With a harder-than-it-shoulda-been win in San Louis Obispo on Saturday, the Aggies narrowly avoided being swept on the Central Coast. It doesn’t get any easier this week with conference-leading UCSD visiting UCCP on Thursday evening, followed by a Friday flight to play the Beach on Saturday in Long Beach. Davis managed a come-from-behind win over the Tritons in San Diego 3 weeks ago, and a similar effort will be needed the week, as the Aggies try to stay in contention for the Big West regular season title.

The 1st place Tritons put up 69 ppg, as do the Aggies, and and hold opponents to 59 ppg, 4 points better than UCD’s 63. Erin Condron and Sabrina Ma headline UCSD’s offense, scoring 15.7 and 12.1 ppg, respectively. Makayla Rose adds anoth 107 ppg. On the glass, Condron gets 8 boards a contest, supported by Rose and Ma’s 4 rebounds each.

Four Aggies average double digits: Ryann Bennett (15.4), Megan Norris and Nya Epps (both at 12.4), and Avery Sussex (11.3). Norris paces the Aggies in rebounding at 12.3 rpg, while Tegan Young and Nya Epps each add 4 boards a game. While doing a good job in several areas, the Aggie bench is only putting up 10 points a game, unable to pick up the slack if one of the Big Four experience an off night shooting the ball.