SAN DIEGO – The San Diego women's basketball program (2-1, 0-0 WCC) heads out on the road for the Bank of Hawai'I Classic, hosted by the University of Hawai'I in Manoa, Hawaii. The Toreros will face off against Lipscomb (2-2, 0-0 ASUN) on Friday at 2:30 p.m. PT and Florida Gulf Coast (2-0, 0-0 ASUN) on Sunday at 3 p.m. PT.
 
LAST TIME OUT

• San Diego battled tooth-and-nail with USC, but ultimately dropped a tight 58-50 decision to the Trojans on Tuesday night at the Jenny Craig Pavilion.
• Myah Pace had a huge performance to pace the Toreros offense, scoring 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting. Kiera Oakry turned in 12 points, while Laura Erikstrup pulled down 10 rebounds.
• San Diego continued to rebound the basketball at a high rate, outpacing the Trojans 43-31 on the glass.

 
OPPONENT HISTORY

• The Toreros have never faced both the Bisons and Eagles.

 
WHAT TO WATCH FOR

• Pace has made steady progress in each game back from injury this season, with seven, 12 and most recently 16 points against USC in her last three games.
• San Diego is off to a tremendous start on the glass, recording their most rebounds in a single game since 2020 in the win over Biola.
• The team followed that up with more huge rebounding margins at Portland State and against USC and lead the WCC in rebounding margin (17.7) and offensive rebounds per game (19.0).
• In addition, those rebounding marks rank in the top-20 nationally, with rebounding margin at No. 13 and offensive rebounds per game at No. 17.
• The Toreros continue to turn defense into offense, as they lead the WCC in scoring defense at 50.7.

 
TORERO TIDBITS

• Amanda Olinger currently leads the WCC in blocks (5) and blocks per game (1.67).
• The Toreros enter a new foray this weekend, as the program has never faced any of the current members of the ASUN conference. Lipscomb and Florida Gulf Coast are both members of the conference.
• Pace is closing in on several milestones in her highly successful Torero career, sitting just 122 points away from 1,000 and 28 rebounds away from 500 in her collegiate career.
• In addition, Pace ranks fifth all-time in career steals with 207 and is 14 away from tying Amy Kame for fourth place.

 
HOW TO FOLLOW
The games in Hawaii will have live stats provided by statbroadcast. To stay up to date with Toreros women's basketball, follow the team on Instagram & Twitter by searching "USDwbb".