SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.–Three Tritons scored in double-figures and UC San Diego San Diego women's basketball topped Cal Poly, 60-43, on Thursday evening in Mott Athletic Center. The Tritons (13-16, 10-9 Big West) swept the season series with the Mustangs (9-17, 6-12 Big West) and moved to 5-2 in the all-time series.
 
Emily Cangelosi led the Tritons with 17 points, while Izzy Forsyth added 14 and Julia Macabuhay finished with 12. Cangelosi, Forsyth and Sydney Brown all finished with a team-best eight rebounds. Macabuhay led the team with five assists, while Cangelosi added four and added a team-best three steals. Forsyth also tallied a career-high three blocks.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Both teams got off to a slow start in the opening quarter before UC San Diego took a 6-2 lead behind all six points from Forsyth. The Tritons closed out the period with a six-point run and took a 12-4 advantage into the first quarter break. UC San Diego held the Mustangs to just 2-of-12 from the field and forced four turnovers in the opening period.
 
The Tritons extended their lead to as many as 11 early in the second quarter before Cal Poly scored five unanswered to make it 16-10. UC San Diego used another six-point run to close out the first half and take a 26-15 lead into the intermission.
 
UC San Diego opened up the second half with a four-point run to extend its largest lead of the quarter 30-15. The Tritons maintained the 15-point advantage down to 3:26 on the clock before Cal Poly put together a five-point run. Cangelosi hit a three in the final minute and UC San Diego took a 42-29 lead into the final quarter break.
 
The Tritons carried that momentum into the final quarter, scoring 10 unanswered for their largest lead of the contest, 55-34. The Mustangs turned up the pressure on defense and answered with a nine-point run of their own in the final minutes. UC San Diego closed out the contest with a 5-0 run to take the victory, 60-43.
 
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"It was an excellent team win," said UC San Diego head coach Heidi VanDerveer. "One where everyone contributed. Very proud of our team's prep, focus and execution. Our seniors set the tone. Julia was aggressive offensively and gave tremendous defensive effort. Izzy controlled the paint and Emily hit timely shots. The victory showed our resiliency and character."
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• Sydney Brown moved into fifth all-time in rebounding for UC San Diego with 710 boards. She becomes just the fourth Triton with 1,000 points, 700 rebounds.
• Julia Macabuhay's five assists puts her just two away from reaching 300 career assists. She would become the third Triton in program history to reach 1,000 points, 300 assists.
• Emily Cangelosi scored in double-figures for the 12th time this season, Izzy Forsyth recorded her 14th game and Julia Macabuhay recorded her seventh.
• UC San Diego starters were Madison Baxter, Sydney Brown, Emily Cangelosi, Izzy Forsyth and Julia Macabuhay.

 
UP NEXT
The Tritons will celebrate their seniors on Saturday in LionTree Arena before taking on Cal State Fullerton at 2 p.m. in the final game of the 2022-23 season. The game 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.