Cal Poly 39, at Southern California 86

LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — The Southern California women’s basketball team delivered a commanding performance from the opening tip, overwhelming Cal Poly 86-39 in a nonconference game Thursday night at Galen Center. The Women of Troy, improving to 8-3, never trailed and established a tone of defensive dominance that the Mustangs, who fell to 2-9, could not counter. A crowd of 3,511 watched as Southern California built a 25-10 lead after the first quarter and extended it to 45-23 by halftime, effectively deciding the contest long before the final buzzer. The most important part of the game was the first-quarter onslaught,… Read more...