Leticia Soares
76
Dartmouth DART 2-4
78
Winner San Diego USD 4-3
Dartmouth DART
2-4
76
Final
78
San Diego USD
4-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Dartmouth DART 23 16 20 17 76
San Diego USD 14 25 22 17 78

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Career Night in Toreros Win

Soares and Hunter record season-highs

Dec. 1, 2018

SAN DIEGOLeticia Soares and Sydney Hunter set season-highs to help the Toreros overcome an 11-point deficit and secure a 78-76 win against Dartmouth on Saturday afternoon in the Jenny Craig Pavilion.
 
The Toreros (4-3) were tied at 76 points with 30 seconds remaining. Myah Pace drew out the clock and sank a two-pointer off the glass to put the Toreros on top with 1.6 seconds left in the game. The Big Green (2-4) turned over the ball at the buzzer for USD to win in a thrilling fashion.

Soares led the team with 22 points and Hunter was close behind with 19. 13 of Hunter's points came in the second half. Hunter also recorded a team-high eight rebounds in a game that saw 11 ties and seven lead changes. Kiera Oakry led the team on defense recording a game-high three blocks and team-high three steals.

Dartmouth got off to a hot start taking an 11-point lead in the first five minutes of the match and finishing the first quarter up 23-14.
 
However, USD rallied in the second quarter outscoring the Big Green, 25-16. Sydney Shepard drained a three with 2 minutes left in the first half to give the Toreros their first lead of the match. USD finished the first half tied at 39.

The Toreros stayed hot in the third quarter taking their largest lead of the match at 6 points and finished the quarter on top at 61-59.
 
Dartmouth and USD battled it out in the fourth quarter, with four lead changes and five ties.
 
The Toreros finished the game with a 54.2 shooting percentage and 62.5% from behind the arc. USD dominated in points off the bench 33-12.
 
USD is back in action on Thursday when they travel to Long Beach at 7 p.m.
 
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