Dec. 11, 2011
Box Score
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Behind a career-high 31-points from senior guard Morgan Woodrow, the University of San Diego women's basketball team (7-2) cruised to a 77-57 non-conference win over the University of the Pacific (4-4) Sunday afternoon at the Jenny Craig Pavilion.
Woodrow recorded her career-high 31 points on 12-for-20 shooting from the field, including hitting on 5-of-5 from the charity strip, while pulling down five rebounds. Sophomore guard Amy Kame recorded her first career double-double as she had 16 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. Kame recorded her 16 points on 5-of-15 shooting from the field. Felicia Wijenberg was the only other USD player to score in double figures for USD, as she tied her career-high with 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the floor. Izzy Chilcott had another solid game as well, pulling down a career-high 14 rebounds, while scoring five points. As a team, USD shot .459 form the field and out rebounded the Tigers 50-34.
San Diego came out of the gates ready to play, as they opened up the game on a 6-2 run over the first 4:39 of action to grab the early momentum. The Tigers then answered the run with a 8-4 run of their own to pull even with USD at 10-all with 13:03 to go. The half continued to be a series of runs, as a Woodrow lay-up sparked a 10-3 run that was bookended on a Woodrow lay-up to give USD a 20-13 lead with 8:25 to go. Pacific then began to slowly chip away at the lead and eventually took a one-point lead at 25-24 on a Erica McKenzie lay-up with 2:32 to go. However, a pair of Kame free throws then gave USD a one-point edge at 26-25 going into the break.
In the second half, USD would go on a 13-4 run to open up things over the first four minutes of play to take a 38-29 lead with 16:13 to go , grabbing all the momentum. USD then went on to build up its first double-digit lead at 47-36 on a Woodrow lay-up with 13:51 to go. San Diego was then able to withstand a few Tiger runs and regained its double-digit lead for good on a Woodrow jumper at the 11:04 mark, and never looked back. USD just gradually built up its lead over the remaining eight minutes of the game and settled for a 20-point win.
For the Tigers, Ashley Wakefield paced the team with 24 points, while McKenzie was the second of three players in double figures with 16 points and the final Pacific player to record double figures was Kendall Rodriguez, as she had 10 points. As a team, Pacific shot .324 from the field.
The Toreros will return to action on Saturday as they host Cal Poly in a 2 p.m. non-conference game inside of the Jenny Craig Pavilion.
