Feb. 14, 2004
Box Score
SAN DIEGO, CA- San Diego women's basketball dropped a 52-48 decision to visiting Loyola Marymount Saturday night at USD's Jenny Craig Pavilion. The win marked Loyola Marymount's (19-5; 10-1 WCC) tenth consecutive victory and LMU's ten West Coast Conference wins this season equals a program record. San Diego (6-17; 1-9 WCC) was paced by senior center Marta Menuez who poured in a team-high 18 points. USD will next play at Santa Clara next Thursday at 7pm.
Torero guard Polly Dong dished out six assists Saturday and forward Melissa Padgett gathered in six rebounds. Jamie Corwin's lay-up with one and a half minutes remaining brought USD within six. Forced to foul, San Diego sent the Lions to the charity stripe three times in the last 60 seconds and were unable to bridge the gap- losing for the eleventh time in 12 outings.
San Diego tied the game at 22 with two minutes left to play in the first half and trailed by just four at the break. LMU took off on an 8-0 run after USD scored the first basket of the second half, taking a 34-26 advantage. Kate Murray led the Lions with 17 points and eight rebounds. Raelen Self added seven points and three assists in the winning effort. Self connected on a three-pointer with 14:29 left to play to give the Lions' an 11 point lead. Jacquelyn Woods scored consecutive buckets mid-way through the second half extend the Lion lead to 13.
San Diego mounted a comeback, led by Menuez and a Tiara Harris three-point basket with just under seven minutes to play. The Lions would eventually prevail and remain in first place in the West Coast Conference standings.
