By james art 
UC Santa Barbara, California-female basketball team of UC Santa Barbara (14-10, 8-6 Big West) won a decisive 62-52 victory over UC Irvine (16-7, 10-3 Big West) on Thursday nights, and It was a complete presentation of the team. The Gauchos veteran duo of Alice Marin and Anya the choice led the path of insult with 18 and 15 points respectively, but there were players to emphasize down in the list of Santa Barbara. Skylar Burke added 12 points from his own, while Olivia Bradley, Laurel Rockwood, Cana Cuw and Jessica Grant caused a decisive breakthrough from the third quarter, which turned the tide back in favor of Gauchos.
By the chief coach Renee Jimenez
“I will say that my goal this year was to take all the boys at the top at least once,” Jimenez said. “Because I think what it does for us really sets us up with the conference tournament well where we do not try to kill a giant we have not killed before. For me personally, as their coach, it was my purpose for Don’t worry about who we play, we will know that we have played well with them.
“I have to give a really big addition to [Olivia Bradley]Laurel (Rockwood), [Alyssa Marin]Cannies (Cuown) and Jess (Grant). This group of five came in and received us that six, seven points and it was a turning point in the game for us. The only thing we have asked all these guys is to stay engaged, you do not know when you will turn and how important your order will be. I felt like halftime that we were slow and sluggish, and our feet felt heavy and tired and we just needed something different. This group came in and they were ready to leave and they were engaged and that’s all you could ask. What he did was that it took some pressure from our initial group and allowed them to play for free. “
“I’ll say this about Anya tonight, challenging Anya to try to do something different from the result. It was a big challenge I did to Anya this week, let’s not have zeros in our statistics, let’s take some salt and black pepper On this document and try to get some struggles and assists and theft, so she did other things that helped us win and the insult was a side product of it.
How did it happen
Gauchos handled an early barrage of triphoners, firing 80% (4-from-5) from deep in the first quarter. Burke and Marin went back to give Santa Barbara a quick lead 6-0, but the anteatters cut this in half with three of them. Choosing a jumper to stop the choice retained the momentum of Gauchos, and Zoe Borker struck three to return Santa Barbara in front of six, 11-5. Ervine would eventually tie the game at 13-13 and then take a 18-13 lead at the end of a quarter, but Gauchos gathered back. Rockwood made a low -level basket, then provided three Anteater experiences with seven seconds. Gauchos hurried on the floor and received the ball choice in the corner, where he buried a trimmer, a zumer to tie the game at 18-18.
For the whole second quarter it was a game of one possession. Gauchos led 22-20 leads at the beginning of the frame after some zipper crossing led to a Rockwood arrangement and they had a chance to climb three points late thanks to Marin. Just like a clock ticket under two minutes, she drove the tape and finished the arrangement while attracting a foul for the potential three -point game. In a rare event, she missed free throw, so Gauchos were only 30-28. Ervine will receive two late baskets and enter the half-time, 33-30.
Santa Barbara came out of half slowly, though the anteater did not come out exactly faster. In the first four minutes, only two baskets were marked and the two were from the visitors, giving them a 37-30 lead. But then the momentum began to turn. Grant struck three-pointed to reduce the deficit to four, after which Burke painted and drained a pair of free throws to make him a one-time possession problem. After Time-Auta, Kayla Williams broke through Anteater’s defense to shape the game, then broke three-to-point a minute later to put Santa Barbara up, 40-37. Placing by Marin and Bradley lengthened, leading to 44-37, after which Marin knocked a pair of free throws to make 46-37, 16-0 for Gauchos. In the end, anteater would stop running with a triphone, but Santa Barbara kept its lead by 46-40 in the fourth quarter.
In the final frame, Gauchos never led by less than two possessions, and in the beginning of a quarter it seemed that they would just run away with the game. The choice brought into the first possession of his team, after which Marin knocked out the trims from the back to make the score 54-40 in favor of the home team. The Antothens, who had fired only 1 of 9 of the three-point range in the fourth quarter, finally saw three more falls to stop in their deficit and with the help of the characteristic choking of defense and some free throws, slowly began to wear nails back in the game. Visitors did things with one minute and 19 seconds, hitting a trip indicator to make a five -point game, but Gaushosa broke the Ervine Press with the long entry entrance of Choice, finding Burke, who runs alone on the court as a football firing fir S This made a game at seven points, and after the anteater missed their next shot, they had to foul. They sent the line to choose twice and it was perfect 2-for-2 and two times, putting the game in bed.
By the student athletes
Alice Marin, when she dealt with her recent immersion in the assessment: “It was really disappointing and I spoke a lot to the coach just before this game and she put all the confidence in me, no matter what,” Marin said. “I want to say that you wouldn’t think I had the games I had, the way my coach was talking to me, the way she told me to continue filming all the confidence my teammates gave me to I continue to shoot and continue to be confident in my shot.
Anya Choice on Building when performing on Thursday: “I just have to keep the same level of aggression. With my coaches and teammates.
Choosing her Zummer for the first quarter and confidence: “I definitely felt really good, but as the coach said that I think what I released the most was the other things I did, like struggles. She is pigeoning on the floor for two or three loose balls that helped a lot, as she said, filling the statistical sheet in other categories, this helps me in my confidence in the insult. “
On the numbers
15 points at Anya Choice on Thursday night is the highest season, and her career with height against anteater she has never inserted double -digit before.
Faced with UC Irvine, which came to keep opponents to an average three -point percentage of less than 30%, Gauchos denied expectations and fired 44.4% (8 to 18) beyond the arc on Thursday.
In the main third quarter, Santa Barbara’s defense held UC Irvine to only 3 of 15 firing from the pitch and 1-from 9 firing of a three-point scope. They did all this without sending the anteaters to the free throws line once in the quarter.
Forward
Gauchos will stay home on Saturday, hosting the UC Riverside Team Fresh from an upset victory of their own over UC Davis. Saturday is also national girls and women on Santa Barbara’s sports day on the sports day. Gaucho’s coaches and players will hold a meeting and congratulations after the match. Tipoff is set up for 16:00 by ThunderDome and all the actions will be live on ESPN+ with ucsbgauchos.com live statistics/wbblivestats.
(Article with the kind assistance of UCSB athletics).