Games 357-358: Talent all over the floor

358 - (5) UC Riverside women vs. (4) UC Santa Barbara
Big West quarterfinals
March 8 at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, CA
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So many great individual performances in this 81-71 UCSB win I'm just going to list them:

- UCSB guard Sarah Porter had her jumper working from the tip as she hit her first five 3-pointers, made 9-of-11 from behind the arc for the game, and led everyone with a career-high 31 points. Porter's third three of the game put the Gauchos ahead for good with just under six minutes left in the opening quarter.

According to ucsbgauchos.com, Porter's nine threes are not only a new school record - Erin Alexander hit eight at USC in December, 1996 - but also a Big West Tournament record.

- Porter's teammate Drew Edelman was all over the glass (10 of her 14 rebounds on the offensive end), and also poured in 22 points. Those point and rebound totals tied a career-best for the redshirt-junior.

- Michelle Curry tried her best to lead the fifth-seeded Highlanders into the semifinals, but her team-high 22 points weren't enough.

- Drea Toler came off the UCSB bench to hand out eight assists and join Porter and Edelman in double figures with 13 points.

357 - (4) Kennesaw State women vs. (1) Stetson
Atlantic Sun semifinals
March 8 at Edmunds Center in DeLand, FL
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It was fairly evident from the start that Stetson just had a superior team athletically and after holding KSU to seven first-quarter points and leading by 17 at the break, the host Hatters ran away over the final 20 minutes to win 78-48.

KSU made just seven field goals over the final 25 1/2 minutes and was out-rebounded by a 49-28 margin against a strong Stetson defense (top 25 nationally in scoring average & top 35 in field goal percentage allowed). Meanwhile, the Hatters, now winners of 15 consecutive games, had five score in double figures & six with at least nine points, led by McKenna Beach's 17 points.

Great night for KSU senior guard Deandrea Sawyers, who in her final collegiate game became the program's Division I scoring leader. Sawyers collected a game-high 20 points and finished her career with 1,380 points.