NORTHRIDGE – Competing in their third game in six days, the San Diego women's basketball team (1-2, 0-0 WCC) came up short in a good battle on the road against the CSUN Matadors (2-0, 0-0 Big West) by a 63-48 final on Saturday afternoon. 

Kylie Ray had another strong performance playing near her hometown, as she scored 20 points and collected a new career-high nine rebounds against the Matadors. Hallie Rhodes was productive as well for the Toreros as she scored 14 points and blocked a pair of shots on Saturday. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Ray set the tone early for her big day as she scored the game's first points on a baseline jumper. 
• Midway through the quarter, Helen Holley got involved on the offensive end by putting home a nice layup in the paint that put USD ahead 9-7. 
• After the Matadors went on a run late in the quarter, Eva Ruse helped even the score with a nice driving layup to make it 17-all, before CSUN would score three more points to lead 20-17 through the first 10 minutes. 
• Early in the second quarter, H. Rhodes helped get the deficit back to one possession as she made a layup after a great feed from Ray as the Toreros trailed 22-19.
• The Matadors would assert themselves midway through the quarter before USD would respond with a nice run of their own as Ray would score six straight points for her squad to make it 33-25 with under three minutes until halftime. 
• San Diego would go on a strong late half push as Ayla Williams made two big free throws to get the lead down to 35-31 before the half. 
• Getting the second half going, Dresha Moore made a key play for the Toreros by grabbing an offensive rebound and putting the shot back to get her team back within four points.
• CSUN would build a double digit lead late in the quarter, as H. Rhodes scored a pair of key buckets to get the Toreros a little closer as the score was 51-39 Matadors with just 10 minutes remaining. 
• USD would score their first points of the fourth quarter on a nice designed play on a baseline out of bounds situation as Ray connected on a three to make it a 57-42 score.
• CSUN would go on to control the rest of the game as they earned a 63-48 victory on their home court. 

TORERO TIDBITS

• In her first week competing for the Toreros, Ray has shown a tremendous ability to score the ball as she's averaging 15.3 PPG three games into the season. 
• The Torero defense once again was aggressive as they forced 13 steals against CSUN with Olivia Owens forcing four of her own to lead USD. 

NEXT UP
San Diego now looks forward to returning home for their next game as they will host Arizona State (2-0, 0-0 Big 12) on Thursday, November 13 for a 6:00 p.m. tip-off at Jenny Craig Pavilion. Live video, live statistics and ticket links for Thursday's game against the Sun Devils can be found on the team's website.