Box Score LA MIRADA, Calif. --- Biola avenged its early-season loss to Bethesda quite nicely on Monday evening, outshooting the Flames by more than 20 percent en route to an 86-58 win inside Chase Gymnasium.
 
It was a solid team victory for Biola, which was happy just to have its team, after facing the Flames with just five players in November. Everyone was healthy tonight, and everyone was scoring as four Eagles found double digits and three more were at eight-plus points.
 
"It was a good team game against a quality opponent," said Head Coach Dr. Bethany Miller. "We knew tonight would be a battle. It was a very physical game against a team with great depth and many different options."
 
Bethesda was pressuring the Eagles on defense from the opening whistle to final buzzer tonight, but only managed to force one turnover in the backcourt all night against a Biola offense that had crisp passing throughout.
 
In addition to the high-pressure defense, the Flames' physicality is demonstrated in the box score through a heaping 30 personal fouls. That doubles the Eagles' 15 total fouls on the evening.
 
Biola got itself 29 points off of free throws, going 29-41 from the line, to score 20 more points off fouls than the Flames' nine. That 20-point difference, plus worse-than-lackluster shooting from Bethesda in the first half, led to a comfortable Biola victory with Biola holding the lead in the game from the third bucket on.
 
The Flames had a very bad shooting night, going just 20-77 from the floor, including a paltry 13.9 percent shooting performance in the first half. Most of those misses came from beyond the arc, Bethesda was 2-18 in the first half and 9-31 overall from deep, but the offense struggled inside as well.
 
Bethesda's leading scorer in the Nov. 24 meeting between these two teams, Emilie Muanandibu, went 0-4 from the floor with just two total points.

"We were able to do a good job against number 15," said Miller. "She is a very, very good player, and we were pleased with our efforts against her."
 
The Eagles had a virtually opposite shooting performance, making just about every shot they took from beyond the arc early on to build its lead. The Eagles were 7-11 through the first 15 minutes of the first half, revolving its offensive attack around the efforts of Annie Park, Aubree Mittel and Amanda Darouie.
 
The offensive approach changed in the second half, when getting shooters open become more of a challenge as the game got more physical. The Eagles did not make any three-point shots in the second half, looking to its post players to continue to maintain the lead.
 
The inside shooters stepped up, making 50 percent from the floor in the second half, with forwards combining for 23 of Biola's 48 points in the second frame.
 
Khadidja Diakite and DeMoria White also made the most of their minutes in the second half, combining for 19 points in that 20-minute stretch. Diakite was the beneficiary of some of Bethesda's fouls, and she made all six of her ensuing free throws to end the game with a team-high 14 points.
 
Joining Diakite in double-digits was White (12 points), Mittel (11 points) and Park (10 points).
 
"Khadidja is a great athlete. We saw that tonight as she had great driving lanes, made great decisions and was very strong with the basketball," said Miller. "She was a clutch free-throw shooter, and we saw great play from her on the offensive end and the defensive end."
 
Biola got the best of the Flames on the boards, outrebounding Bethesda 55-40 in a game that featured 35 offensive rebounds, nearly 40 percent of the game's total.
 
The Eagles move to 10-3 on the season and the Flames fall to 6-11. Biola is back in action tomorrow night with a home game against the University of Victoria (2-7) at 5:30 p.m.