Gauchos hit century mark in season-opening win

UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Highly-touted freshman Karisma Flores hit a driving layup with :20 seconds left and the home crowd erupted as if it was a game-winning bucket. Far from it.

Rather the basket pushed the Gauchos over the century mark as UCSB won their season opener 101-26 against NCAA Division III UC Santa Cruz.

(Freshman guard Sarah Heyn scored a game-high 17 points and was one of six Gauchos to reach double-figure points. Entenza Design).

(UC Irvine-transfer Naomy Zonzon-Huyghe tallied 15 points in her UCSB debut. Entenza Design).

All-Big West standout Zoe Borter was 4-for-4 from the field including 3-for-3 on three-pointers and finished with 13 points.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DWAMpA-hoA

Former Buena and Oak Park star Karisma Flores finished with 14 points in her Gauchos debut, going 6-for-11 from the field with two 3-pointers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLzK6ONI-KM

Washington-transfer Olivia Anderson had a strong start to her senior season for UCSB. The 6'6 center scored 13 points in her first game in the Thunderdome and she made both of her three-point shots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL3bmZdJAbs

Maddie Naro scores 11 points with 6 assists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Phd_gKzJ8Y

Ten Gauchos scored at least one point.

UCSB led wire-to-wire and shot 61.7% from the floor including 14-of-25 from three-point distance (56.0%).

The Gauchos led 25-11 after the first quarter and 51-15 by halftime. UCSB outscored the Banana Slugs 27-3 in the final quarter. UCSB limited UC Santa Cruz to just 17.6% shooting from the field and outrebounded them 49-17.

UCSB is at Pepperdine on Thursday.