Playing without their top rebounder, top shot blocker and second-leading scorer barely affected the UC Santa Barbara women's basketball team, as the Gauchos defeated Cal State Northridge without the services of junior center Mekia Valentine, who missed Wednesday's game due to illness. Instead, three Gauchos scored in double figures as UCSB held off a scrappy Northridge team, 67-54, to improve to 10-16 overall and 7-7 in the Big West. Northridge falls to 4-21, 2-11. UCSB has won two straight games.
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