Box Score SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -- Dominican women's basketball broke their 3-game losing streak and defeated the visiting Chaminade 86-61 Saturday at the Conlan Center.
 
Junior Natalie Diaz earned another double-double with 28 points, 15 rebounds, and five assists to lead the Penguins (11-5, 5-3 PacWest). Junior Alanna Scott and freshman Julia Razo contributed big for Dominican as well, scoring 17 and 12 points, respectively. Destiny Castro tallied a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Silverswords (1-8, 1-6 PacWest).
 
Scott kicked off the Penguins lead in the first quarter with back-to-back 3-pointers, followed by five points from Diaz to give Dominican an 11-4 lead. Chaminade would catch up with the help of Castro's nine points in the quarter, including a free throw that tied the game 18-18 at the end of the first.
 
However, the Penguins' 3-point shooting in the first half would help them take back the lead in the second quarter. Dominican outshot the Silverswords from the 3-point line 46.7 percent to 15.4 percent, and clutch 3-pointers from Scott, senior Alexis Price, and sophomore Marisa Mondave allowed the Penguins to take a 36-29 lead into the half and give them the momentum going into the third quarter.
 
Dominican reached a double-digit lead at 50-39 on a layup by Diaz with 5:21 left in the third quarter, and another 3-pointer by Mondave extended the Penguins' lead to 14. The Silverswords attempted to trim the lead as two consecutive layups by Alicia Dugan pulled Chaminade within seven as they closed out the quarter trailing 57-50.
 
The Silverswords would not come close to taking back the lead in the final quarter. A layup by freshman Savannah McMorrow gave Dominican a 21 point lead with 1:39 left to go, and another layup by McMorrow solidified the 86-51 victory for the Penguins.
 
Dominican retakes the court Thursday as part of a PacWest doubleheader as the Penguins host Dixie State. The women's game tips at 5:30 p.m. and the men's game starts at 7:30 p.m. Live stats and video will be available online.