{"id":520077,"date":"2026-01-16T09:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/520077\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T09:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:59:14","slug":"uc-san-diego-downs-csun-60-48-thursday-night-in-home-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/520077\/","title":{"rendered":"UC San Diego Downs CSUN, 60-48 Thursday Night in Home Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

NORTHRIDGE<\/strong>, Calif — The CSUN women’s basketball team fell to the UC San Diego Tritons, 60-48, Thursday night at Premier America Credit Union Arena. Rita Nazario led all CSUN scorers with 14 points. Jite Gbemuotor<\/a> added 13 and Saray White<\/a> scored in double figures as well with 12 points. Sabrina Ma of the Tritons led all scorers with 23 points. White and Gbemuotor also had eight rebounds each.
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\nHOW IT HAPPENED<\/strong>
\nIn the first quarter, defense was the story as the Tritons held CSUN to just five points while scoring 14 themselves. UCSD got out\u00a0to an\u00a0early 12-2 run with six points coming from Ma. CSUN ended the run with a Nazario step-back to make it a 12-4 game with 1:05 remaining in the first.\u00a0
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\nIn the second quarter,\u00a0CSUN fought back, scoring the quarter’s first six points thanks to Saray White<\/a>, Nazario and Nadia Bernard<\/a>, all with a field goal in the early going. Out of the first media timeout, a Matador\u00a0free throw\u00a0and a Bernard jump shot\u00a0completed a 9-0 run to begin the quarter.\u00a0The run was stopped by a Triton\u00a0free throw\u00a0of their own. White responded with a three-pointer to give CSUN its first lead of the game at 17-15 at the 5:42 mark.\u00a0
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\nThe Tritons came back with a three of their own to take the lead once again at 18-17. It became a back-and-forth battle for the rest of the quarter, with no team taking a commanding lead\u00a0as CSUN entered the intermission with a 23-20 lead. Nine of White’s 12 points came in the second alone.
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\nSECOND HALF<\/strong>
\nUC San Diego’s defense\u00a0turned\u00a0up a notch in the third. The Tritons stormed out of the gates with a 15-0\u00a0run with\u00a0balanced scoring up and down the roster. CSUN broke the run at the 2:38 mark, a Nazario three to make it a 35-26 game. The Nazario three was\u00a0a\u00a0part of a Matador run of their own, this time of the 8-2 variety, capped off with a White\u00a0free throw\u00a0to make it a\u00a037-31 game with 32 seconds left in the third. A Triton jump shot made the lead 39-31 heading into the game’s final 10 minutes.
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\nThe fourth quarter was the highest scoring quarter of the night in total. Gbemuotor splashed a shot from downtown and a Nazario step-back made it a one possession game at 39-37 with 9:08 left to play. UCSD countered with a 7-0 run to push the lead back to nine with 8:26 left. Erika Aspajo<\/a> answered with a shot from distance\u00a0to cut it to six.\u00a0UCSD then went on one of its biggest runs of the second half, this time of the 14-6 variety to make it 60-46 with 42 seconds left. The run was too much to overcome as CSUN couldn’t climb out of the late hole\u00a0in the closing seconds.
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\nNOTES OF THE GAME<\/strong><\/p>\n