College women’s basketball: UCI surrender to 49ers, 91-60

LONG BEACH - The UC Irvine women’s basketball team witnessed a hot

shooting night by Big West host Long Beach State, which won 91-60

Thursday in The Pyramid.

The 49ers (6-7, 1-2 in the Big West Conference), winners of six of

their last seven, shot 63% from the field and used a 17-6 run over the

first 5:30 of the second half to coast to victory.

The Anteaters (4-10, 1-2) went on an early 11-0 run after falling 10-0

to open the game. UCI’s Cindy Oparah and Christina Callaway keyed the

scoring run and led UCI throughout the night, each finishing with a

double-double.

UCI led, 22-18 with seven minutes left in the first half, but the

49ers answered with an 18-7 to close out the half with a 36-29 lead.