Jan. 22, 2011

Box Score

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Saint Mary's College outscored the University of San Diego women's basketball team 36-18 in the second half to claim a 66-44 West Coast Conference win over the Toreros Saturday afternoon at the Jenny Craig Pavilion.

Morgan Woodrow led the Torero scoring attack with a team-best 11 points on 4-for-13 shooting form the floor. Sam Child chipped in with nine points, Nya Mason added in eight points and Emily Hatch had a game-high 10 rebounds for USD. As a team, the Toreros shot 22.1 % in the game and were out rebounded 53-44.

In the first half, it was a tough battle as the Gaels (12-8, 4-1 WCC) came out and grabbed the first six points of the contest, then a Child jumper broke the run with 17:43 to go. USD (11-8, 1-4 WCC) would continued to slowly chip away at the lead and eventually took the lead at 11-10 on a Woodrow 3-pointer with 14:15 to go in the half. The two teams then began to make small runs at one another with both teams having their turn with the lead and neither team taking a lead bigger than three. Then with the Toreros leading 25-22 with 3:13 to go, the Gaels would close out the frame on an 8-1 run to grab a four-point lead at the break.

San Diego then had to play the entire second half without preseason All-WCC honoree Dominique Conners, as she left the game with a foot injury. The Toreros would then go ice cold from the field, as they shot 7-for-42 (16.7 %) from the floor and slowly watched the Gaels begin to run away with the game. SMC would eventually build up its lead to as many as 26 points at 64-38 with 4:49 to go, before settling for the 22-point win.

The Toreros will return to action on Thursday as they host Portland in a 7 p.m. WCC game inside the Jenny Craig Pavilion.