Anteaters win

SAN LUIS OBISPO -- UC Irvine’s women’s basketball team captured a

73-61 victory over the host Cal Poly Broncos Saturday night, as four

players scored in double figures in Mott Gym on the Cal Poly campus.

Senior guard Wendy Gabbe scored 19 points and junior guard Kristen

Green added 17 for the Anteaters, who used a 25-32 run to start the

second half and established control.

Sophomore guard Lisa Faulkner scored 14 points and freshman

forward Lauren Yadon added 12 for the Anteaters.

Cal Poly missed its first 212 shots from the floor in the second

half.

The Anteaters led, 60-38, after the run and Cal Poly could get no

closer than eight points the rest of the way.

The Anteaters made 48% of their shots while holding Cal Poly to

33%.

Rebounds were even at 42 apiece.

Green and Yadon each had nine boards for UCI.

UCI improves to 12-7, 53 in the Big West. Cal Poly falls to 4-4,

8-10.

The Anteaters return to Big West Conference play on Thursday with

a road game at UC Riverside, followed two nights later with a game at

Cal State Fullerton.

Big West Conference

UC Irvine 73, Cal Poly 61

UCI -- Green 17, Yadon 10, Callaway 6, Faulkner 14, Gabbe 19,

Biggins 0, Sturgeon 0, Ferguson 5, Usher 2.

3-pt. goals -- Yadon 2, Gabbe 2, Green 1.

Fouled out -- Yadon, Callaway.

Technicals -- none.

Cal Poly -- Henke 12, Journey 13, Valdes 4, Turner 2, Duperron 6,

Dooley 0, Wittstrom 10, Uphoff 10, Grieve 0, Uiagalelei 0, Tanneberg

4.

3-pt. goals -- Uphoff 1.

Fouled out -- none.

Technicals -- none.

Halftime -- 35-35.