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WBB - Baldwin at CUI
Stan Plewe/Utah Tech Athletics
69
Dixie State DX-WBB 6-5/2-2 PacWest
77
Winner Concordia, Irvine CUI-WBB 6-4/4-2 PacWest
Dixie State DX-WBB
6-5/2-2 PacWest
69
Final
77
Concordia, Irvine CUI-WBB
6-4/4-2 PacWest
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Dixie State DX-WBB 10 21 19 19 69
Concordia, Irvine CUI-WBB 20 18 15 24 77

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | By DSU Athletics Media Relations

Women’s Basketball falls at Concordia-Irvine, 77-69

Baldwin scores career-high 18 points as Trailblazers drop consecutive games for the first time this season

The Dixie State women's basketball team fell at Concordia-Irvine on Monday, 77-69, in the final game of a two-game road trip inside CU Arena in Irvine, California.

Kristin Baldwin (Thatcher, Ariz./Thatcher HS) scored a career-high 18 points to go with nine rebounds, but the Trailblazers (6-5, 2-2 PacWest) couldn't overcome a steady Concordia-Irvine 3-point attack. The loss to the Eagles marked the first time this season DSU has dropped consecutive games.

Concordia built an early 8-3 lead as the Trailblazers went the first four and half minutes without a field goal. Mariah Martin (Sandy, Utah/Alta HS) ended the drought with a 3-pointer at the 5:32 mark to cut the lead to 8-6. Dixie State later pulled within two points again at 12-10, but the Eagles closed the first quarter on an 8-0 run to take a 20-10 lead.

CUI opened the second quarter with a layup to extend the run to 10-0 and build a 22-10 lead. After the teams traded baskets, Keslee Stevenson (Willard, Utah/Box Elder HS) buried a triple, followed by a Martin jump shot to trim the lead to 24-17 at the 7:30 mark. The game seesawed through the final seven minutes of the frame before Taylor Moeaki (American Fork, Utah/American Fork HS) converted a traditional 3-point play with a reverse layup to cut the lead to 38-31 at halftime.

The Trailblazers used a 6-0 run in the third quarter to pull to within 42-41 midway through the frame. Stevenson scored four points, including another trey, during the stretch, but Concordia answered with back-to-back 3-pointers to push the lead back to 48-41. DSU responded with a 9-2 run, including Stevenson's third 3-pointer of the night, to tie the game at 50-50 with 25 seconds remaining in the period. But CUI responded again and hit a triple at the buzzer to retake the lead at 53-50.

The shot helped propel the Eagles to a 14-point lead at 75-61 as part of a 17-6 run in the final frame. Dixie State later closed the game on a 6-0 run, including back-to-back baskets by Gabrielle Cabanero (Las Vegas, Nev./Valley HS), to close the gap to the final tally of 77-69.

Dixie State shot 39 percent (26-of-66) from the field, 37 percent (6-of-16) from 3-point range, and 84 percent (11-of-13) from the free throw line. Baldwin led three DSU players in double-figures with a career-high 18 points and nine rebounds. Martin added 13 points and six assists, while Stevenson finished with a career-high 12 points and four rebounds.

The Trailblazers will now return home for the Christmas break and will host Point Loma on Saturday, Dec. 30, at 1:30 p.m inside the Burns Arena.
 
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