LA VERNE, Calif. – The University of Redlands women's basketball team (8-9, 4-5) fell by 12, 74-62, at the University of La Verne on Saturday evening as they were unable to stop the Leopards from behind the arc, allowing 10 threes, tied for the most allowed in a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) game.

AJ Wick and Aliyah Anderson helped the Bulldogs get out to a 4-0 lead in the first 71 seconds. The Leopards were able to come back to take an 8-6 lead with 6:26 on the clock but a Colbi Zorich jumper tied the game at eight before Wick made it 10-8.

Anderson found Zorich for another jump shot to make it 12-9 with 4:21 left in the quarter but La Verne would end the first on a 11-2 run as they took a six-point lead into the second.

Beginning the second quarter scoring was Leaya Mckinney who has been instrumental in the Bulldogs success in the last two games as she made it a two-point game after converting on a pair of shots.

Down to the 6:15 mark the Bulldogs still trailed by two, 24-22, as all eight of Redlands' points had come from Mckinney as the defense continued to look for answers for the Leopards' offense.

La Verne's offense continued to chug along as they hit a three with only 1:26 left in the half, putting Redlands behind by their largest margin of the game at 14, 41-27. They, however, got two threes from Kayden Sanders and a last Wick second field goal off a Sanders assist to trail only by six, 41-35, at the half.

Zorich got the Bulldogs within three after holding the Leopards scoreless for nearly three minutes. The 11-0 run was snapped by La Verne as they scored seven unanswered points to make it a double-digit game again, 48-38.

The Bulldogs would fall behind by as many as 12 with less than three minutes to play but Zorich and Sanders each scored to end the quarter with the final four points as they remained within striking distance, 58-50, going into the final 10 minutes.

La Verne made a jump shot in the first 33 seconds and went up by 10 and never led by any fewer than that as they got the win for the third time in their last four meetings against Redlands following the Bulldogs winning 14 of 15.

Wick had 15 points (7-14 FG) and was one of only three Bulldogs that shot over 50 percent from the field joining Zorich who had 13 points (4-7 FG, 5-6 FT) and Mckinney with eight points (4-5 FG).

Redlands will get a week of rest and prep as they host Whittier College, who are receiving votes for the d3hoops.com top-25 poll, next Saturday, January 27 at 7:00 p.m.