UC Santa Barbara edges Pepperdine in road women’s basketball matchup
4 days ago MALIBU, Calif. (Interstat) — Visiting UC Santa Barbara closed with a late fourth-quarter push and defeated home Pepperdine 58-54 in a women’s NCAA Division I basketball game Thursday at Firestone Fieldhouse. The Gauchos improved to 2-0, while the Waves fell to 1-1 in front of an announced attendance of 552. UC Santa Barbara built its early lead from the perimeter. Karisma Flores opened the scoring with a 3-pointer and added another 3-point jump shot as the Gauchos jumped ahead. Keandra Koorits answered with a 3-pointer for Pepperdine, and Elli Guiney made a layup, but Naomy Zonzon-Huyghe and Chauncey Andersen connected… Read more...