SAN BERNARDINO (Feb. 6, 2016) – The Coyotes outplayed No. 23 UC San Diego for three quarters in their CCAA game Saturday night, but the visiting Tritons made the most of the opening quarter and that was enough to hand the Coyotes a 65-58 defeat at Coussoulis Arena.

Senior Chelsea Barnes scored 20 points and fellow senior Adriana Brodie followed with 18 for the Coyotes, who lost their fifth straight and fell to 10-10 overall and 7-8 in the CCAA. UCSD improved to 18-3, 13-2.

The Tritons grabbed control early, taking a 25-11 lead through the game's first 10 minutes and the Coyotes trailed for the duration. However, the game did not turn one sided as Barnes and Brodie did their best to bring the Coyotes back.

CSUSB made its move after Tritons' Farrah Shokoor extended her team's lead with a layup for a 40-24 UCSD lead with 7:37 left in the third. Brodie scored eight straight points, and a jumper from Alexcia Mack brought the Coyotes to within six (40-34) with 4:30 left.

The Tritons responded well and led by 12 at the quarter break.

Down 54-42 with 6:17 left, Mack scored a layup that opened an 11-3 Coyotes' run and they were within four points of the lead when Brodie scored a layup with 1:27 left and CSUSB down 57-53.

UCSD remained out front, but CSUSB closed to within four on a 3-pointer from Chelsea Austin and it had a two-possession game trailing 62-58 with 18 seconds left.

However, the Tritons hit three free throws down the stretch.

CSUSB out-shot the Tritons on 38.1 percent shooting, but UCSD hit five 3s and outscored CSUSB 20-8 at the free throw line.

Mack and Austin each scored eight points, while Brianna Harden and Loli Gomez each had a field goal.

Katuna scored a game-high 25 points and Shokoor had 14 points with 13 rebounds.