Loyola Shuts Down UCSB

After a week of practice aimed at atoning for an abysmal shooting performance in Reno, the UCSB women’s basketball team showed they were still a long way from a finished product, falling victim to a 65-40 blowout loss to a visiting LMU squad they had beaten by 10 last year in Los Angeles. Playing without their leading scorer in junior center Mekia Valentine due to a hand injury, the Gauchos (0-3 overall) shot only 29.8 percent from the floor and 25 percent from behind the arc, numbers akin to their 26 percent shooting and 0-17 three-point performance against Nevada last Monday.

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