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Seattle University’s women beat UC Riverside 80–55 on Friday, November 6, at the Redhawk Center, moving to 2–0 with a win built on extra chances and dependable scoring. Cristina Jones finished with 22 points, Alanna Neale added 20, and the Redhawks collected 23 offensive rebounds.
The final margin tells you who controlled the night. The more useful question is how Seattle U kept that control when its shooting was not automatic.
Jones and Neale supplied the scoring
Harley Johnson’s November 6 recap for Seattle University Athletics details the Redhawks’ first home victory. The game was also played November 6; UC Riverside’s official report independently confirms the result.
Jones made 10 of 19 shots and contributed nine rebounds, four steals and three assists. That is a useful combination: Seattle U’s leading scorer also helped recover the ball and move it to teammates.
Neale scored 20 on 7-for-15 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds. Sophie Buzzard gave the offense another productive option with 12 points, including three makes in five attempts from beyond the arc.
Those performances mattered together. Seattle U did not need one player to account for the entire scoring load, and Buzzard’s outside production complemented the work Jones and Neale were doing.
Extra shots made the difference
The official box score from UC Riverside Athletics shows Seattle U shooting 30-for-73 from the field, compared with Riverside’s 17-for-49. Seattle U finished with 48 rebounds to Riverside’s 29.
The most revealing number is those 23 offensive boards. They helped produce 24 second-chance points, while Riverside scored six in that category. A missed first attempt did not necessarily end a Redhawk possession.
Seattle U also made nine of 22 threes and recorded 13 steals. That combination gave the offense several ways to build a lead without requiring a high overall field-goal percentage.
This is why our two-minute box-score check starts with more than the points column. Here, the shooting line and the extra attempts belong in the same conversation.
Riverside’s push did not erase the lead
Seattle U opened 7–0 and led 23–12 after the first quarter. A 10–0 run to begin the second helped establish a cushion, and the Redhawks reached halftime ahead 45–29.
Riverside still made the third quarter competitive. Its official recap reports that the Highlanders cut the deficit to 11 twice. Seattle U answered rather than letting that pressure turn into a full comeback.
Gabriela Escorial’s three with 21 seconds left in the third put the Redhawks ahead 63–46. They then outscored Riverside 17–9 in the fourth. The win was comfortable at the finish, but maintaining that separation required a response.
There is still work in a 25-point win
Seattle U went 11-for-22 at the free-throw line and committed 17 turnovers. Neither number disappears because the final score looks good. Better opponents could make those missed opportunities more expensive.
For readers following the Seattle U women’s season schedule, this result offers a concrete early checkpoint, not a season-long verdict. The Redhawks created repeat scoring chances, shared the offensive responsibility and answered a challenge. The next standard is doing those things while wasting fewer possessions.
Cover photograph is illustrative basketball photography, not an image of the named player or the reported game.