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Dominican University of California Athletics

Allyssa Weatherd
Brandon Davis
Allysa Weatherd scored a game-high 19 points in Thursday's loss at PLNU.
69
Dominican DUC-WBB 15-7,11-4PacWest
72
Winner Point Loma PLNU-WBB 17-5,10-4PacWest
Dominican DUC-WBB
15-7,11-4PacWest
69
Final
72
Point Loma PLNU-WBB
17-5,10-4PacWest
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Dominican DUC-WBB 20 9 9 31 69
Point Loma PLNU-WBB 21 19 15 17 72

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Brandon Davis

Weatherd becomes program DII scoring leader but comeback bid falls short

SAN DIEGO — The Dominican University of California women's basketball nearly erased a 20-point deficit but ran out of time in a close 72-69 PacWest loss at Point Loma on Thursday night.

The Penguins (15-7/11-4 PacWest) were led by Allyssa Weatherd game-high 19 points on 6-of-9 shooting. The senior entered the game ninth in DII in field goal percentage and raised that to 59.6 percent. That gives her 872 career points, moving her past Sarah Nelson's 861 career points for the top spot in program history in the DII era.

Carly Holboke added 16 points and Sandra Ikeora recorded her seventh double-double with 15 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. Jessy Marshall added a season-high seven points. Dominican was without freshman Natalie Diaz, who is sidelined with a concussion. The freshman had started every game before Thursday and was averaging 8.8 points per game.

Ikeora got the Penguins on the board first but the Sea Lions (17-5/10-4 PacWest) led the larger part of the first quarter and led 21-20 at the end of the quarter. The Sea Lions stretched the lead to 40-29 by halftime thanks to an 11-2 run to close out the half. The momentum continued for the Sea Lions, who scored the first seven points of the second half. The lead grew to 20 with 5:02 to go in the third but the Penguins battled back.

Dominican trailed 17 headed into the final quarter and got hot in the fourth quarter. The Penguins went 8-of-11 (72.7 percent) from the field and made five free throws to trim the lead down to three, 65-62, with under two minutes to play. Dominican was forced to foul and Point Loma went 7-of-10 from the free throw line over the final two minutes. The Penguins remained close and Weatherd hit a three-pointer to keep it close but time expired without another opportunity to tie.

Four Sea Lions starters reached double digits. Madison West led Point Loma with 18 points. Sydney Tonack added 17 points. Roya Rustamzada scored 14 points and dished out seven assists. Alex Brunk scored 13 points and had a team-high seven rebounds.

Dominican will next head to No. 4 California Baptist on Saturday, Feb. 13. Tipoff is slated for 5 p.m. in Riverside, California.
 
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