Friday, December 16
Kaiser Permanente Arena
1:00 PM
UC Santa Cruz Athletics
8-1,0-0CAC
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Linfield
4-5,1-1NWC
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Linfield
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UC Santa Cruz
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Photo by: Kristi Truong
Balanced scoring leads No. 19 Banana Slugs past Linfield
12/16/2022 3:33:00 PM | Women's Basketball
UC Santa Cruz forced 28 turnovers in 72-43 home win
Tess Oakley-Stilson led three Banana Slugs in double figures as the No. 19/21 ranked women's basketball team shook off the post-finals blues with a 72-43 win over visiting Linfield.
The Banana Slugs never trailed and tied the best start in program history going to 8-1.
UC Santa Cruz opened a 20-5 lead in the game's first seven minutes, holding the Wildcats to just two made shots. The Wildcats hit a three and two free-throws to get within 20-11 at the end of the first. However, UC Santa Cruz opened the second on a 7-0 run, capped by Oakley-Stilson's "And-One" to push the lead to 27-11. Linfield then hist a three, but UC Santa Cruz finished the half on a 10-4 run to lead 37-18, capped by a steal and layup by Lindsay Zientek.
The Wildcats got to within 14 at 44-30 4:28 into the third, but another 7-0 Banana Slug run pushed the lead back to 21. The Banana Slugs hit their biggest lead at 30 with 5:15 left in the game after an acrobatic "And-One" from First-Year Talysha Wilkerson.
Oakley-Stilson finished with 20 points on 8-9 shooting. Aubrey Wagner added 14 points with team-highs of five assists and four steals. Kaylee Murphy had a double-double with 12 points and a team-high 11 rebounds. Overall, UC Santa Cruz shot 29-65 (44.6%) from the field and collected 17 steals, forcing 28 Linfield turnovers.
Gilyan Landis led Linfield (4-5) with 11 points and 11 boards.
UC Santa Cruz continues the homestand on Sunday when they play Cal Lutheran at 2pm.
The Banana Slugs never trailed and tied the best start in program history going to 8-1.
UC Santa Cruz opened a 20-5 lead in the game's first seven minutes, holding the Wildcats to just two made shots. The Wildcats hit a three and two free-throws to get within 20-11 at the end of the first. However, UC Santa Cruz opened the second on a 7-0 run, capped by Oakley-Stilson's "And-One" to push the lead to 27-11. Linfield then hist a three, but UC Santa Cruz finished the half on a 10-4 run to lead 37-18, capped by a steal and layup by Lindsay Zientek.
The Wildcats got to within 14 at 44-30 4:28 into the third, but another 7-0 Banana Slug run pushed the lead back to 21. The Banana Slugs hit their biggest lead at 30 with 5:15 left in the game after an acrobatic "And-One" from First-Year Talysha Wilkerson.
Oakley-Stilson finished with 20 points on 8-9 shooting. Aubrey Wagner added 14 points with team-highs of five assists and four steals. Kaylee Murphy had a double-double with 12 points and a team-high 11 rebounds. Overall, UC Santa Cruz shot 29-65 (44.6%) from the field and collected 17 steals, forcing 28 Linfield turnovers.
Gilyan Landis led Linfield (4-5) with 11 points and 11 boards.
UC Santa Cruz continues the homestand on Sunday when they play Cal Lutheran at 2pm.
Team Stats
Linf
UCSC
FG%
.280
.446
3FG%
.211
.222
FT%
.733
.909
RB
35
41
TO
28
17
STL
11
17
Game Leaders
Pts
20
FGM
8
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
14
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
12
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
7
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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