Ashley Biggins scored 16 points and grabbed a game-high 21 rebounds Saturday
night and UC Irvine held on for a 75-74 Big West Conference women's basketball
victory over visiting Cal State Fullerton.
Annie Mai also had 16 points for the Anteaters, now 2-12 overall and 1-5
in the Big West.
Charlee Underwood and Andrea Adams each had 17 points for the Titans,
who fell to 1-12 and 0-5. Melanie Mosely had 13 rebounds including 10
on the offensive end.
Fulleton lost a 1-point game last week at UC Riverside.
The Anteaters closed out the first half outscoring the Titans 23-16 to
go into the locker room with a 38-26 lead. UCI built a 15-point lead (49-34)
on an Angie Ned jumper with 14:36 remaining.
Fullerton began chipping away with an Underwood three-pointer narrowing
the UCI lead to four (60-56) with 6:28 to go. The Anteaters scored the
next seven to go back up by 11 (67-56) at 4:14, but the Titans kept battling,
going on a 13-5 run, which included three three-pointers to close within
three (72-69) with 41 seconds left in the game.
UCI’s Lauren Yadon knocked down a pair of free throws (74-69) with
18 seconds remaining before Melanie Mosely had a rebound put-back with
seven seconds to keep the Titans within three (74-71). Cal State Fullerton
immediately fouled Ned and she hit the first and missed the second to
give UCI the four-point cushion. Andrea Adams hit a three-pointer (75-74)
with three seconds remaining, but time ran out as UCI in-bounded the ball.
UCI shot 48 per cent from the floor and made 18 of 24 free throws. Fullerton
made only 12 of 20 fre throws and shot 35 percent from the floor.
