Women’s basketball: OCC defeats Riverside, 73-62

COSTA MESA - Shauna Steward scored 27 points to lead Orange Coast

College’s women’s basketball team to a 73-62 win over visiting Riverside

Friday in an Orange Empire Conference matchup.

Steward hit 4 of 9 three-pointers and got four steals for the Pirates

(26-5, 10-4 in conference). Leah Wilde had 14 points and Sarah

Middlebrooke scored 11 for OCC. Steward and Wilde hit all seven OCC

three-pointers. Erin Tomlinson and Melissa Lewis had the most rebounds

for OCC, with six each.

Except for Riverside’s Claudine Auld and backup Irene Washburn, who

scored 13 and 14 respectively, the Pirates defense stifled the Tigers

into 36% field goal shooting. Auld led Riverside with 11 rebounds, and three Tigers grabbed nine boards.

OCC led at halftime, 50-34, before coasting, allowing Riverside to

outscore it in the second half, 28-23.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE

OCC 73, Riverside 62

Riverside - Auld 13, Guvlekjian 2, Moss 2, Romagnoli 4, Harvey 8, Lopez

2, S. Johnson 4, Harris 8, Ika 5, Washburn 14.

3 pt. goals - None.

Fouled Out - None.

Technicals - None.

OCC - Masuda 0, Fierst 7, K. Johnson 3, Steward 27, Tomlinson 6, Wilde

14, Middlebrooke 11, Urban 0, Lewis 5.

3 pt. goals - Steward 4, Wilde 3.

Fouled Out - None.

Technicals - None.Halftime - OCC, 50-34.