Box Score

CARSON -- Cal State Dominguez Hills' Bryanne Lopez-Wood led three Toros in double-figure scoring with 12 points, but visiting UC Merced connected for 13 3-pointers while limiting the hosts to just four en route to a convincing 91-61 win over CSUDH on a cool Thursday night in the Torodome.

The Toros fall to 2-10 overall and 2-5 in CCAA play, while UC Merced picks up its first win in league play to move to 1-6, and 4-11 overall.

CSUDH kept pace with the Bobcats in the early going after Zanna Hurst nailed a triple to begin the game.  After Merced answered with a layup, Hurst again connected from downtown to put the Toros up early, 6-2.  

The two teams would exchange baskets over the next six minutes, with the Bobcats taking a slim 20-17 lead after one.

Jada Sanders and Kylee Edgar scored the first four points of the second quarter to put the Toros up 21-20, with an Edgar layup answer a Merced triple on its possession to tie the game at 23-23 with 8:27 left in the frame.

The Bobcats, however, would heat up, going on a 12-4 run over the next four minutes to take a 35-27 lead, pushing its edge to 44-33 with 22 ticks left before the half, with a pair of Tiara Jones free throws cutting CSUDH's deficit to single digits at 44-35 entering the break.

After halftime, UC Merced heated up, outscoring the Cardinal and Gold 10-4 to take a 54-39 lead with 4:23 elapsed in the third quarter, pushing its lead to 65-49 despite Lopez-Wood and A'moree Ferrel combining for the Toros final eight points of the frame.

UC Merced put the game away early in the fourth, building a 30-point lead midway through the frame and maintaining that margin in the eventual 91-61 win.

The Toros again went cold from the floor, hitting just 33.3% of its attempts.  Conversely, the Bobcats connected on 51.7% of its shots and 56.5% from downtown, marking the third-straight game in which CSUDH has allowed its opponent to eclipse the 90-point mark.

CSUDH did out-rebound its opponent 45-35, including a whopping 24-9 edge in offensive boards.

The Toros will look to snap its three-game skid on Saturday as Stanislaus State visits Carson for a 1 pm tip, with the Warriors still searching for its first CCAA win of the year.