Women’s basketball
The Bethany University women’s basketball team fell to nonconference rival U.C. Santa Cruz, 63-46, in a game Jan. 28.
The Bruins could not compete with UCSC’s towering 6-foot center, Molly Davisson, who scored 26 points and had her way in the paint. No player who took the court for Bethany was taller than 5 feet, 9 inches.
The result was UCSC dominating the boards, out-rebounding the smaller Bruins 40-23.
A bright spot for Bethany was sophomore Rachel Estabrook, who led the Bruins with 12 points while shooting 5-for-10 from the field and grabbing six rebounds.
Janessa McGirt, who had four steals, was the only other Bruin in double figures with 10 points.
Bethany (0-7 California Pacific Conference) resumed conference play with a 66-45 loss to the California Maritime Academy. They played against Holy Names University after press time Thursday, Feb. 4, and will host Pacific Union College at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 11.
Men’s basketball
The Bruin men are 1-6 in the CalPac after falling to Cal Maritime, 79-63, on Sunday, Jan. 30. Joey Kreuter scored 12 points to lead Bethany, despite hitting only three of 12 shots from the field. Ron Houston, who added two steals, and Milton Brown each added 10 points for the Bruins.
Bethany has five games remaining. The team played Holy Names after press time Thursday and will travel to Menlo College on Saturday, Feb. 6, before hosting Pacific Union at 7 p.m. Feb. 11.
