Los Angeles, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000 - The Loyola Marymount women's basketball team rolled to an 85-63 win over Fresno State Tuesday night in Gersten Pavilion. The 22-point routing marks the largest margin of victory for the Lions this season. Freshman Adrianne Slaughter was one of five Lions to score in double-digits. The 6-foot-2 center tallied 17 points and set a new LMU mark with a perfect 7-for-7 performance from the field.
The Lions, who improved to 4-2 overall, used Slaughter's 17-point effort to jump ahead 45-31 going into the locker room at the half. Slaughter's perfection from the field (7-of-7) broke the old mark of 6-for-6 set first by Jamie Jesko against Southern Utah State (12/20/88) and matched by assistant coach Lynn Flanagan against Arkansas (12/5/88).
LMU's attack came from all sides as five Lions scored in double-digits. Junior guard Bryn Britton led the way with 19 points, a game-high, six rebounds and three steals. She was followed by Slaughter's 17 points, five boards and three steals while sophomore Kate Murray and senior Taryn Reynolds scored 11 and 10 points, respectively. Junior guard Rosa Bernasconi eagerly jumped back into the action after being sidelined for the past six weeks with a broken hand. She made an immediate impact adding in 14 points, dishing out a game-high seven assists and being the leading thief of the night with four steals.
Fresno State (2-3 Overall) fell behind early as they saw the Lions go on a 10-0 run to start the game. The Bulldogs were able to come within two points cutting LMU's lead to 12-10 but could not go further as the Lions turned up the heat and went on a 14-2 run to extend the lead again. Two points would be as close as FSU could come all game as they saw the Lions go up by as many as 29 late in the game.
Laura Garcia headed up the Bulldogs' offense scoring a team-high 13 points. Lindsay Logan followed with 12 points and Omelogo Udeze added in 11. Udeze also pulled down a game-high nine rebounds.
Up next for the Lions is a trip to Waco, Tex. LMU embarks on an eight-day road trip that begins with a match up against Baylor on Monday, Dec. 18 at 7 p.m. and concludes at the Seattle Times Classic hosted by the University of Washington Dec. 21-22.
-GO LIONS-
