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Poor shooting costs Penguins on road in San Diego

Danielle Yamauchi and the Penguins struggled on the road at Point Loma on Thursday.
Box Score SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The Dominican University of California women's basketball team had its worst shooting night of the season and dropped a 75-46 decision at Point Loma on Thursday night in Pacific West Conference action.

Dominican's starters combined to go just 7-of-40 (.175) from the field and the Penguins (4-15/4-9 PacWest) went just 14-of-69 (.212) for the game, including 1-of-9 (.111) from behind the three-point line. The Penguins had made at least four three-pointers per game over the last six games with four of those outcomes being entered in the win column.

Conversely, Point Loma (9-8/7-6 PacWest) began the game with a 16-2 lead, going 7-of-11 (.636) in the first minutes. From there, the Sea Lions built the lead to 18 by halftime, 38-20, despite neither team scoring in the last two minutes of the half. For the game, Point Loma went 25-of-60 (.417) and outscored Dominican 26-4 in the paint.

Salonika Quewon-Owens had a team-high 12 points for the Penguins. She went 8-of-10 from the free throw line and also had a team-high nine rebounds, with six of those coming at the offensive end, where the Penguins held a 20-13 edge. Melissa Boscarino, Jade Castro, and Danielle Yamauchi all added six points. Sarah Nelson was limited to two points but still had eight blocks and four assists.

The Sea Lions were led by Erin Anderson's 18 points and 10 rebounds.

From San Diego, Dominican now heads to Utah to face Dixie State University (8-10/6-6). That game is slated for 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1 at Burns Arena.
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