SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The UC Santa Barbara women's basketball team began its three-game home stand with a 71-45 win over Stanislaus State on Thursday at the Thunderdome, picking up its largest win so far this season.

Santa Barbara improves to 6-3 for the second straight season.

ON THE STAT SHEET

• There were 13 different Gauchos who saw the floor on Thursday and 11 who scored, both of which were highs for the year. Senior center Ila Lane scored a team-leading 17 points (7-10 FG) in a season-low 16 minutes and tied a personal-best with three blocks.
• Sophomore guard Kennedy Johnson was very active off the bench, reaching double-figures for the second time as a Gaucho with a career-high 16 points on 6-for-9 from the field. She also tallied five rebounds and three steals and was 2-of-3 on threes.
• As a team, UCSB shot 8-of-24 from deep, one shy of its most three-pointers this year. The Gauchos also set season-highs in assists (26), steals (14) and blocks (9).
• Earning the most minutes of her freshman season with 19, guard Skylar Burke handled the ball for a good chunk of the night, scoring a season-best eight points off the bench.
• Two Gaucho sophomores made their season debuts, as forward Laurel Rockwood scored four points and guard Kathleen Hutchens saw the court for the final four minutes.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• After the Warriors (3-7) scored the first four points of the night, the Gauchos would take control. Back-to-back threes by Alyssa Marin and Burke capped an 8-0 run and the home side never looked back.
• Senior guard Alexis Tucker layed it in off a sweet dime inside by Johnson with just over a minute left in the first, putting UCSB up 22-10 to finish off its second 8-0 run of the period.
• The Gauchos picked up the pressure from there, smothering the Warriors up and down the floor while forcing 11 of their 26 turnovers in the second quarter alone.
• UCSB went into halftime leading 42-16 after allowing just two points in the period. Lane scored nine of her game-high 17 on a perfect 3-for-3 from the field.
• The Gaucho bench mob was able to get valuable playing time down the stretch as the lead would grow to as many as 31 points in the fourth.

UP NEXT
UCSB will be back home next Wednesday, Dec. 21 to face Cal Lutheran at 7:00 p.m. on Holiday Sweater Night.