COLLEGE ROUNDUP

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Pacific 61, UC Irvine 37

STOCKTON — Junior guard Rebecca Maessen scored 19 points and added five rebounds for the short-handed Anteaters in a Big West Conference contest Thursday night at the Spanos Center.

UCI (3-14, 0-4 in conference) was without junior guard Mary Has, who injured her knee in practice earlier in the week.

Maessen scored 12 of the visitors’ 18 first-half points.

The remaining four starters for UCI finished with a combined seven points to help produce the second-smallest scoring output this season.

UOP (9-7, 3-1) had three players score in double figures, led by Janae Young, who had 16 points and 13 rebounds.

Big West Conference

Pacific 61, UC Irvine 37

UCI – Belen 0, Barnes 2, Maessen 19, Ishizaki 3, Ke. Johnson 2, Petrovic 6, Ka. Johnson 5.

3-pt. goals – Ishizaki 1, Ka. Johnson 1.

Fouled out – Belen.

Technicals – Team 1.

UOP – Young 16, Simmons 12, Price 3, Tiernan 14, VanHollebeke 5, Fath 5, Dawkins 5, McLeod 1.

3-pt. goals – Tiernan 4, VanHollebeke 1.

Fouled out – Young.

Halftime – UOP, 29-18.