{"id":84598,"date":"2025-12-07T03:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T03:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/84598\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T03:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T03:35:10","slug":"career-performances-from-smith-condron-spark-tritons-in-big-west-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/84598\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Performances from Smith, Condron Spark Tritons in Big West Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tStory Links&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n   &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CBU logo.png\" alt=\"California Baptist\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at California Baptist<\/p>\n<p>12\/15\/2025 | 6 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Dec. 15 (Mon) \/ 6 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CBU logo.png\" alt=\"California Baptist\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0California Baptist&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/opponent-history\/california-baptist\/25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    LA JOLLA, Calif.\u2014\u00a0UC San Diego women&#8217;s basketball secured a dominating 75-45 victory over Long Beach State on Saturday afternoon in LionTree Arena. The Tritons (5-4) marked the opening of their Big West schedule with their fifth consecutive win over the Beach (0-8).<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/rosa-smith\/14022\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14022\" target=\"_blank\">Rosa Smith<\/a> led the offense with an impressive 27 points on 11-of-18 shooting and four threes, also recording five assists, four rebounds and two steals. It was her most points scoring since joining the Tritons in 2023-24. <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/erin-condron\/14016\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14016\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Condron<\/a> tallied a career-best 19 points and collected seven boards, five assists, three steals and one block. <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/dymonique-maxie\/14024\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14024\" target=\"_blank\">Dymonique Maxie<\/a> finished with nine points, a team high six assists and three steals. <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/makayla-rose\/14025\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14025\" target=\"_blank\">Makayla Rose<\/a> also led the team with three steals and Juna\u00e9 Mahan collected eight rebounds.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHOW IT HAPPENED<br \/>\nThe Beach got the contest started with a three-pointer, but Ma quickly answered with a three for the Tritons to even the score. Smith sparked a 14-point scoring run for UC San Diego, scoring nine in the run in the stretch. Smith and Ma knocked down back-to-back threes to give the Tritons a 17-4 advantage. LBSU ended the run with another three, but UC San Diego scored the final six points of the quarter to lead 23-7 at the break.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Tritons opened the second quarter on an 8-2 scoring run, highlighted by four points from Condron. Juna\u00e9 Mahan and Smith score back-to-back layups to build the largest lead of the quarter for UC San Diego, 35-11. The Tritons maintained the momentum down the stretch and took a 39-16 advantage into the halftime intermission.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAfter a quick three by the Beach to open the second half, UC San Diego scored 11 unanswered including three consecutive 3-pointers. Smith knocked down back-to-back threes to make it 50-19 in favor of the home team. Condron found her rhythm in the second half of the period, scoring five of the Tritons&#8217; 11 points to close out the quarter up, 61-32.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nCondron continued to have the hot hand to begin the final period, scoring on back-to-back baskets. A layup by Maxie extended a six-point run to open the quarter and give the Tritons a 67-32 advantage. <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/michaela-fairwell\/14028\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14028\" target=\"_blank\">Michaela Fairwell<\/a> connected back-to-back chances with a jumper and a three-pointer to give UC San Diego its largest lead of the contest, 72-35. LBSU found a bit of momentum in the final four minutes, putting together an 8-0 run. A three-pointer by <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/niya-price\/14029\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14029\" target=\"_blank\">Niya Price<\/a> stopped the drought for UC San Diego and the Tritons cruised to a 75-45 victory in their Big West opener.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTRITON TIDBITS<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/rosa-smith\/14022\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14022\" target=\"_blank\">Rosa Smith<\/a> recorded her highest point total in a Triton uniform (27), finishing three points shy of her career high (30) and four points from the UC San Diego Division I single game record (31).&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/erin-condron\/14016\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14016\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Condron<\/a> recorded a career high 19 points, surpassing her previous mark from earlier this season.&#13;<br \/>\n\tUC San Diego had the advantage in points off turnovers (32-10), second chance points (14-8), points in the paint (34-14), fast break points (16-12) and bench points (12-7).&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Tritons are now 5-6 in the all-time series with Long Beach State.&#13;<br \/>\n\tUC San Diego starters were <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/erin-condron\/14016\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14016\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Condron<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/sabrina-ma\/14019\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14019\" target=\"_blank\">Sabrina Ma<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/dymonique-maxie\/14024\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14024\" target=\"_blank\">Dymonique Maxie<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/makayla-rose\/14025\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14025\" target=\"_blank\">Makayla Rose<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/rosa-smith\/14022\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14022\" target=\"_blank\">Rosa Smith<\/a>.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nUP NEXT<br \/>\nUC San Diego will take a break next week for fall quarter finals before traveling to face California Baptist on Monday, Dec. 15. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and live statistics will be available via UCSDTritons.com.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAbout UC San Diego Athletics<br \/>\nAfter two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world&#8217;s preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at California Baptist 12\/15\/2025 |&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-84598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}