WOMEN’S ROUNDUP : Long Beach Takes Advantage of Irvine’s Poor Shooting, 81-44

Dana Wilkerson, Trise Jackson, Serina Strange and Marsheela Harriston each scored 12 points, which proved to be more than enough for Cal State Long Beach to defeat UC Irvine, 81-44, in a Big West Conference game Thursday night at Irvine.

Irvine made things easier for Long Beach by shooting only 34%. The 49ers, 7-5 overall and 2-1 in the Big West, shot 50% and also outrebounded Irvine, 47-22. Harriston led the way with 14.

For the Anteaters (3-12, 1-5), forward Yvonne Catala had 15 points to lead all scorers.

California 92, USC 66--Freshman center Lisa Leslie scored 33 points, but she didn’t get much help from her teammates as the Trojans lost the Pacific 10 Conference game at Berkeley.

Forward Jennifer Self scored 23 points and center Teresa Palmisano added 21 for the Bears (10-5, 3-2), who never led by less than 11 points in the second half.

For USC (9-5, 3-1), which had a six-game winning streak snapped, guard Tammy Story scored 15 points before fouling out with 2:10 left.

Stanford 91, UCLA 74--The ninth-ranked Cardinal, which led by only eight points at halftime, was never threatened in the second half at Stanford.

Julie Zeilstra led Stanford (11-3, 5-0) with 19 points. UCLA’s Rehema Stephens led all scorers with 27 points. Amy Jalewalia added 20 for the Bruins (7-7, 2-2).