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Courtni Thompson vs UCR
53
UC San Diego UCSD 5-9,2-2 Big West
67
Winner UC Riverside UCR 4-11,2-3 Big West
UC San Diego UCSD
5-9,2-2 Big West
53
Final
67
UC Riverside UCR
4-11,2-3 Big West
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UC San Diego UCSD 10 12 11 20 53
UC Riverside UCR 14 19 19 15 67

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Tritons Fall at Riverside

UC San Diego dropped a tough 67-53 decision against the Highlanders on Wednesday

RIVERSIDE, Calif.–UC San Diego women's basketball fell to UC Riverside, 67-53, on Wednesday evening in the SRC Arena. The Tritons (5-9, 2-2 Big West) outscored the Highlanders (4-11, 2-3 Big West) 20-15 in the final quarter but could not complete the comeback, moving to 5-15 all-time series­.
 
Izzy Forsyth led the Tritons with 10 points, while Emily Cangelosi finished with nine and Katie Springs added a career-high seven points. Four Tritons led the team with five rebounds each, including Cangelosi, Forsyth, Sydney Brown and Bridget Mullings. Brown also led the team with four assists and Parker Montgomery and Courtni Thompson added three apiece. Junae Mahan came up with two steals in the contest.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Tritons got off to a slow start, falling behind early, 2-10, before back-to-back three-pointers from Cangelosi cut the deficit to two. UCR answered with a 4-0 run to create distance again and took a 14-10 lead into the first quarter break.
 
The teams traded baskets to open the second period before the Tritons put together a 5-0 run to take the lead, 19-18, with 6:34 to play. Turnovers proved costly for UC San Diego down the stretch and UC Riverside used a 13-1 scoring run to retake the lead, 33-22, heading into the halftime break. 
 
The Highlanders opened up the third quarter with nine unanswered points to extend their lead, 42-22. The Tritons began to find an offensive rhythm late with back-to-back threes from Junae Mahan and Gabby Louther, but UCR took a 52-33 lead into the final quarter break.
 
After trailing 60-37 with seven minutes remaining, the Tritons put together an impressive 16-2 run behind eight points from Forsyth. UC San Diego had cut the deficit to 11 with just under three minutes to play, but the Highlanders knocked down five consecutive points in the final minutes to stall the comeback and take the contest, 67-53.
 
QUOTABLE
"Riverside came out and played very hard and hit some shots early," said head coach Heidi VanDerveer. "I don't think that we came out and set the tone defensively that we needed to. We just didn't carry that momentum that we had gained from the wins against UC Santa Barbara and Hawai'i. Our team needs to understand that you create that momentum by coming out and playing hard and being connected. I think we just struggled to find any type of chemistry and continuity tonight."
 
"I think the group that came in the last 10 minutes—Gabby Louther, Courtni Thompson, Junae Mahan—I thought they really competed. And if we can get that type of effort doing the things that we need to do for 40 minutes then we'll be fine. Hopefully we'll learn from this and grow."
 
TRITON TIDBITS
  • Sydney Brown surpassed 600 career rebounds in the contest. Her 602 rebounds currently ranks ninth all-time for the Tritons.
  • UC San Diego shot 33.3% from the field and went 8-of-22 (36.4%) from three-point range, compared to 44.6% from the field for UCR and 10-of-22 (45.5%) from three.
  • The Tritons held the advantage in rebounds (37-32), second chance points (7-4), and bench points (25-13).
  • UC Riverside had the edge in points off of turnovers (25-16), points in the paint (22-16) and fast break points (9-2).
  • UC San Diego starters were Sydney Brown, Emily Cangelosi, Izzy Forsyth, Julia Macabuhay and Parker Montgomery.  
UP NEXT
The Tritons will return home to host CSU Bakersfield on Saturday, Jan. 14 at 2 p.m. and travel to UC Davis on Monday, Jan. 16 at 3 p.m. The games will be broadcast on ESPN+ 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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