California Dreamin

... Something we may all be doing by tomorrow night! Except for Kelsey Byrd, since she's our resident California girl!

The weather here continued to be beautiful, though we weren't basking in the sunshine quite as much the past two days, since we had games and tried to stick to our routine.

We lost to an impressive USC team on Saturday. They got some hot hands after the first 10 minutes and nailed some real back-breaking threes to pull ahead before halftime. Betsy Williams had another good game off the bench, leading us with 12 points while Sasha Dosenko hauled in a game-high 13 rebounds. Brittney Smith had nine points and eight boards.

Today (Sunday) we beat Delaware State in the consolation game, 49-38. While we are certainly working on more consistent offense, we were definitely pleased with the defensive effort to hold DSU to 27 percent shooting. Brittney had a big night on both ends of the court with 10 points, 15 rebounds and six blocked shots. Sasha added 13 points and eight boards while Faziah Steen scored 12 points. We took the lead early in this one and never really looked back.

It's 10 p.m. in California and everyone is winding down for a long day of travel in the morning. We will all be going our separate ways for the holidays and the first flights are at about 7 am so the first airport shuttle leaves at 4:30 am. Players report back to campus in Dec. 26, which makes for a short break, but is actually more time than a lot of teams get. We are also always excited to get back to host our own Blue Sky Classic Tournament on Dec. 29-30.

Thanks to everyone for their continued support and to all those who came out to watch us on the west coast! There were several families and friends in attendance and it was great to see familiar faces in the stands.

- Dara