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Natasa
62
Biola BIO 0-0,0-0 PacWest
82
Winner Long Beach St. LBSU 1-0,0-0 Big West
Biola BIO
0-0,0-0 PacWest
62
Final
82
Long Beach St. LBSU
1-0,0-0 Big West
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Biola BIO 12 20 16 14 62
Long Beach St. LBSU 28 14 17 23 82

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Billi Derleth, Assistant Sports Information Director

Eagles Battle the Beach

The women’s basketball team battled Long Beach State in an exhibition game at the Walter Pyramid.

LONG BEACH, Calif.---Natasa Radovic and Trasara Alexander led Biola in their exhibition game against Long Beach State, both scoring in the double-digits at the Walter Pyramid. 

Radovic led the women's basketball team with an unofficial career-high of 17 points and Alexander was right behind her with 16. 

The Eagles ended up losing 82-62 to the Beach. Long Beach State had a strong first quarter where they outscored Biola 28-12, but the Eagles came back strong in the second where they outscored the Beach 20-14.

Radovic led Biola's scoring in the second quarter with seven points and Laila Walker was just behind her with six. Jessa Thurman totaled four points and Jaycee Goldsmith and Jordan Rabe each contributed two. 

Biola brought the score to as close as eight points in the second. Thurman made the score 34-26 on a good jumper but the Beach would continue to build and hold their lead ending the second quarter up by 10 points (42-32).

Long Beach State kept control of the lead for the next two quarters. Biola would get as close as a six-point differential in the fourth. Radovic made the score 61-55 with a good jumper.

Shortly after, Long Beach State would go on a 14-point run that distanced them by 22 points (78-56).

The Eagles would score three more times before the game concluded, cutting down the Beach's lead to 20 points which made the final score 82-62 in Long Beach State's favor.

"Long Beach State was ready from the opening tip," reflected head coach Alan Nakamura. "They showed great commitment to their philosophies and played very well. But we have a very coachable and unified group and we really rallied together and bounced back with a great effort for the rest of the game. I'm thankful for the character and camaraderie of our team - we'll learn a lot and be ready to play our best basketball in the conference challenge."


 
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