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SAN DIEGO - Cara Liggins scored 25 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to help lead the No. 23 Sea Lions to a 73-63 win over Concordia.
 
Liggins recorded her season-high in both points and rebounds as she posted her fourth double-double of the year. She reached the free throw line 14 times, knocking down 13, as she drew eight fouls against Eagle defenders. Haylee Saurette added 15 points, Kennedi Bryam registered 12 points and Alix Henderson chipped in with 10. Isabel Turk also stepped up with 12 rebounds for PLNU, matching her career-high, to help the Sea Lions win the battle on the glass.
 
Point Loma trailed early before putting together a 10-0 run to close the second quarter and take a 32-29 lead into halftime. The lead stayed at three (49-46) going into the fourth quarter and was still at three (57-54) midway through the final period when PLNU put together the game-clinching run.
 
After a pair of free throws by Henderson, Saurette and Byram paired up to hit 3-pointers on three straight possessions to extended the Sea Lions' advantage to 65-56 with 4:16 remaining. PLNU would continue to add on over the next three minutes until a jumper by Henderson gave the Sea Lions their biggest lead of the game at 71-60 with 38 seconds left.
 
It wasn't just Liggins that lived at the free throw line tonight. PLNU got to the charity stripe 27 times in the game and made 24 of them. Those 24 points accounted for a third of the Sea Lions' total and kept CUI in foul trouble all game.
 
Team Records
Point Loma (7-2, 6-2 PacWest), Concordia (5-5, 4-4 PacWest)
 
PacWest Implications
The win gave PLNU the season series victory over the Eagles as it moved two games ahead of CUI in the PacWest SoCal Pod standings. APU did earn a win over Biola today so Point Loma remains in first place by just one game over the Cougars.
 
Turning Point
The game was not decided until the final minutes of the fourth quarter but it was the Sea Lions that stepped up late, scoring 16 of the final 25 points to earn the win.
 
Postgame interview with coach Lisa Faulkner and Cara Liggins

 News and Notes
> Cara Liggins is now tied for 10th in school history with 1368 career points, eighth in rebounds (760), and seventh in 3-pointers (157)
> PLNU won both the turnover (13-9) and rebounding battles (45-41)
> Point Loma outscored them 15-5 on fast break points
> The Sea Lions limited CUI to just 3-of-17 from behind the arc a night after it went 9-of-21 from deep
> Point Loma is 5-0 when turning the ball over 12 times or less (nine tonight)
 
Next
PLNU will now prepare to face Biola next Friday and Saturday to close out their season series against the Eagles. The teams will meet in La Mirada, Calif., on Friday, Feb. 19 before returning to San Diego on Saturday, Feb. 20. Both games will begin at 2 p.m.