Gauchos Bounce Back in Big Way From First Big West Defeat in Women’s Basketball

Gauchos Bounce Back in Big Way From First Big West Defeat in Women’s Basketball

UC Santa Barbara’s first women’s basketball loss in nearly two months — plus the loss of the point guard who helped engineer that nine-game winning streak — lit a fire under the Gauchos on Saturday. They exploded for 26 points in the first quarter and never slowed down in an 88-70 romp past Cal State Northridge at the Thunderdome. “We needed to think emotionally,” UCSB coach Renee Jimenez said. “We needed to get over that hump of like, ‘We don’t…