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Lexus Green
65
UC Irvine Irvine 8-6,5-1 Big West
73
Winner CSU Bakersfield CSUB 7-6,5-4 Big West
UC Irvine Irvine
8-6,5-1 Big West
65
Final
73
CSU Bakersfield CSUB
7-6,5-4 Big West
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UC Irvine Irvine 16 18 22 9 65
CSU Bakersfield CSUB 18 19 17 19 73

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

`Runners Take Game 1 Over UC Irvine



BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – CSU Bakersfield women's basketball had three players finish in double figures on Friday. Jayden Eggleston was the Roadrunners leading scorer for the fourth time this season as the team took Game 1 over UC Irvine and handed the Anteaters their first conference loss. CSUB won, 73-65.
 
Eggleston had fifteen points and three rebounds on the night. Lexus Green was right behind her in scoring as she finished with fourteen points. Green added six rebounds and five assists. Jasmin Dixon joined the double figure scorers with twelve points off four made threes.
 
Graduate senior Andie Easley chipped in nine points and seven rebounds while junior Miracle Saxon grabbed a game-high eight rebounds.
 
UC Irvine had a pair in double figures in leading scorer and reigning conference player of the week Kayla Williams (24) and Haleigh Talbert (16).
 
First Quarter
 
Bakersfield opened the quarter with two points from juniors Saxon then Eggleston. The Roadrunners led for the first three and a half minutes of the quarter before the Anteaters took their first lead. There were three lead changes following before CSUB regained its lead, 13-12. The 'Eaters lingered in the remaining two minutes as the `Runners led, 18-16 at the end of the first ten.
 
Second Quarter
 
CSUB started the period hot and led by as many as seventeen points with 5:47 but UC Irvine would use their own run to slowly inch their way back into the game. Two minutes out from a comfortable double figure lead and the game was within single digits, 33-26. UCI closed the half with an 8-4 run and the `Runners took the lead into the locker rooms, 37-34.
 
Eggleston had a team-best 13 points.
 
Third Quarter
 
The Anteaters recorded their largest lead on the night in the third ahead eight, 50-42. Makenzie Bond split at the free throw line with under a minute left. Bakersfield closed the quarter with a small scoring run to position themselves within two points, 56-54.
 
Fourth Quarter
 
Lexus Green regained the lead for CSUB to start the quarter with a three from deep. The 'Eaters would never tie or retake the lead again. Bakersfield led by as much as eight points with less than five minutes to play in the contest. Williams picked up the visitors last two points from the charity stripe for the final score, 73-65.
 
Next Game
 
The Roadrunners (7-6, 5-4 BWC) are back in the Icardo Center tomorrow night for Game 2 against the UC Irvine Anteaters. Start time is scheduled for 4 PM again. For video streams and live stats links visit the women's basketball schedule page, here.
 
~GoRunners.com~
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