ORANGE, Calif. — Back-to-back games and back-to-back wins to start the season for the Chapman University women's basketball team. Chapman defeated visiting Stanton 69-52 for its second win in as many days.
The Panthers had three bench players combine for 34 points to help fuel the victory. Freshman Olivia Reynolds scored 13 and was joined by 12 from Hanna Harvey and nine from Sydney Teoh. Maile Nakaji led the Panthers with 14 points while Makena Nitao had seven steals.
A full court defense propelled the Panthers to their second win of the season. Stanton turned the ball over 37 times with the Panthers stealing 28 of those. Jemma Lacap, Kira Watanabe and Sydney Teoh added five steals apiece to Nitao's seven in the game.
Chapman turned the pressure defense into a decisive lead with 36 points off turnovers and 12 fastbreak points.
A close game quickly turned in the first quarter as Chapman finished the last 4:42 of the opening quarter on a 12-2 to turn a four-point lead into a 22-8 lead. The Elks fought back and closed the lead down to single digits in the third quarter. The teams went back and forth with the Elks never coming closer than eight points until a 7-1 run pushed the lead back to 15 with less than five minutes to go.
Chapman is not back on the court until Nov. 21 to host Westcliff at 4 p.m.
