SAN DIEGO – Behind a season-high from Dylan Horton, the San Diego women's basketball program (5-17, 1-8 WCC) got back in the win column, defeating San Francisco (9-13, 5-4 WCC), 77-66, on Saturday afternoon at the Jenny Craig Pavilion.   
 
Four Toreros went into double figures, led by Horton with 22 points. Kylie Horstmeyer matched her career-high with 18 points, while Veronica Sheffey added 14 points and six assists.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• After San Francisco opened the game on a 6-0 run, the Toreros settled in and began to shoot the ball at an efficient clip.
• Harsimran Kaur tallied four of her 12 points in the first five minutes of the game and the Toreros responded with a 10-2 run.
• Horton and Horstmeyer began to form a one-two punch, as each got into a rhythm in the first quarter.
• After a Horstmeyer three-pointer, the Toreros led 17-12 at the end of the first quarter.
• The second quarter was more of the same from the Toreros, who held off some early points from the Dons and further expanded their lead.
• Horstmeyer stayed red-hot with a pair of baskets, while seven different Toreros tallied at least one field goal as the lead rose to 14.
• San Francisco would shave the lead to nine, but the Toreros would not be phased entering the third quarter.
• Horstmeyer punctuated her run of six consecutive field goals with an 'and-one' conversion to make it 49-34 with 5:59 remaining in the third.
• A 7-0 run by San Francisco got them back in the game, but ignited Horton who ended the quarter on fire.
• Horton scored seven points in a span of 1:29 to end the period and gave San Diego an 11-point advantage.
• San Francisco made one final push and cut the lead to five with just under five minutes remaining.
• However, Horton tallied another pair of baskets, while Horstmeyer added a block and a jumper to extend the lead back to 11 and secure the win.

 
TORERO TIDBITS

• San Diego recorded their highest field goal percentage of the season at 55.2 percent from the field.
• The Toreros shot over 50 percent in each quarter of the game, headlined by a 60 percent showing in the second quarter.
• Horton tallied the third 20-point game by a Torero this season and first by someone other than Sheffey.
• Horton's nine field goals are the most by a Torero in a single game this season.
• Mila Wawszkowicz tallied a career-high eight rebounds in the win. That's the most by a Torero true freshman since Laura Erikstrup on Dec. 28, 2020.

 
NEXT UP
The Toreros head out on the road to face off with Santa Clara, with a matchup set for Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. The game will be streamed via ESPN Plus. To stay up to date with Toreros women's basketball, follow the team on Instagram & Twitter by searching "USDwbb".