SEATTLE, Wash. – Back in action on Thursday night in the Pacific Northwest, the San Diego women's basketball team (6-12, 0-5 WCC) battled throughout a back-and-forth game before ultimately coming up short against Seattle U (5-11, 1-4 WCC) by a 68-62 final score at the Redhawk Center. 

Kylie Ray had another big scoring night as she recorded 23 points and five assists against the Redhawks on Thursday. Providing nice production off the bench, Dresha Moore grabbed a new career-best 12 rebounds and scored nine points for USD against the newest member of the WCC. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• After the Redhawks began the game with a 7-0 run, USD started to battle back as Ray knocked down a three point shot to make it a four point game. 
• Following a media timeout, the Torero offense started to flow better as Ray found Olivia Owens open for a free throw line jumper to make it a 10-7 Seattle U advantage. 
• Later on in the quarter, Malia Tharpe started to make her presence felt as she scored a layup off of a Redhawk turnover as San Diego trailed 16-15 through the first 10 minutes of action. 
• Getting the second quarter going, Tharpe continued her strong start to the game by scoring a layup after grabbing an offense rebound to give the Toreros a 17-16 advantage and their first lead of the game. 
• Following another run from Seattle U, the Toreros worked hard to keep the game close as Hallie Rhodes scored a driving layup to make it a four point game. 
• Wrapping up the first half, Jayden Rhodes got into the paint after a great feed from Ray and scored a layup as the Toreros trailed 28-25 heading into halftime. 
• Getting the second half going, H. Rhodes once again got downhill and finished a driving layup to make it a three point game early in the quarter.
• Moore and Owens would then start to get going as they scored six straight points for the Toreros to even the game at 33-all and forced the Redhawks into a timeout. 
• Following the break, Ray and Tharpe would each score buckets to put San Diego ahead 39-35 for their largest lead of the game at that point.
• Moore continued her strong third quarter by scoring a layup off a well-designed pick-and-roll between her and Ray as USD led 44-42 heading into the final quarter.
• After an 8-0 spurt from the Redhawks to start the fourth quarter, Ray helped San Diego respond as she scored a layup with a nice floating shot over the outstretched arms of the defense. 
• Owens would then take advantage of a steal from Moore as she took the ball coast-to-coast for a layup to make it a 52-48 game. 
• Seattle U would go on to take control of the game late in the quarter as they picked up the 68-62 victory on their home floor. 

TORERO TIDBITS

• Ray put together another great night scoring a game-high 23 points on 9-of-18 from the field, dished out five assists and secured three rebounds against the Redhawks on Thursday. 
• Moore was key for USD off the bench against Seattle U as she grabbed 12 rebounds, scored nine points and knocked down five of the six free throws she attempted. 
• H. Rhodes had a productive game in her 35 minutes of action as she scored 14 points, corralled four rebounds and made a pair of three-point shots. 
• Tharpe put together a strong performance for USD as she scored eight points, secured three rebounds and forced three steals in 22 minutes played off of the San Diego bench. 

NEXT UP
The Toreros now look forward to returning home this Saturday, January 10 at 2:00 p.m. as they will face Pepperdine (10-6, 1-3 WCC) as the program celebrates Kids Day. 

The first 350 fans to Saturday's game will receive a free USD drawstring bag, and youth 12 and younger are free for every remaining USD women's basketball home game. Ticket, live video and live statistic links for Saturday's game can be found via the team's schedule page.