Women's basketball faces issues
Natalie Rodriguez
Issue date: 2/3/10 Section: Sports
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Coach Paula Dahl talked about the Jan. 23 loss.
"I was quite pleased with our efforts against Santa Monica. Our issue has been the same all season, which is we don't dominant the boards like we should," said Dahl.
Santa Monica took a three-point lead within the first two minutes of the game, and continued to lead for the first half. Sophomore guard Julianne Thomas commented on number 25 Newell and number 32 Danganan of Santa Monica.
"Those were two really good players, I think the game would have been different without them, and for us we wouldn't have had to worry about stopping them so much," said Thomas.
Freshman guard Alexi Smith also talked about the two players and said, "They lead their team. If they weren't in the game it would have been a completely different game, but I'm proud of my team."
Thomas and Smith got BC on the board with a layup and a few 3-pointers to make the score 18-7 with 9:30 left in the first half.
Smith then scored for her team by her free throw shots, and soon after got the rebound from Santa Monica and made two 3-pointers back to back. Sophomore guard Ashlee Taira also made a three pointer with 40 seconds left in the first half to make the score 25-21.
The Renegades ended the first half behind at halftime 27-23. In the second half, BC came back more aggressively as did Santa Monica. Freshman guard Kaileigh Christensen made two free throws at the four minute mark to then have BC only behind by four points.
With three minutes left in the second half, Smith made both of her free throws to help BC get back into the race with a two-point deficit.
The score was tied at 52 at the two-minute mark, and with one minute left, Christensen gave BC their first lead of the second half by two points to make the score 54-52.
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