{"id":1419,"date":"2022-11-22T23:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T23:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/22\/no-15-womens-basketball-takes-down-pomona-pitzer-whitman-college-athletics\/"},"modified":"2022-11-22T23:35:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T23:35:00","slug":"no-15-womens-basketball-takes-down-pomona-pitzer-whitman-college-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/22\/no-15-womens-basketball-takes-down-pomona-pitzer-whitman-college-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 15 Women&#8217;s Basketball Takes Down Pomona-Pitzer &#8211; Whitman College Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"sidearm-story-template-text_post-3\">\n<aside class=\"sidearm-story-template-text-aside\" aria-label=\"Related Sport Links\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n &#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p>                    <span id=\"docs-internal-guid-196c351c-7fff-a187-c987-9bd40d9d4dd0\"\/><strong><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-196c351c-7fff-a187-c987-9bd40d9d4dd0\">POMONA, Calif.<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.whitman.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/korin-baker\/4648\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"4648\" target=\"_blank\">Korin Baker<\/a><\/dfn> delivered another riveting performance with 26 points and 15 rebounds to highlight an excellent night shooting and the 15th-ranked Whitman College women&#8217;s basketball team topped Pomona-Pitzer 68-52 on Tuesday night at Voelkel Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-196c351c-7fff-a187-c987-9bd40d9d4dd0\"><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.whitman.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/lindsay-drango\/4650\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"4650\" target=\"_blank\">Lindsay Drango<\/a><\/dfn> added 16 points (7-10) and seven rebounds for the Blues (4-1) who shot 42% from the floor and remained perfect on their California road trip. Baker was as efficient as ever, shooting 9-13 from the floor and 8-9 from the free throw line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-196c351c-7fff-a187-c987-9bd40d9d4dd0\">Charlize Andaya scored a team-high 10 points and Emily Church led with 10 rebounds for the Sagehens who managed only 29% shooting against a stingy Whitman defense.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-196c351c-7fff-a187-c987-9bd40d9d4dd0\">Whitman&#8217;s defense was on display early as it held Pomona-Pitzer to only six points and 2-17 shooting in the first quarter. Kaitlyn Leung&#8217;s three pointer gave the Sagehens an early one-point lead, but it was all Blues from there. Baker answered with an and-one layup then scored another two times in the paint to make it a 14-5 score with 5:19 to play in the quarter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-196c351c-7fff-a187-c987-9bd40d9d4dd0\">The Blues continued to push as the second quarter got underway. Buckets from Baker and <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.whitman.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/sydney-abbott\/4647\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"4647\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Abbott<\/a><\/dfn> pushed the lead further into double digits before <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.whitman.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/kalia-coverson\/4649\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"4649\" target=\"_blank\">Kalia Coverson&#8217;s<\/a><\/dfn> layup made it a 24-9 ball game with 3:41 to play until halftime. Buckets from Leung and Church helped close the gap but Whitman still took an 11-point lead into the locker room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-196c351c-7fff-a187-c987-9bd40d9d4dd0\">Abbott scored on Whitman&#8217;s first possession in the second half and Drango hit a three pointer moments later and the route was on. Baker later converted another and-one three point play to push the lead to 40-21 with 5:57 to play. <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.whitman.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/carly-martin\/4653\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"4653\" target=\"_blank\">Carly Martin<\/a><\/dfn> then started heating up and nailed a pair of three pointers in the back half of the quarter as the Blues led by as many as 20 points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-196c351c-7fff-a187-c987-9bd40d9d4dd0\">Whitman will look to run the table on their four-game California trip when it faces Caltech on Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 6:00 p.m.<\/span>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>                    <button id=\"show-story-btn\">Read Full Article<\/button>\n                <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.whitman.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/22\/no-15-womens-basketball-takes-down-pomona-pitzer.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; POMONA, Calif. &#8211; Korin Baker delivered another riveting performance with 26 points and 15 rebounds to highlight an excellent night shooting and the 15th-ranked Whitman College women&#8217;s basketball team topped Pomona-Pitzer 68-52 on Tuesday night at Voelkel Gymnasium. 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