SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – The Chaminade University women's basketball team kept things close for nearly two quarters but Dominican University of California closed the first half strong, dealing the Silverswords a 98-60 loss Thursday at the Conlon Center.
Lilia Maio tallied her fifth double-double of the season with a 13-point, 12-rebound performance to lead the Silverswords, who fell to 4-14 overall and 4-10 in the Pacific West Conference. Chaminade has lost six straight and 11 of its last 12 contests.
Carissa McBride added nine points while
Taylor Babbitt had eight points, making a pair of 3-pointers.
Kristle Henry and
Courtney Kaupu had six points each for the 'Swords with Henry pulling down seven boards.
Sandra Ikeora led the Penguins (15-6, 11-3 PacWest) with 22 points and seven rebounds. Allyssa Weatherd added 18 points and eight boards.
McBride and Maio found the bottom of the net to open the game with Chaminade holding a 4-1 lead early on. An 8-0 DUC run gave the home squad the lead for good.
The Penguins scored the first four points of the second quarter but Babbitt's triple and a
Shana Kawakami layup reduced the deficit to six at 24-18. Dominican extended the lead back to 10 then the 'Swords got back-to-back-back triples from Babbitt,
Bobbi Montibon and
Sabrina Angle, putting them back into the game down 32-29 with four minutes left in the half. But DUC ended the half on a 13-4 run to put them up by 48-35..
Dominican's third quarter-opening 17-4 run put it up by 26 and quickly extinguished all thoughts of a possible 'Swords' rally.
Chaminade was held to just below 33 percent shooting from the floor while Dominican shot 52.2 percent. The 'Swords were out-rebounded 45-37 and committed 21 turnovers to DUC's 15. Ashley Sorenson also accounted for five of the Penguins' nine blocked shots.
The Silverswords conclude their Bay Area road trip Saturday at Notre Dame de Namur.
