Women’s Basketball Roundup : This Time, 49ers Defeat Gauchos by 65

This time, UC Santa Barbara scored after giving up just four points, not 40. This time, the Gauchos scored 17 points by halftime, not nine.

But the rematch of Cal State Long Beach’s 105-25 women’s basketball win Jan. 29 was basically the same story as Cindy Brown scored 33 points and Penny Toler added 31 as the sixth-ranked 49ers scored a 115-50 Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. victory over Santa Barbara Thursday night at Long Beach.

Long Beach (21-2 overall and 11-1 in conference play) hit 65.4% of its field goals on the night, compared to 32.8% for Santa Barbara, and led after the first 20 minutes, 65-17. The Gauchos (4-17, 1-12) finished with 33 turnovers, 18 more than the 49ers.

USC 93, Arizona State 66--Coupled with Washington’s loss at California, the Trojans moved into first place by a half-game in the Pacific 10 Conference by beating Arizona State at the Sports Arena.

Five Trojans scored in double figures, led by Cherie Nelson, who had 18.

USC (16-6, 10-2) led by eight at halftime, 45-37, and then cruised to the win by outscoring the Sun Devils, 48-29, in the final 20 minutes. Patti Peppler had a game-high 22 points to lead Arizona State (9-12, 3-9).

UCLA 65, Arizona 59--Freshman Sheri Bouldin scored a career-high 16 points and Jaime Brown added 14 to lead the Bruins over Arizona in a Pac-10 game at Pauley Pavilion.

UCLA (15-7, 8-4) trailed, 59-56, with 1:46 left after leading by 10 with 8:40 to play. But the Bruins then shut out Arizona and made seven of eight free throws themselves to pull out the win.