Cold Offensive Night Snaps CMS Women's Basketball's Four-Game Win Streak

PASADENA, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's basketball team was unable to shake an off night offensively as it dropped a 49-34 road decision to Caltech on Wednesday night, snapping the Athenas' four-game win streak.

With the defeat, CMS slips to 8-10 on the year and falls to 4-5 in the SCIAC. Caltech sees its record improve to 7-10 overall and 2-7 in conference play. 

Austyn Masuno led CMS with 13 points on 5-11 shooting, and Elizabeth Howell-Egan knocked down two three-pointers in four attempts off the bench to try to spark the offense. Masuno scored the first basket of the second half to close the deficit to 24-19, but Caltech went on a 9-0 run to pull ahead 33-19 before Howell-Egan ended a six-minute scoring drought with a three-pointer. 

Jacey Carter hit two straight three-pointers in the fourth quarter to get the score down to 44-31, but that was as close as the Athenas could come. CMS was coming off an impressive offensive showing on Saturday, when it defeated first-place Redlands 74-70 at Roberts Pavilion, but couldn't find the same rhythm against Caltech's defense this evening. 

CMS will be back in action on Saturday when it tries to get back to its winning ways with a home game against Occidental at 7 p.m.