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Box Score

UC Riverside UCR 2-9,0-1 Big West

CSU Bakersfield CSUB 4-5,1-0 Big West

UC Riverside UCR

2-9,0-1 Big West

Final

Dec. 29, 2022

CSU Bakersfield CSUB

4-5,1-0 Big West

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	OT 1	OT 2	F
UC Riverside UCR	6	10	15	10	7	5	53
CSU Bakersfield CSUB	17	8	5	11	7	8	56

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | December 29, 2022

Bakersfield Holds Off UCR for Double Overtime Win

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Fourty minutes was not enough in Thursday night's Big West opener between Cal State Bakersfield and visiting UC Riverside. The Roadrunners and Highlanders played through double overtime with CSUB narrowly edging UCR, 56-53, after a defensive battle and ten lead changes.

Notables

Bakersfield's defense showed up to the tune of a CSUB Division I single-game record 12 blocks. Redshirt freshman Kayla Morris led the team with four blocks, but six different `Runners tallied at least one block on the night.
This game was CSUB's first double overtime game since the 2017-18 season when the `Runners fell to Grand Canyon, which was coached by the same Nicole Powell who coached UCR on Thursday.
The `Runners were led by senior guard Taylor Caldwell, who posted her first career double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds in a game-high 45 minutes. Caldwell transferred to CSUB after four seasons at GCU, where she was previously coached by Powell.
Sophomore Hennie van Schaik heated up early and finished the game with a team-high 13 points to go with seven boards and two blocks.
Morris, a redshirt freshman, added four points and three rebounds to her career-high four blocks.
Riverside outrebounded CSUB 58-45, but Bakersfield held its visitors to just 23 percent shooting on the game and 20 percent from three-point range.

Quotes

"I knew going into this game, and I was telling our players all week long, we're going to have to be really really physical in the Big West…Sometimes, it's going to come down to breaking plays, gutsy performances, rebounds, taking charges, making free throws. That's what it's going to take for us to grind out wins in this conference." – Head Coach Greg McCall
"We just had to keep our composure. We had a few players foul out and some other players stepped up. It's just all about battling through." – Taylor Caldwell
"Lately, in practice, I have been feeling like my shot was a little off, but my coaches and teammates were telling me to keep shooting and that's what I did." – Hennie van Schaik
"I knew I had a lot of fouls down the stretch, just playing honest defense. They were very aggressive bigs, so just keeping my hands up and moving my feet." – Kayla Morris

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Irvine, Calif.
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First Half

Bakersfield raced out to an 11-0 advantage on hot three-point shooting and the `Runners won the first quarter 17-6.
CSUB held UCR to 15 percent shooting from the field in the opening period.
UCR finally started converting from deep late in the second quarter, hitting back-to-back treys, but CSUB went to the locker room with a 25-16 advantage.
Bakersfield held the Highlanders to just 17 percent shooting in the first half including 2-of-13 effort from three-point range.
van Schaik led all players with nine points at the break while Caldwell chipped in three points, five rebounds, two assists, and a steal.

Second Half

Riverside posted a 15-5 advantage in the third quarter, going ahead of the `Runners, 31-30.
CSUB held a narrow lead most of the fourth period, but back-to-back UCR buckets late in the quarter gave the Highlanders a 41-40 advantage.
Caldwell hit 1-of-2 free throws with 42 seconds left, tying the score at 41-41 and regulation would end with that score.

Overtime

After back-to-back blocks, a Caldwell layup, and a Morris layup, CSUB took a 47-44 lead with 1:16 remaining in the first overtime.
UCR trailed by two points late, but Jordyn Marshall drew a foul with 1.1 seconds on the clock. Marshall hit both of her free throws to send the game to a second overtime period.
Caldwell got to the paint once again and converted a go-ahead bucket with 37 seconds left, putting CSUB ahead 54-53.
Morgan Edwards, who played just under five minutes on the night, knocked down two clutch free throws with 16 seconds remaining to put CSUB ahead 56-53.
Powell's final drawn up play did not work as CSUB freshman Julia Riley recorded Bakersfield's 12th block of the night and the `Runners held on for the three-point victory.