Women's Basketball Comes Up Short in Title Game to Orange Coast
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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Orange Coast (32-1, 11-1) | 24 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 78 | |
Butte (28-4, 9-1) | 20 | 18 | 12 | 21 | 71 |
Orange Coast
Game Statistics | Orange Coast | Butte |
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Field Goals | (23-55) | (26-60) |
Field Goal % | 41.8% | 43.3% |
Rebounds | 34 | 36 |
Assists | 16 | 14 |
Turnovers | 10 | 9 |
Pts off Turnovers | 11 | 14 |
2nd Chance Pts | 13 | 14 |
Pts in the Paint | 22 | 42 |
Fastbreak Pts | 4 | 4 |
Bench Pts | 0 | 11 |
Lemoore, Calif. - Three Butte women's basketball starters combined for 54 points, but the Roadrunners came up short in the CCCAA Championship game, 78-71, on Sunday afternoon.
Sophomores Meghan Weinrich and Sanaya Shrader led the team with Weinrich tallying 21 points, nine boards, six assists, and five steals, while Shrader added a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Freshman Sarah Tait chipped in 15 points.
After falling behind by double-figures in the first half, Butte battled back to being edged by one point going into halftime behind Weinrich and Shrader's 11 and 10 first-half points, respectively. The Roadrunners took a brief lead in the third, but were unable to hold on.
Butte posted its best run in postseason since 1993, finishing the season 28-4. Weinrich and Tait were named to the All-Tournament team.