Los Angeles, Calif., -Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2001 - The Loyola Marymount women's basketball team rolled to an 84-75 win over crosstown rival Pepperdine Wednesday night in Gersten Pavilion. Five Lions scored in double digits while sophomore Kate Murray and senior Taryn Reynolds each hit a game-high 19 points.
The Lions, who improved to 11-5 overall and 2-1 in West Coast Conference action, trailed at the half 40-41. Murray was the high scorer at the half with nine points. The Waves, who fell to 11-7 overall and 1-2 in WCC action, enjoyed their largest lead of the game (26-20) at the 8:50 mark of the first half on a made three-pointer by Waves' guard Shandrika Lee. Lee finished the game with 11 points.
LMU came back strong in the second half using the inside game to take the lead. The Lions dominated the Waves inside outscoring them 14-8 off points in the paint. LMU also took advantage of Pepperdine's turnovers scoring 14 points off Waves' mistakes.
The Lions balanced offense proved to be too much for the Waves. Besides Murray and Reynolds three other Lions put up double-digit point figures; junior Bryn Britton tallied 17 points while freshmen Adrianne Slaughter and Jasmin Matthews each dropped 10 points. Matthews points marked a season-high for her. Her play off the bench proved to be key for LMU as she also had season-highs in minutes (30), rebounds (9) and steals (2).
Nadja Morgan headed up the Waves' offense scoring a team-high 18 points. Damaris Hinojosa followed with 16 points and Rasheeda Clark added in 13.
Up next for the Lions is a trip across town to face Pepperdine in Malibu. LMU and the Waves will battle again this Saturday, Jan. 20 at 4:30 p.m. at the Firestone Fieldhouse. That game will be televised and can be seen live on Fox Sports West 2.
-GO LIONS-
