CLAREMONT, Calif. (Jan. 15, 2009) – A game that went back and forth between the Tigers and Sagehens at the start turned in favor of Occidental College during the second half of Thursday night's Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game at Pomona-Pitzer. Occidental returned home with a 62-51 win to push their overall record to 10-4, with a 2-1 mark in SCIAC play.

In a game that saw six ties and five lead changes, the Tigers shot 40.3% from the field as a team and grabbed 59 rebounds behind a trio of double-figure scoring performances.

On a perfect 5-for-5 shooting performance sophomore Madeline Rosefinished with 10 points and seven rebounds. Stephanie Babij led the pack with 12 points and nine rebounds on the night while Dior Williams poured in 10 points while adding eight boards, four assists and four steals.

Additionally Brianne Brown and Gillian Nugent finished with nine points apiece with four and three assists, respectively.

OccidentalCollege will be back on the court Saturday, Jan. 17 when the Tigers travel to Claremont, Calif. to take on the Athenas at 5:00 p.m. prior to the men tipping off with the Stags in a 7:30 p.m. night-cap.