Otters Put Up a Fight Against SCU Broncos
Auvria Hampton, Staff Reporter

California State Monterey Bay Women’s Basketball team looses Exhibition 61-83 to Santa Clara University, a member of the NCAA Division I West Coast Conference.  The game was the Otters first of two preseason exhibition competitions, the next will be held Saturday November 3, 2007 at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
David Wingard, the Otters Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach said, “the Exhibition is an opportunity.”  The Otters approached the game as an opportunity to get better and use the specific things they learned in practice in a game against someone other than themselves. 
The non-conference women’s basketball-match up was a sight to see as students, fans and family filled the Leavey Center dressed in costume Wednesday night to watch the Women’s basketball teams battle it out for the win. 
Although CSUMB came out strong with quick feet SCU dominated the first half taking an immediate 5-0 lead, with a jumper from Senior Tracey Walker followed by a three-pointer from Junior Elizabeth Doran, who registered a game-high of 21 points. 
The unified Otters fought back with strong performances from Junior Dana Andrews and Senior Britnea Moore who both totaled 18 points for the night, as well as Senior Alma Lopez who tailed with 14 points and registered a game-high of four steals. 
Successful free throws and two-pointers from Senior Krista Herr, Junior Jessica Harris and new comers Junior JaNae Westmoreland and Junior Shanna Holmes helped lessen the gap for the otters.  Only the SCU Broncos held the lead with Freshman Rhianna Faithfull ending the first half 53-33 in a three-point shot with 16 seconds left on the clock.
Although the second half started off with a two-point bang from Senior Britnea Moore the Broncos maintained the lead and their momentum with back-to-back shots from Doran. 
However, the Otters did not get trampled lying down; they fought back strong digging their claws deep into the Broncos.  Unfortunately the closest the Otters got to closing the twenty-something gap held throughout the game was by 18 points.  In the last 6 minutes of the game Doran made a solid jumper giving the Broncos the largest lead of the night, 26 points.  Redshirt and Junior Sara Majors ended the game victorious for the Broncos with three straight points before the buzzer with a final score of 83-61.