UCSB women’s basketball earn first win in Davis since 2015

By ERIC BOOSE UCSB SPORTS

UCSB women’s basketball (16-7, 9-4 Big West) exorcized their Davis demons Saturday afternoon, romping to their first win over UC Davis (11-12, 7-6 Big West) at the University Credit Union Center since 2015, 77-64. Callie Cooper scored a career-high 14 points and Alexis Tucker recorded a double-double in the win, with Ila Lane adding 14 of her own and Alexis Whitfield scoring 12.

Saturday’s win was the 100th at UCSB for both Head Coach Bonnie Henrickson and Assistant Coach Nate Fripp. With the victory, Henrickson becomes only the third head coach in program history to lead the Gauchos triple-digit wins in their career, joining Bobbi Bonace and Mark French.

How It Happened

Alexis Tucker scored the first basket of the game, but it was Taylor Mole who really kickstarted the Gaucho offense a few minutes later, hitting a corner three to end an 8-0 Aggie run and spark a 9-0 run for UCSB in return, giving them a lead they would never relinquish. The Gauchos were up three after the first quarter and opened the game up in the second, outscoring the Aggies by double digits in the second frame.

Alexis Whitfield put up 10 of her team’s 22 second-quarter points herself and finished the half with 12 points. Seconds before halftime,

Alyssa Marin stretched the Gaucho advantage to 13 with a three-pointer that just barely beat the shot clock buzzer.

UCSB essentially put the game out of reach in the third quarter, scoring 30 points in the period, including a 20-4 scoring run. The Gauchos led by as many as 31, and despite Davis scoring 20 of their own, UCSB led by 23 at the beginning of the fourth. The Gauchos could have won without scoring a single point in the final frame but added 10 more points, mostly from the free-throw line, to reach their highest score in conference play this season

BY THE NUMBERS

• Remarkably, Callie Cooper managed to