Ngo Leads with 31 Points in Loss to Bruins - University of California, Santa Cruz

Sunday, November 8

Santa Cruz, CA

3:00 PM

UC Santa Cruz Athletics

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George Fox University

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Team	1	2	3	4	F
George Fox	16	16	12	20	64
UC Santa Cruz	13	12	16	17	58

11/8/2026 8:44:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

SANTA CRUZ, Calif – The UC Santa Cruz women's basketball team battled for the full 40 in a loss to George Fox University with a final score of 64-58. Emilie Ngo headlined all scores with 31 points this afternoon in going 12-22 from the floor, and earned her second highest scoring game of her career behind the 33 points scored versus Simpson (CA) in the 2025-26 season. Sarah Reuter added eight for UCSC with five rebounds, with Bria Tate adding five points. Additionally, Lia Papador, Alyssa Jackson, and Gabriela Clement each statted four points apiece in the contest. Up next, UCSC will face the Whitman College Blues on Saturday, November 14th in Walla Walla, WA.

How it Happened:
Tate opened the game for UCSC with a clean midrange jumper to put the Banana Slugs on the board. George Fox took an early lead versus UCSC and led by as many as six in the quarter, but UCSC fought to cut the lead to three before the first ended thanks to a free throw by Papador. The Banana Slugs began the second quarter cold from the field, facing a scoring drought until a pair of free throws came from Sofia Fernandez almost four minutes into the quarter. UCSC had multiple late turnovers to end the half, giving the Bruins the opportunity to expand the lead to seven.

Clement earned the first points for UCSC to begin the second half of action. UCSC pieced together multiple clean looks offensively to slowly chip away at the Bruins' lead, including a series of layups and buckets for Reuter. A jumper by Jackson brought UCSC within two with just over three minutes remaining in the quarter, and after more back-and-forth action, a layup by Ngo brought UC Santa Cruz within one of the Bruins with a minute and a half left to play in the third. George Fox ended the quarter with a pair of free throws to put UCSC down three points going into the fourth quarter.

UCSC struggled to get a field goal to drop to open the fourth, not scoring until a Reuter free throw at the six-minute mark. Ngo led the charge for the Banana Slugs late in the game, piecing together multiple jumpers to keep UCSC within reach of a tie game. Ngo scored the last three field goals for the Banana Slugs to close the game.