REDLANDS, Calif. – The University of Redlands Women's Basketball team (9-6, 4-2 SCIAC) had their six-game winning streak snapped by Whittier College, 75-61, in Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) action Saturday afternoon inside Currier Gym.
Whittier got off to a fast start, getting out in front 13-3 after five minutes with the only Redlands points coming off an AJ Wick (Henderson, NV) free throw and a Colbi Zorich (Kenmore, WA) jumper.
Trailing by eight in the final two minutes the Bulldog defensive unit stood strong allowing only two points, while Andrea Perkins (Seal Beach, CA) found Zorich ahead of her for a fastbreak layup that put UR down only two possessions, 18-12, after the opening 10 minutes.
It was a great first four plus minutes in the second despite conceding a three on the first possession. They grabbed four points from Zorich and a three from Perkins off a Leila Hosn (Seattle, WA) assist. The three made it a four-point deficit, 23-19, with 5:42 on the clock.
Over the next five minutes, though, the Poets scored 13 of the next 16 points and held their largest lead of the half at 13, 35-22. Audrey Meek (Beaverton, OR), however, was found by Alex Facelo (San Jose, CA) behind the arc with only :25 seconds remaining as she cut the deficit to ten at the half.
The beginning seven minutes of the third saw the Bulldogs score just 11 points as they were down 14, 50-36, with 2:34 to play. Zorich, Hosn, and Facelo would then change the pace with seven combined points over the next two minutes as they were within nine.
Again, down double figures early in the fourth, it became the Wick show scoring eight points pulling the Bulldogs within six, 66-60, with only 2:31 left.
The Zorich layup that made it a six-point game would be the final made field goal for Redlands as they ultimately lost by 14.
Facelo finished with a team-high 17 points thanks to five made three-pointers. Zorich and Wick were the other two in double figures with 16 and 13 points, respectively. Wick grabbed 15 rebounds for her ninth double-double on the season and her 13th double-digit rebounding game in 15 total contests this season.
Redlands heads to Claremont on Monday, January 20 for a 7:00 p.m. tip-off at Pomona-Pitzer.
