Box Score LA VERNE, Calif. – The Caltech women's basketball
team closed the 2011-12 campaign with a 90-36 loss to La Verne
on Saturday night in a SCIAC contest at the Frantz Athletic
Court.
Just a week removed from setting the NCAA Division III record
for most three-pointers made in a game with 26, the Leopards were
shooting from deep all night. La Verne hit 17 of their 65 attempts
(26.2 percent) en route to the win. The home squad had 10 different
players hit at least one shot from behind the arc. For shots inside
the three-point line, La Verne (8-17, 6-8 SCIAC) went
17-for-23.
La Verne's first 12 field goal attempts in the contest came from
deep as they built an 18-4 lead less than five minutes into the
game. The Leopards continued to shoot the ball from distance the
rest of the half as they held a 51-16 lead at intermission. During
the first 20 minutes the Leopards hit 12 of their 39 attempts from
behind the arc. All but 15 of their first half points came from
three-point shots.
The Leopards trend from downtown cooled down at bit in the
final half as they went 5-for-26 in the final 20 minutes while
going 12-for-17 inside the three-point line in taking the win.
For Caltech, the game marked the final time that Teri Juarez
suited up in a Beaver uniform. She went out in style with a season
high 24 points while grabbing 14 rebounds. Both numbers represented
contest highs.
Furthermore, Juarez end the season with a SCIAC best 240
rebounds and 65 steals. The senior joins Lisa Yee as the only
Beavers to lead the conference in rebounding. She is the first
Beaver player to lead the league in steals.