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91成人导航 has served notice it is a women鈥檚 basketball team to be reckoned with, winning twice in the West Coast Conference Tournament at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas to advance to Monday afternoon鈥檚 semifinals against second-seeded Portland.

The sixth-seeded Tigers avenged two earlier losses to No. 3 seed San Diego with a dominating 71-57 victory Saturday to reach the semifinals for the first time since 2018. No. 1 Gonzaga will face No. 5 Brigham Young University in the other semifinal.
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The Tigers鈥� 2:30 p.m. semifinal will be televised on regional sports networks including NBC Sports Bay Area. BYUtv and the WCC Network also will carry the game. Fans can listen to a radio broadcast on 91成人导航Tigers.com or in the Stockton area on FoxSports 1280.
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91成人导航 will host a free watch party for the Tiger community in The Lair, a pub-style gathering area on the second floor of the DeRosa University Center.听

To understand the significance of the team鈥檚 accomplishments, you must go back to last season, when the Tigers finished 6-23. The program regrouped this year with 11 returning players, adding just a transfer and a freshman to the mix. The preseason coaches鈥� poll predicted the Tigers would finish ninth in the 10-team league.听

Injuries limited 91成人导航鈥檚 success in the early WCC schedule. The Tigers were just 2-8 after 10 games. But after key players returned, 91成人导航 started to gain consistency and won six of its final eight games.

鈥淲e are playing a better brand of team defense and playing together on the offensive end,鈥� said eighth-year Head Coach Bradley Davis. 鈥淲e had different people step up. Early it was out of necessity due to injuries. Now it鈥檚 out of playing together.鈥�

91成人导航 opened the WCC Tournament with an 82-77 win over Saint Mary鈥檚. With a three-point edge at halftime, 91成人导航 clamped down on defense in the second half and then held off the surging Gaels.

In the semifinals, 91成人导航 outscored San Diego in each of the four quarters, and pulled away for the victory. 91成人导航 dominated on the boards with a whopping 40-23 edge in rebounds.

鈥淲e鈥檙e the underdogs,鈥� said junior Liz Smith, who was named to the All-WCC First Team. 鈥淧reseason we were ranked ninth. Last year, we finished 10th in the conference. We know nobody outside of our community believes in us. We use that for fuel. We reached the semifinals so it鈥檚 working.鈥�

The Tigers had four players average in double figures in both tournament games. Smith led the team in both games, scoring a combined 32 points. Junior Cecelia Holmberg came off the bench and tallied 27 points in the two games. Junior Rosie Schweizer and senior Sam Ashby both have scored 23 points in the tournament.听

鈥淚鈥檓 just trying to be more confident,鈥� said Holmberg, who hit 59 percent (10-of-17) of her shots in the tournament. 鈥淲e need to take the shot that鈥檚 best for the team. If one of my teammates hits me and I鈥檓 open, I鈥檒l take a shot.鈥�

Davis relied on his bench with 10 players seeing action in both contests. That strategy worked with 91成人导航鈥檚 bench outscoring its counterparts 73-29.

鈥淓xceeding expectations is what鈥檚 driving us right now,鈥� said Ashby, one of two seniors on the team. 鈥淲hen we are a confident team, we do amazing things. With this confidence, I really think we are unstoppable in this conference.

鈥淗onestly, this is probably the best senior season I could ask for,鈥� Ashby continued. 鈥淚鈥檓 happy to be with this group and happy we are performing where we are."

Smith agreed with her teammate. 鈥淭his is March. This is what it鈥檚 all about. There is a team that鈥檚 going to go on a run, and we鈥檙e that team. We are going to keep it going.鈥澨�

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