Los Angeles, CA — Women's basketball hosted the Nelson (Az.) Warriors on Thursday afternoon in Rush Gym. 

The Tigers got off to a slow start in the game, but Michelle Launas-Monroy scored 6 of the 9 1st quarter points the Tigers had as they trailed 14-9. 

In the 2nd quarter, Paige Yasukochi caught fire from the field, scoring 12 of her game-high 16 points in the quarter to help Oxy go on a 26-9 run in the quarter. 

Emily Ko went a perfect 6-6 from the free throw line in the 2nd quarter to also help fuel the offensive run. The first half concluded with Dominique Cabading knocking down a 3-pointer just before the buzzer sounded and Oxy led 35-23 heading into the halftime break. 

The Tigers came out with the same high energy to start the 3rd quarter as Cabading hit a nice floater in the paint and Yasukochi knocked down a jumper from the corner. 

Oxy's defense was on point in this quarter, only allowing 6 points, while scoring 19 points on offense to create a large lead heading into the 4th. 

Cabading was a force on defense in this game for Oxy, totaling 7 of the team's 20 steals. The Tigers kept things rolling in the 4th by outsourcing the Warriors 12-7 in the quarter to win the game by a score of 66-36.

After Yasukochi, the next leading score for Oxy was Lagunas-Monroy who had 10 points while going a perfect 4-4 from the stripe. Ainsley Shelsta led the team in rebounds with 10. 

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This is now women's basketball's 6th straight win, and they will look to keep things rolling as they head into a SCIAC match up on the road with the Caltech Beavers on January, 20th at 2pm.