STOCKTON, Calif. — Despite 26 points from Cassie Broadhead Devashrayee, BYU women’s basketball fell to Pacific 83-76 on Saturday afternoon at the Alex G. Spanos Center.
"Today we lost because of mental mistakes," BYU head coach Jeff Judkins said. "We turned the ball over and they scored baskets on the other end. We gave up layups and didn't boxout at crucial times. We can't win on the road when we make those kind of mistakes. We will learn from this and have two tough games to prepare for next week."
Brenna Chase also finished the game in double figures, with 18 points, while Amanda Wayment led BYU in rebounds, with five.
BYU (12-9, 7-3 WCC) jumped out to the early 6-0 lead as Sara Hamson and Chase combined for the first three Cougar baskets. The Tigers answered with an 11-1 run to capture the 11-7 lead with 6:07 left in the first quarter.
After Pacific (10-11, 4-6 WCC) extended its lead to six, 17-11, Chase hit back-to-back 3-pointers to tie the game at 17-all. The Tigers took the slight 21-20 advantage into the second quarter.
Chase and Devashrayee knocked down two more 3s for the Cougars, helping BYU regain the 26-24 lead. Teams traded baskets midway through the second quarter, before Pacific closed out the quarter on an 11-2 run, taking the 46-36 lead into halftime. Chase led the Cougars with 13 points at halftime.
A trey by Devashrayee and jumper by Malia Nawahine cut Pacific’s lead in half, bringing BYU within five, 46-41, two minutes into the second half. The Tigers countered, increasing their lead to eight, 55-47, with 2:42 to go in the third quarter.
After Pacific increased its lead to 10 early in the fourth quarter, Chase drained her fourth 3-point field goal of the contest to help bring BYU within seven, 61-54. With 3:08 to go, Devashrayee knocked down her fifth and sixth free throws of the contest to bring BYU back within eight, after the Tigers increased their lead to 10.
Pacific was able to keep the lead through the last three minutes of the game and claim the 83-76 victory.
BYU women’s basketball will return to the Marriott Center on Feb. 1 to take on LMU in a 7 p.m. MT tip. The game will be broadcast on BYUtv.
Postgame Notes at Pacific (Jan. 27, 2018)
Team
BYU shot 56.5 percent from the field in the first half, finishing the game shooting 48.1 percent from the field and a season-best 93.8 percent from the free-throw line.
In the first 20 minutes of play, the Cougars pulled down 16 rebounds while the Tigers grabbed 13. For the game, Pacific finished with 35 to BYU’s 28 boards.
Pacific had the advantage in assists and steals in the first half with nine and eight, respectively. At the end of the game, they maintained the edge with 15 assists and 12 steals. BYU had 12 assists and eight steals.
For the seventh time on the year and the second-straight, two players finished with double figures in points. Cassie Broadhead Devashrayee finished with 26 and Brenna Chase tallied 18.
Player
Brenna Chase led the Cougars in scoring in the first half with 13 points, two rebounds and one assist. She finished with her 17th game with double-digit points, with 18. She also tied in assists with four, recorded two steals and grabbed four rebounds.
Cassie Devashrayee had dished out a first-half high four assists along with seven points, two rebounds and one steal. With her 26 points on the road at Pacific, Devashrayee recorded her 12th and sixth-straight 20-plus outing. Her stat line included tying for game highs in assists, with four, while getting two steals and grabbing four rebounds.
Sara Hamson scored six points, grabbed three rebounds and had two blocks through the first 20 minutes of action. For the game, she scored eight points, grabbed four rebounds and had a game-best two blocks.
Amanda Wayment led the way in rebounds with five while contributing two points after playing 21 minutes.