Redlands Women's Basketball loses to Chapman

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REDLANDS, Calif. – The University of Redlands women's basketball team (9-8, 4-4) held an early led against Chapman University Wednesday evening inside Currier Gym, but cold shooting would lead to an 80-66 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) loss.

Leila Hosn got herself off to a quick start after drawing a foul and going two-of-two at the line only 22 seconds into the game. AJ Wick then scored in the paint off her own offensive rebound for an early 4-2 lead.

Chapman would tie the game and then take the lead at the 8:13 mark. That lead would remain in their possession for the remainder of the game as Redlands struggled to string together stops and baskets.

The Bulldogs trailed by as many as 13 with 1:36 remaining in the half before Hosn again drew a foul and converted both at the line. Colbi Zorich was then assisted by Alex Facelo on a jumper on a fastbreak that would pull them within single digits, but a late Panther jumper made it an 11-point, 39-28, halftime deficit.

After again allowing the lead to balloon, this time to 16 in the first two minutes, they were able to score the final four points of the third thanks to jumpers from Hosn and Wick as it was a manageable 10-point deficit, 56-46, after 30 minutes.

Carly Hicks made it an eight-point game with a basket in the paint after Kayden Sanders forced a turnover to gain possession and then grabbed an offensive rebound to extend the possession.

Hosn then made a three at the 7:26 mark, but Chapman went on a 17-8 run down to the 1:12 mark as they put the game away.

Hosn finished with a team-high 18 points and five assists. Wick had 12 points, nine rebounds, and two assists.

Facelo was face guarded the majority of the game and got only five shots off, making three of them including one three. That three now gives her 53 made threes on the season, the ninth most in program history. She quietly added six steals.

Redlands will head to Los Angeles for their first matchup with Occidental College on Saturday at 2 p.m.