Freshman guard Katie Kittle provided Westmont with 20 points and six rebounds as Westmont women’s basketball (7-0) cruised to an 80-55 victory over Cal State East Bay (0-3) in Atherton at the Menlo Tournament on Sunday. The Warriors jumped out to a 12-2 lead early on and never looked back.
“It was a great team effort with everyone getting to play,” noted Westmont head coach Kirsten Moore. “Katie was an exciting spark off the bench making three, three-point shots. We also had a good inside presence. Alisha Heglund scored 16 points and pulled down eight rebounds and Angel Blanco had 13 points and nine rebounds.”
The Warriors led by 15 points at the half and built on that lead in the second half.
“We were relentless on the boards where we out-rebounded East Bay 46-27,” said Moore. “Twenty-one of our rebounds were on the offensive end which gave us a lot of second chance baskets. We played very disciplined basketball.”
Westmont will take its undefeated record into Golden State Athletic Conference play on Thursday when the team travels to Irvine to take on the Eagles of Concordia. The Warriors will play at home on Saturday night, hosting Hope International. Both games begin at 5:30 p.m.
