Borter Hits Six Threes as Gauchos Rout Seattle 92-48 to Stay Unbeaten
Santa Barbara outscored Seattle 29-8 in the first quarter on Monday night and never looked back. Zoe Borter scored a career-high 22 points on six-for-six three-point shooting, and the Gauchos are 3-0.
The UC Santa Barbara women's basketball team beat Seattle University 92-48 on Monday night at the Thunderdome, in a meeting of two teams that arrived unbeaten. Santa Barbara is 3-0, and Seattle took its first loss of the season, according to Seattle University Athletics, which recorded the result as the first defeat of the Redhawks' season.
Santa Barbara settled the game early. The Gauchos outscored Seattle 29-8 in the first quarter and led 47-24 at halftime, after an 18-16 second quarter, according to the official scoring record for the game. The margin grew again in the third quarter, which Santa Barbara won 30-16, before a 15-8 fourth quarter closed out the 44-point win.
Senior forward Zoe Borter led the Gauchos with a career-high 22 points and made all six of her three-point attempts, UC Santa Barbara Athletics reports. Five Santa Barbara players scored in double figures, and the team made 12 three-pointers in all.
Cristina Jones led Seattle with 20 points. The Redhawks had opened the season with wins over New Mexico and UC Riverside, the second of them a 25-point home win on Friday, and their road trip continues at Cal Poly on Wednesday, Seattle University Athletics says.
Santa Barbara stays home this week. The Gauchos host California on Saturday at noon at the Thunderdome, in the second game of the homestand that began with Monday's win, UC Santa Barbara Athletics says.
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