After dropping their opening game of the Greater Victoria Invitational to Syracuse, the women’s basketball team bounced back with a 96-75 win over California Baptist.
In the first quarter, the Houston Cougars and California Baptist Lancers went back and forth, trading buckets in a high scoring first quarter. Junior guard Julia Black shell-Fair scored 11 first-quarter points and sophomore forward Tatyana Hill added 10 points to help Houston carry a 26-20 lead after one quarter.
The second quarter began just like the first as both teams continued to trade buckets. In the final five minutes of the quarter, the Cougars outscored the Lancers 15-8 that was capped off by a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from senior forward KeAsja Peace.