SANTA CLARA – Hitting the road for their lone game of the week, the San Diego women's basketball team (4-11, 0-6 WCC) came up short on the road against the Santa Clara Broncos (9-9, 3-5 WCC) by a 67-59 final score on Saturday afternoon at the Leavey Center. 

Truitt Reilly had another strong afternoon as she scored a team-high 14 points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished out a trio of assists against the Broncos.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Santa Clara managed to score the first six points of Saturday's game until Truitt Reilly created some space and knocked down a long two for USD's first field goal of the game. 
• The Toreros would continue to erase their early deficit as Kylie Horstmeyer put home a layup that evened the score at seven apiece. 
• Reilly would go on to knock down a pair of free throws late in the quarter as the Broncos held a 14-9 lead after the first 10 minutes of action.
• SCU was able to build a nine point advantage before the Toreros went on a run of their own started by an Ava Ranson three-point knockdown to get closer. 
• USD then used a pair of Reilly field goals and then a Jayden Rhodes layup to even the game up at 18 midway through the second quarter.
• It was close throughout the rest of the first half as Santa Clara scored a couple late buckets to take a 32-27 lead into the locker room.
• Starting the second half with some strong play, Dresha Moore scored USD's first two buckets of the second half to make it a one point game early in the third quarter.
• The first part of the third quarter was a back-and-forth affair with neither side getting much separation as Hallie Rhodes made a layup to make it 40-38 Broncos with 5:02 left in the third quarter.
• Lauren McCall was able to split a pair of free throws before SCU went on a 7-0 run to end the quarter with a 51-42 lead.
• Looking to keep the deficit close, Horstmeyer went on the attack and put home a layup for the Toreros' first fourth quarter points to make it a seven point game.
• After the San Diego defense was able to force a turnover, Erica Carr was able to take advantage with a turnaround paint shot that got USD within five at 51-46.
• The hometown Broncos would go on to take control of the rest of the game as they earned the 67-59 victory on their home floor. 

TORERO TIDBITS

• Reilly had a tremendous game against the Broncos as she scored 14 points to go along with nine rebounds, three assists and knocking down all four free throws she attempted. 
• Playing key minutes off the bench for her team, H. Rhodes scored 11 points on 5-of-10 from the field to go along with three assists and a pair of rebounds in 34 minutes of action. 
• Making her first collegiate start in Saturday's game, Moore scored eight points, grabbed seven rebounds and came away with a steal against Santa Clara. 
• Doing a lot of the little things to help her team on Saturday, J. Rhodes scored seven points, collected six rebounds and came away with a pair of steals in her 24 minutes of action. 

NEXT UP
San Diego will be back in action one week from today as they will host Pepperdine on Saturday, January 18 at 2:00 p.m. from Jenny Craig Pavilion. Live video and live statistics links can be found on the team's website.