Sunday, February 19
San Rafael, CA
2:00 PM
UC Santa Cruz Athletics
17-6,0-0C2C
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Dominican (CA)
17-10,14-5PacWest
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UC Santa Cruz
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Dominican (CA)
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Women's basketball closes regular season with close loss at Dominican
2/19/2023 6:40:00 PM | Women's Basketball
SAN RAFAEL- UC Santa Cruz Women's Basketball played Division II Dominican University and unfortunately were defeated in their last game of the regular season 74-69.
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The Banana Slugs started the game with eagerness and power, with Kaylee Murphy putting the first points to the board making the game 2-0 (9:13). The Banana Slugs kept the intensity the whole first quarter taking the lead of 19-16 after one quarter. The second quarter was played at a faster pace and like a fight, with Dominican having six steals. Dominican was able to come back from the second quarter and end the half in the lead at 41-36.
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The third quarter started with the Banana Slugs fighting to win back the lead. Great teamwork was made with Tess Oakley-Stilson getting a defensive rebound, and passing it to Murphy for Ashley Kowack to make a flawless layup making the score 48-40 (6:52 left). In the last 23 seconds of the quarter, Murphy made a beautiful steal into a layup, leaving the Banana Slugs only 4 points behind 56-52. Fourth quarter was very aggressive with many fouls called. The game ended with Dominican securing their lead and the score being 74-69.
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The game ended with an overall 18 points and 10 rebounds made by Murphy. Contributing 16 points each were Amanda Inserra and Kowack. Oakley-Stilson had the most rebounds of the game with 12, helping the Banana Slugs earn a 45-29 rebounds advantage. Altogether, the seniors ended their season contributing greatly to the scoreboard and the team.
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This will conclude the 2022-2023 regular season for Women's Basketball, who are 17-5 and had an outstanding season with career records and beautiful plays. They will begin the C2C tournament at Fredericksburg, Virginia starting February 23rd.
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The Banana Slugs started the game with eagerness and power, with Kaylee Murphy putting the first points to the board making the game 2-0 (9:13). The Banana Slugs kept the intensity the whole first quarter taking the lead of 19-16 after one quarter. The second quarter was played at a faster pace and like a fight, with Dominican having six steals. Dominican was able to come back from the second quarter and end the half in the lead at 41-36.
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The third quarter started with the Banana Slugs fighting to win back the lead. Great teamwork was made with Tess Oakley-Stilson getting a defensive rebound, and passing it to Murphy for Ashley Kowack to make a flawless layup making the score 48-40 (6:52 left). In the last 23 seconds of the quarter, Murphy made a beautiful steal into a layup, leaving the Banana Slugs only 4 points behind 56-52. Fourth quarter was very aggressive with many fouls called. The game ended with Dominican securing their lead and the score being 74-69.
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The game ended with an overall 18 points and 10 rebounds made by Murphy. Contributing 16 points each were Amanda Inserra and Kowack. Oakley-Stilson had the most rebounds of the game with 12, helping the Banana Slugs earn a 45-29 rebounds advantage. Altogether, the seniors ended their season contributing greatly to the scoreboard and the team.
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This will conclude the 2022-2023 regular season for Women's Basketball, who are 17-5 and had an outstanding season with career records and beautiful plays. They will begin the C2C tournament at Fredericksburg, Virginia starting February 23rd.
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Team Stats
UCSC
DUC
FG%
.406
.561
3FG%
.231
.400
FT%
.500
.500
RB
45
29
TO
21
19
STL
10
11
Game Leaders
Pts
18
FGM
8
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
16
FGM
5
3FGM
4
FTM
2
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
Forward
/ Women's BasketballGuard/Forward
/ Women's BasketballForward
/ Women's Basketball
Guard
/ Women's Basketball
