HAYWARD, Calif. — A day after pulling away late to win the season opener, the Dominican University of California women's basketball team fell late in the game to host Cal State East Bay on Saturday, 68-58.

Dominican (1-1) trailed 13-11 after a quarter but grabbed a 27-26 lead headed into halftime. The Pioneers (2-0) regained the lead by the end of the third quarter and pulled away with a 26-point quarter to best the Penguins. The game was tied 50-50 with 6:31 to go but a Shannon Bland jumper with 5:33 to go gave the Pioneers the lead for good. Melissa Boscarino's basket with 3:49 to go cut the lead back to two but that's as close at the Penguins would get. Dominican was forced to foul and the Pioneers won the game at the free throw line, where they made their final 10 free throw attempts. CSUEB went 18-of-24 from the line while Dominican went just 12-of-25.

Dominican limited the Pioneers to 28.6 percent shooting from the field in the first half but CSUEB went 13-of-24 (54.2 percent) in the second half. Carly Holboke came off the bench and led the Penguins with four of the team's six three-pointers and 14 points. Boscarino, freshman Natalie Diaz, and junior Allyssa Weatherd all chipped in nine points apiece. Junior Taylor Donnot added eight points. Sophomore Sandra Ikeora scored seven points and grabbed seven rebounds. Weatherd led Dominican with eight rebounds.

Forward Tori Breshers led the Pioneers with a double-double, 18 points on 10-of-12 free throw shooting and 10 rebounds. Ashleigh Anderson added 13 points and Bland had 11.

Dominican will host Pacific Union College (NAIA) on Tuesday, Nov. 17. TIpoff is slated for 7 p.m. Live stats and video will be available at dominicanathletics.com/live with live audio provided by radio.dominican.edu.