LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Jan. 24, 2009) – There was no question tonight who would come out on top. Occidental opened up the game on a 21-2 run and cruised to an 81-37 victory over Caltech behind a 19 point performance on 9-for-10 shooting by junior Dior Williams to push their overall record to 13-4.  

Williams was responsible for nine points in the first five minutes of action as she layed in back-to-back buckets off steals on break-aways, adding a third after Brianne Brown scored two of her 12 points on a fast break jumper. Stephanie Babij and Zoe Walsh also reached double figures with 10 points apiece.

Occidental forced 33 turnovers, which led to 41 points and scored 46 of their 81 points in the paint. Madeline Rose stole the ball four times and Britinee Yasukochi, who had three steals, supplied a game-high seven assists. Williams also finished with four assists and three steals in just 14 minutes of action.

Overall the Tigers shot 52.6% from the field in the first half and followed up with a 45.2 shooting percentage in the second half going 34-for-69 overall.

The Beavers, who shot 31% from the field were led by Lisha Li and Krissy Dahl, who each scored 10 points.

Tonight the rebounding edge went to Occidental (34-25) who grabbed 12 offensive boards, which led to 13 second chance points.

Thursday evening Occidental will travel to La Verne. The Leopards enter the night x-x overall and the Tigers are now 13-4 as both teams boast 4-1 SCIAC records as the cats battle for sole possession of first place.