Nov. 13, 2007

Box Score

Stockton, Calif. - At home for the first time in the 2007-08 season the Pacific women's basketball team ran to an impressive 96-55 win over Cal State Stanislaus on Tuesday, November 13. The win improved the Tigers to 2-0 on the season marking the first time since the 1993-94 season Pacific has started a season 2-0.

Pacific's 96 points is the highest single game total for the Tigers since their 98-95, double overtime, win over Long Beach State on February 23, 1994.

After an ugly first half that saw the officials blow the whistle 26 times, the tempo and the style of the Tigers' first home contest picked up in the second half as Pacific ran away with their first home win of the season. Up 43-22 at half time, the Tigers picked up the pace in the second half as they poured in 53 points in the final 20:00 minutes of the contest to pull away for the 41 point win. Pacific's 41 point win marked the largest margin of victory for the Tigers since defeating Sacramento State by 42 points, 92-50, on December 11, 2002.

Leading the surge throughout the night for the Tigers was junior point guard Amy VanHollebeke (San Diego, Calif.) as she evenly distributed her scoring throughout both halves of play, scoring 11 points in each frame for Pacific. In addition to her own scoring, VanHollebeke dished out six assists in her home debut leading the way as the Tigers posted 21 assists on 37 made field goals in the game. Defensively, VanHollebeke picked up three steals and grabbed four rebounds for the Tigers.

Junior Janae Young (Sacramento, Calif.) dropped in 14 points in her second game for Pacific, scoring 10 second half points. Young sat out much of the first half due to foul trouble after being whistled for her third foul of the contest just 7:23 into the game. Young's aggressive play, however, would flourish in the second half as she picked up three steals in the final period of play. The Tigers posted 13 steals in the contest as they forced the Warriors into 30 turnovers in the game.

Young grabbed eight rebounds as well for the Tigers in 15 minutes of action.

While VanHollebeke and Young controlled the outside, freshman Andrea Swanson (Littleton, Colo.) and sophomore Emma Head (San Diego, Calif.) dominated the paint for Pacific as the duo combined to score 29 points. The Tigers posted 52 points in the paint while also tallying 20 fastbreak points.

Swanson posted her first double-double of her young career as she scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, including six offensive rebounds. Swanson added four assists on the offensive end of the floor while defensively posting two blocks and three steals.

Head, not to be outdone, grabbed 11 boards as well, five on the offensive glass, while scoring 13 points. Defensively, she added one block and two steals while dishing out two assists. Of the Tigers' 54 rebounds, 23 came on the offensive end of the floor. Pacific was plus-26 on the boards for the night against the Warriors.

For the Warriors, three players hit double-digits in scoring as Shristy Kumar posted a team-high 14 points on 5-of-13 shooting including hitting 4-of-8 from behind the arc. Lysandra Williams added 11 points while Katie Busi scored 10 while grabbing a team-high five rebounds.

The Tigers shot 50% from the floor in the contest and 31.8% from distance, including hitting at 41.7% (5-of-12) in the second half.