CARSON, Calif. – Through the end of the first quarter, Seattle Pacific was hanging in with high-scoring Cal State Dominguez Hills.
 
By the midpoint of the second quarter, the homestanding Toros had taken the Falcons out of it.
 
Dominguez Hills started that quarter with a 15-0 scoring run, extending an eight-point lead all the way to 23 and went on to a 76-41 women's basketball victory on the final night of the West Region Crossover Classic in The Torodome.
 
Sophomore guard Layne Kearns led SPU (0-5) with eight points. Senior wing Lolo Weatherspoon and sophomore wing Grace Leasure tacked on seven points each.
 
The Toros (2-0) forced 35 Seatle Pacific turnovers, which they subsequently converted into 48 of their 76 points.
 
 

"It was rough. They're very handsy, they're really physical, they're in your face, and they make you play faster," coach Karen Byers said. "They're good at what they do, which is causing chaos. We were expecting it, but I don't think we expected it to be like it was, as fast as it was going to make us play."
 
Dominguez Hills – which routed Western Washington by a 76-50 count on Friday – limited the Falcons to just six points during the second quarter on 3-for-10 shooting. The Toros were up 43-19 at the break and never let up.
 
"We had a terrible second quarter – it got away from us," Byers said. "Nothing was going in, and I think we just got down on ourselves."
 
BY THE NUMBERS
-- The Falcons shot 36.2 percent for the game, draining 17 of 47. Dominguez Hills hit 42.2 percent (27 of 64).
-- Everything Kearns put up went down, she went 3-for-3, with two of those from downtown.
-- Lolo Weatherspoon also went 3-for-3.
-- Madison Rubino and Emilia Bishop each had six of SPU's 30 rebounds.
--The Falcons did come up with a season-high nine steals. Kearns and redshirt freshman guard Grace Turley had two apiece.
 
UP NEXT
Seattle Pacific will have its first home games of the season next week, hosting its own West Region Crossover in Brougham Pavilion on Friday and Saturday. The first day will have Western Washington against Azusa Pacific at 4:00 p.m., then the Falcons against Cal State San Marcos at 6:00 p.m. On Saturday, it's Western-San Marcos at 4:00, and SPU-Azusa at 6:00.
 
 
NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
West Region Crossover Classic
Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024
The Torodome / Carson, Calif.
 
Cal State Dominguez Hills 76, Seattle Pacific 41
 
SEATTLE PACIFIC (0-5)
Ohta 0-3 0-0 0, Beirne 1-3 0-0 2, Kearns 3-3 0-0 8, Rubino 1-4 0-0 2, Berry 0-2 1-2 1, Weatherspoon 3-3 1-2 7, Bishop 3-7 0-0 6, Mertes 0-4 0-0 0, Bergevin 0-1 0-0 0, Lavigne 2-6 0-1 4, Leasure 3-9 0-0 7, Turley 1-2 2-2 4.  Totals 17-47 4-7 41.
 
CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS (2-0)
Walker 2-2 0-0 6, Williams 2-8 2-2 8, Benoit 2-4 0-0 5, Jordan 5-8 3-3 13, Pearson 0-1 0-2 0, Lewis 1-2 0-0 3, Ferrel 2-7 3-4 9, Thurman 3-5 2-2 8, Jones 4-11 0-0 8, Tuttle 1-3 0-2 3, Walters 0-3 0-0 0, Sanders 1-1 0-0 2, Edgar 3-7 1-1 7, Jones 1-2 2-5 4.  Totals 27-64 13-21 76.
 
Seattle Pacific                     13             6           11            11            -- 41
CS Dominguez Hills           21           22           21            12            -- 76
 
3-point goals – SPU 3-17 (Ohta 0-2,Kearns 2-2, Mertes 0-4, Bergevin 0-1, Lavigne 0-2, Leasure 1-5, Turley 0-1), CSUDH 9-25 (Walker 2-2, Williams 2-4, Benoit 1-1, Lewis 1-2, Ferrel 2-7, Tuttle 1-3, Walters 0-3, Edgar 0-2, Jones 0-1).  Fouled out – None.  Rebounds – SPU 30 (Rubino 6, Bishop 6), CSUDH 40 (Jones 9).  Assists – SPU 6 (Weatherspoon 2, Leasure 2), CSUDH 19 (Lewis 5).  b) – SPU 35 (48), CSUDH 20 (15).  Total fouls – SPU 20, CSUDH 14.  Technical fouls – None.  Attendance – NA.
 
 
Next game
Cal State San Marcos at Seattle Pacific
Saturday, Nov. 15     6:00 p.m.
Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.


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