Box Score LA MIRADA, Calif. --- As the seconds ticked away it seemed to be inevitable, for a second straight night, despite a valiant effort from a group of young players, heartbreak ensued as the Eagles fell by just two points.
 
Menlo came to play in Chase Gym on Saturday evening and, despite trailing in nearly every other statistical category, took advantage of 26 Biola turnovers to hand the Eagles their fifth loss of the season, 64-62.
 
The Oaks were able to shoot well enough from the free throw line and get big points from three of their players in order to add their second win of the young season.
 
The Eagles trailed by seven in the half, but staged a run in the second half to pull themselves back in the game. After some missed shots late by Menlo, the Eagles had one more chance with just two seconds left. Just like yesterday night's contest, the Eagles threw up a last second three-point attempt and it fell by the wayside, giving them the loss.
 
"We battled hard tonight and saw some improvement from last night," said Head Coach Dr. Bethany Miller. "It is always tough dropping two games back to back. We just need better ball control statistics, we had too many turnovers."
 
The Eagles gave the ball away 23 times on the night, including several players reaching five turnovers a piece. Those two players, Elizabeth Munger and Desiree Robinson, did what they could to make up for the givaways by have monster games of offense as Biola's top two scorers with 18 and 13 points, respectively.
 
Foul trouble followed everyone on the court tonight, as both squads suffered a foul out due to a very tightly called contest. Biola picked up 19 personal fouls, including five on Adijat Adams, and the Oaks had 27.
 
Adams notched 11 points in the game and was held to two rebounds in just 15 minutes on the floor. Foul trouble gave some of the younger players on the squad some time on the floor and they proved they could hang tight, even in a down to the wire game.
 
"We are seeing some good things come together cohesively from our young group," said Miller. "We had good minutes from young players who had to step up because of foul trouble and people out of the game with injuries."
 
Imani Joseph and Khadidja Diakite are two of those young players who stepped up big in the absence of some veteran leadership, combining for 49 minutes, 13 rebounds, 11 points and two steals on the night.
 
The Eagles get some time off after what has been a blitz to start the season, and return to the court Nov. 15 against Westminster in Chase Gymnasium.
 
"We are excited to go back out and after Westminster, who is No. 5 in the country," said Miller.