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Shooting goes cold, women's basketball drops exhibition at Division I USF

Noelle Roldan scored 11 points in Dominican's exhibition loss at USF on Wednesday night.
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SAN FRANCISCO — The Dominican University of California women's basketball team hung with University of San Francisco for a half but poor shooting led to a 96-59 loss in exhibition play to the Division I Dons.

The Penguins jumped out to a 7-2 lead on five straights points from Noelle Roldan and a bucket from Jessy Marshall. Dominican held to the lead until the 15-minute mark when Taj Winston buried a three-pointer to give the Dons the lead for good.

Winston went 10-for-17 in the game and led all players with 26 points, which would have been a career-high, and 11 rebounds. Jamie Katuna came off the bench to add 19 points. Taylor proctor added 15 points. Paige Spietz also had a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

USF proved too much inside and outscored Dominican 42-24. The Dons pulled down 60 rebounds in the game, compared to Dominican's 36, including 19 offensive rebounds that were converted into 23 second-chance points. Consistent shooting in the first half (15-of-35, .429) helped the Penguins stay close but they cooled off dramatically in the final 20 minutes (9-of-34, .265) and didn't make any of their nine long-range attempts in the second half.

Roldan led the Penguins with 11 points on 5-of-9 shooting. The Dominican bench accounted for 24 points, led by senior Lauren Hyatt, also with a team-best 11 points. Freshman sharpshooter Carly Holboke had an off night from the field with just one three pointer but made all three of free throw attempts to finish with six points.

Quewon-Owens had eight points to go along with a team-high 12 rebounds and four steals. Sarah Nelson added nine points and Marshall scored seven, all in the first half.

The Dominican women will return to San Francisco on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 15 and 16 to compete in the PacWest/CCAA Challenge hosted by Academy of Art University. The Penguins will face Cal State East Bay on Saturday and Humboldt State on Sunday with both games set to begin at 1:00 p.m. at Kezar Pavilion. Click here for more information on the PacWest/CCAA Challenge.
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