OAKLAND, Calif. – The Fresno Pacific women's basketball team picked up its first PacWest Conference win of the year on Saturday, defeating Holy Names 65-42 on the road. The win allows the Sunbirds to salvage a split for the road trip, improving to 1-1 in league action.
 
QUOTABLE:
• "We are happy with a win but not thrilled with our performance. Having multiple people out with sickness and injury is all the more reason to stay engaged the whole game. We had some very good and engaged defensive possessions, but we faltered on many offensive possessions when we didn't make the easy reads. We have zero days off and will look to have a great practice tomorrow before Monday's game against Antelope Valley." – head coach Tim Beauregard
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Fresno Pacific 65, Holy Names 42
Records: FPU (3-6, 1-1 PacWest), HNU (1-9, 0-2)
Location: Tobin Gymnasium | Oakland, Calif.  
All-Time Series: FPU leads 20-7
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
• The Sunbirds controlled the opening tip, allowing Cassie Pisik to score the first bucket of the game.
• Pisik and Malazarte combined for 25 points in the first half, lifting FPU to a 14-point lead at the intermission.
• FPU picked up where they left off once the second half started, allowing Holy Names to make only six shots from the floor in the final 20 minutes.
• The Blue and Orange were on cruise control for the fourth quarter, going up by as many as 23 in the final frame.
 
STATS OF THE GAME:
• Pisik led all scorers with 22 points, besting her previous career-high of 20, set just one week earlier against Cal State East Bay.
• Megan Lee followed with 14 and added a team-best five rebounds, while Jessica Malazarte chipped in 13 points and tallied five steals.
• Malazarte also dished out six assists, the most of any Sunbird this season.
• Kaleigh Taylor ended the day as the only Hawk player in double-figures, scoring 14 points and hauling in eight rebounds.
• The Sunbird defense held Hawk leading scorer Onjalise Carley-Hilliard in check, as she scored a season-low three points and committed five turnovers.
• Fresno Pacific won the team turnover battle after forcing 24 and committing just 11.
 
BEYOND THE BOX:
• The Sunbirds never trailed at any point on Saturday.
• Lee became the sixth different Sunbird to lead the team in rebounding, while Pisik's nine made field goals is the most by any FPU player this season.
• FPU has now won each of the last three meetings against Holy Names, with Saturday's victory being the largest difference.  
 
UP NEXT:
• The Sunbirds return to action on Monday, when they hit the road to take on Antelope Valley in the season's final non-conference game. Tipoff from the Pioneer Event Center in Lancaster is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.