WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Vanguard 86, Biola 57
COSTA MESA — Senior Lindsey Rinke came off the bench to score a game-high 20 points and help the host Lions bounce back from having their regular-season Golden State Athletic Conference winning streak halted at 53 games.
Rinke hit five of her six three-point tries, while freshman reserve Kelsey Carlson drained four of six from beyond the three-point line and finished with 13 points for Vanguard (12-3, 8-1 in conference) Saturday.
Junior Lauren Gregory scored 12 points, senior Melissa Cook had 11 points and freshman Sarah Boyd 10 for the No. 3-ranked Lions, who caused 28 turnovers and held the Eagles (12-3, 8-1) to 28.4% shooting from the field (19 of 67).
Golden State Athletic Conference
Vanguard 86, Biola 57
BU – Alberts 14, Matthews 8, Erickson 4, De Luca 3, England 3, French 12, Paty 6, Thomas 4, Conicelli 2, Kater 1.
3-pt. goals – Paty 2, Erickson 1, De Luca 1, England 1.
Fouled out – De Luca.
VU – Gregory 12, Cook 11, Boyd 10, Richter 9, Halberg 2, Rinke 20, Carlson 13, Reyes 7, Pfohl 2.
3-pt. goals – Rinke 5, Carlson 4, Cook 1, Reyes 1.
Fouled out – Pfohl.
Halftime – VU, 35
UC Riverside 59, UC Irvine 56
RIVERSIDE — Sophomore Kelly Cochran scored 12 of her 18 points in the second half, but it wasn’t enough in the Big West Conference game as the visiting Anteaters lost their 12th straight Saturday.
Senior Stephanie Duda recorded her Big West-leading 11th double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds.
UCI (4-16, 0-6 in conference) outrebounded the Highlanders, 45-35.
UCR improved to 7-10, 5-1.
Big West Conference
UC Riverside 59, UC Irvine 56
UCI – Cochran 18, Duda 12, Ishizaki 6, Maessen 6, Forry 2, Tull 4, Mai 2, Barnes 2, Ke. Johnson 2, Zdenek 2.
3-pt. goals – Ishizaki 2, Maessen 2.
Fouled out – None.
Technicals – None.
UCR – Gbewonyo 12, Waddell 12, Friend 10, Foster 8, Lott 4, Glyniadaki 8, Campillo 3, Schmuckal 2.
3-pt. goals – Waddell 2, Friend 1, Campillo 1.
Fouled out – None.
Halftime – UCR, 39-23.
BASEBALL
Orange Coast 5, Cuesta 5
(14 innings)
Orange Coast 4, Cuesta 1
(7 innings)
COSTA MESA — Host Orange Coast College earned a victory and a tie in a nonconference doubleheader Saturday to win the three-game series, 2-0-1.
Freshman catcher Jourdan Watanabe’s two-run home run keyed a three-run fifth inning in the opening-game win, erasing a 1-0 Cuesta lead.
