Another tough night topped off a rough week the Caltech Beavers
would rather forget about. Traveling to face off with the
Poets of Whittier, tonight the pen proved mightier than the
calculator. The Beavers came out cold and without much spark
in the opening minutes and dug themselves a hole too deep to climb
out of, going down to Whittier 51-76.
Caltech was only 8 for 26 in the first half of play, and
bucketless from behind the three point line for the opening
twenty. Only two nights after a less than pretty performance
against LaVerne, the team looked as if it forgotten what it was
capable of doing. Defense had been their calling card as of
late, but even that wasn??t working right. Tech allowed
Whittier to shoot a blazing 59% from the floor, mostly on
uncontested lay ups created with Tech turnovers.
The half time buzzer game the Beavers a chance to step back and
regroup. And regroup they did. Outscoring the Poets in
the second twenty, Tech went to work regaining its game and its
honor. Notching 35 points to Whittier's 34, the Beavers got
to work looking for the shots it needed to build confidence.
Shooting 54% in the second half, Tech brought the offense back to
life and then turned its attention to their defense. The
Beavers limited Whittier to just 38%, much more respectable than
the previous half.
Caltech was not without highlights. Erin Hoops had the hot
hand of the evening, hitting 5 of her 10 shots, including 3 of 6
from three point land. Hoops finished with 15 points and 5
assists for the evening. Lisa Yee was just under that 50%
mark, having a fine shooting night of her own. Yee hit 6 of
14 shots and ended with 14 points. Teri Juarez led the
rebounding charge, grabbing 7 boards. Krissy Dahl put up 8
points, and her four blocked shots set a new single season
record. Dahl broke the record last season, swatting 52
shots. Her four tonight put her season tally at 55. And
with six games to go, she will close in on the 60 mark.
The Beavers return to action on Thursday in Braun Athletic
Center to take on the Regals of California Lutheran University,
tip-off is at 7:30pm.
GO TECH!!!
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