LA JOLLA, Calif.— Seniors Madison Baxter and Emily Cangelosi scored new career highs on their Senior Day to lead UC San Diego women's basketball to a 90-48 victory over Cal Poly on Saturday afternoon in RIMAC Arena.
 
Baxter led the Tritons (13-14, 10-8 Big West) with 22 points, while Parker Montgomery also set a career high with 19 points. Cangelosi added 17 points and tied Bridget Mullings with a team-high eight rebounds, while Mullings tallied a career-high five blocks. Senior Brianna Claros also scored in double-figures with 11 points and a team-high seven assists and senior Julia Macabuhay finished with seven points and five assists. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Tritons got off to a quick start with back-to-back baskets to lead 5-0 in the opening two minutes. The Mustangs answered with two buckets to make it 5-4, but it was all UC San Diego from there. The Tritons went on a 15-0 run, including three three-pointers and held a commanding 23-7 lead heading into the first quarter break.
 
UC San Diego hit 5-of-9 from beyond the arc in the opening period to set the tone for the rest of the contest.
 
The teams traded baskets to open the second quarter before back-to-back threes from Claros and Cangelosi, followed by a Montgomery built an 8-0 run for the Tritons. UC San Diego hit three more three-pointers to close out the quarter and take a commanding 47-23 lead into halftime.
 
The Tritons opened the second half with another eight-point run, including two-consecutive baskets and a made free-throw from Julia Macabuhay. Baxter and Montgomery added two more threes in the closing minutes of the period and UC San Diego held a 66-31 advantage after three quarters of play.
 
UC San Diego hit two more threes to begin the final quarter, before another eight-point run sparked by Cangelosi and Baxter made it 80-36. Baxter, Izzy Forsyth and Courtni Thompson knocked down shots from beyond the arc in the closing minutes to build UC San Diego's largest lead of the game at 46 points and the Tritons took the season finale in epic fashion, 90-48.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• UC San Diego celebrated its senior class of Madison Baxter, Emily Cangelosi, Brianna Claros and Julia Macabuhay prior to the contest.
• Madison Baxter (22), Parker Montgomery (19) and Emily Cangelosi (17) all finished with career highs in scoring. 
• The Tritons recorded season highs (D-I opponents) in points (90), field-goals made (33) and three-point field-goals made (18).
• All 10 Tritons on the active roster scored in the contest.
• With the win, the Tritons move to 3-2 in the all-time series with Cal Poly and 2-0 this season.
• Finishing the season at 10-8 in the Big West, UC San Diego has recorded its first winning conference record in just its second season of division I play.
• UC San Diego's starters consisted of Madison Baxter, Sydney Brown, Emily Cangelosi, Julia Macabuhay and Brianna Claros. 

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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.