Egberuare’s 14 points paces Hawks past Oxy

LOS ANGELES – Berika Egberuare scored a team-high 14 points and Whitney Braeutigam added 12 points and eight rebounds as the SDC women’s basketball team defeated the Occidental Tigers 61-56 on Tuesday night.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:

Final: San Diego Christian 61 | Occidental 56

Records: Hawks 3-0 | Tigers 0-2

INSIDE THE GAME:

• In the first quarter, the Hawks started on an 8-0 run. The Hawks finished the quarter up 12-6.

• SDC went on another 8-0 run in the second quarter sparked by four points from Braeutigam.

• The Tigers scored 10 unanswered points to bring the score within one in the third quarter at 26-25, but Kaylie Fandino hit a triple to increase SDC’s lead back to four with 7:05 remaining in the quarter.

• Braeutigam scored eight of her 14 points in the fourth quarter.

• The Hawks drained five free throws in the last 26 seconds to seal the game.

• Alexa Ardnt came off the bench to score eight points and grabbed eight boards.

Hawks outrebounded the Tigers 37-34.

STAT OF THE GAME:

• SDC shot 47 percent from the floor and 12-of-17 from the free throw line. The Hawks held Oxy to less than 30 percent from the field with 11 turnovers and two blocked shots.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

• This was the first meeting between the two schools since 2007 as the Tigers defeated the Hawks 73-61.

UP NEXT: 

• SDC hosts Pacific Union College on Saturday at 6 p.m. at Grossmont College.