The Beavers took a beating in their second attempt at competing
in SCIAC play this week. Traveling to Thousand Oaks to meet up with
the Regals of Cal Lutheran, Caltech had moments of greatness in a
game where they could not manufacture shots they needed to stay
competitive. Tech found only 19 opportunities to put baskets in the
scorebook to Cal Lu's 43 attempts in the first period of play. The
lack of shots hindered Caltech in more than simply putting points
on the board. At one junction in the game, the Tech foul count
stood at 5 with a Regal count of zero. Caltech was unable to raise
the aggression level they needed to put Cal Lu on its heels
defensively. The result was a lack of opportunities on Tech's end
of the floor for the officials to blow their whistle.
Turnovers are still a major issue for Tech as they suffered five
unforced mistakes in the first three minutes of the game. It would
be almost four minutes into the game before Caltech got off its
first shot, and another 90 seconds before the first bucket of the
game lit up on Tech's side of the scoreboard. The Beavers turned
the ball over a total of 36 times in their 40 minutes of play.
In complete contrast to their woes on the offensive end of the
floor, Tech did a great job on the defensive end through the first
half. The Regals experienced a drought for almost six minutes, as
Tech held them scoreless possession after possession. The lock down
defense was Tech's best defensive stretch of the season to date. At
the final buzzer, the Beavers had kept Cal Lu to only a 34%
shooting night.
Lisa Yee led the Beavers with her efforts, grabbing 14 rebounds
and a team high, 7 points. Yee finds herself averaging 15 boards a
game two contests into the conference schedule. Krissy Dahl added
six points and found three blocked shots.
Caltech gets its next opportunity to redeem this evening's
results by hosting the Bulldogs of the University of Redlands in a
two game home stand next week. The Bulldogs come to Braun Athletic
Center on Thursday, January 14th for a 7:30pm tip off.
Then Saturday, January 16th, Tech squares off against Claremont
Mudd Scripps in a double header with the men. Tip off is at
5pm.
GO TECH!!!
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