Box Score

LOS ANGELES – Cal State L.A.'s women's basketball team put up a battle, but was simply unable to stop UC San Diego's high-octane offense.
 
The Golden Eagles surrendered a season-high number of points against the No. 5 Tritons, falling by a 92-69 count Saturday night in a California Collegiate Athletic Association contest in the Eagles Nest. Cal State L.A. (3-3, 1-1 CCAA) settled for a split in its first weekend of conference play after Friday's win over Cal State San Bernardino.
 
The Tritons connected on 52.2 percent of their shots, including 22-of-39 (58.4 percent) in the first half while opening up a 51-28 halftime lead. UC San Diego's biggest edge came in rebounding with a lopsided 48-28 advantage.
 
Cal State L.A. battled back and made a game of it in the second half, slicing the deficit to a manageable 13 points, 67-54, with 12:30 to go. UC San Diego, though, scored the next eight points to stretch the lead to 21 and never looked back.

UC San Diego (8-0, 2-0 CCAA) extended its winning streak over Cal State L.A. to 12 straight games.
 
Cal State L.A. shot 41.1 percent for the game (23-of-56), but was just 5-of-17 from behind the 3-point arc. Both teams utilized a press for nearly all of the game and the results were about even. UC San Diego had 19 turnovers, Cal State L.A. had 21.
 
Lacy Ramon was perfect from the field and had a team-high 17 points, but she was limited by foul trouble and played just 24 minutes. Maryum Jenkins had 12 points and six rebounds, while Tessondra Williams, also limited by foul trouble to just 18 minutes, had 11 points. Alisha Belt had four points and a team-high six rebounds.
 
Erin Dautremont led four Tritons in double figures with 27 points and eight rebounds, while Lauren Freidenberg had 18 points and nine rebounds. Chelsea Carlisle had 17 pionts and Daisy Feder had 12 points.
 
The game was close for most of the first half and the Golden Eagles trailed by just even points, 26-19, after a 3-pointer by Ramon and a free throw by Alyssa Hanson. The Tritons, though, went on a 25-9 run to close the half over the final eight minutes, including a 14-2 run over the final 2:30.
 
UC San Diego maintained its large lead in the opening stages of the second half, but Cal State L.A. fought back. A pair of 3-pointers by Ramon, a layup by Jenkins and a free throw by Hanson made it 67-54 with 12:30 remaining, but UC San Diego answered with an 8-0 run and led comfortably the rest of the way.
 
Cal State L.A. will return to action next Sunday, Dec. 11, with a home game against Cal State Dominguez Hills at 2 p.m.