LOS ANGELES — Erin Matsumoto went off for 29 points on 12 of 16 shooting and the Occidental women's basketball team made easy work of Whittier College with a 69-55 win in the team's season finale at Rush Gymnasium on Saturday.

Matsumoto, Oxy's leading scorer this season, hit five threes in the game and got hot in the first half with 19 points to help Oxy jump out in front by 12 points at halftime. 

Grace Baranowski added 11 points and Triana Anderson scored 10 for the Tigers.

Kate Nakano led Whittier with 13 points.

Oxy extended a 20 point lead by the end of the third quarter, putting the game safely out of reach.

From the Coach: "Erin was fantastic tonight and I'm happy with how our entire team competed," Oxy head coach Anahit Aladzhanyan said. "We improved throughout the season and ended our year playing some of our best basketball."

Season Impact: The Tigers finish the season 10-15 overall and 6-10 in SCIAC play.

Whittier falls to 7-17 and 5-11.

Oxy doesn't graduate any players from its 2015-16 team.