range.
  • The Tritons finished 12-26 (46.2%) from three-point range, their best of the season.
  • UC San Diego held the advantage in points in the paint (30-20), field goal percentage (50%-39.7%), assists (22-12) and turnovers (14-19). 
  • Portland held the advantage in boards (41-33), second chance points (17-7) and bench points (35-18).
  • With the win, the Tritons improve 1-1 in the all-time series with Portland.
UP NEXT
The Tritons will travel to Las Vegas for the UNLV Thanksgiving Tournament, Nov. 25-27. The true bracket-style tournament will see UC San Diego face off with Illinois State on Friday, Nov. 25 at 6:30 p.m. PT. The winner will play the winner of Louisiana Tech/Stetson on Saturday, Nov. 26 at 2:30 p.m. PT. The final day of competition will be played on Sunday, Nov. 27. 
 
Teams participating in the three-day event include host UNLV, UAlbany, East Tennessee State (ETSU), George Washington, Louisiana Tech, Stetson and UC San Diego.
 
Both Friday and Saturday's contests will take place in the Thomas & Mack Center and competition will move to Cox Pavilion on Sunday. Streaming information will be available at a later date and live statistics will be available via 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 began a new era in 2020 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 earned 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.
 
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