13/11/2026 6:15 PM
Aussies in NCAAM
Isla Juffermans drops 22 on Aussie-loaded California
Charleston lost 78-64 at California, but Isla Juffermans outscored all three Cal Aussies with 22.
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Charleston redshirt sophomore forward Isla Juffermans scored 22 points with eight rebounds as the Cougars lost to California 78-64 at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, in a game with four Australians on the floor.
Twenty-eight Australian women had a game, and their teams went a combined 17-11.
All box scores are below in a searchable table. Games played Thursday, November 12 US time, Friday, November 13. All times AEDT.
Juffermans, from Coffs Harbour, went 8-from-17 from the field and 5-from-6 at the line, adding three assists, three steals and two blocks. Charleston trailed 25-4 after the first quarter, and she scored 12 points in the second as the Cougars won it 21-11. They took the last three quarters 60-53, but the first-quarter hole was too deep.
California senior Lulu Twidale, from the Sunshine Coast, scored 19 with four rebounds and four steals, on 8-from-26 shooting and 2-from-13 from three. Freshman Zara Russell had seven points and four rebounds, and Sydney freshman Ruby Perkins had two points and two assists in 29 minutes.
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Buffalo sophomore forward Meg Lucas, from Melbourne, scored 20 points on 9-from-11 shooting with nine rebounds as the Bulls beat Sacramento State 67-60 at Broadview Arena in Buffalo, 14 of them in the second half. Freshman Ella Wickstrom, from Melbourne, had four points, four rebounds and five assists, freshman Layla Hearne, from Murray Bridge, played two minutes, and Hornets sophomore Jelena Savic, from Melbourne, scored seven.
Manhattan junior guard Taylah Murtagh, from Traralgon, hit four of her five threes for 16 points as the Jaspers lost 58-55 at Fairleigh Dickinson at the Bogota Savings Bank Center in Hackensack. Manhattan trailed 48-34 after three quarters and won the fourth 21-10, with Murtagh scoring six of them.
TCU sophomore forward Lara Somfai, from Adelaide, had 15 points and nine rebounds on 6-from-9 shooting in 22 minutes as the Horned Frogs beat SE Louisiana 106-47 at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth. Freshman Jessie-May Hall, from Sydney, added five points, three assists and three steals, sophomore Sarah Portlock played three minutes, and Lady Lions junior Susan Fahnbulleh, from Perth, scored eight.
UC Davis freshman guard Rebecca Donnelly, from Sydney, scored 15 with three threes in 25 minutes as the Aggies beat Cal State Fullerton 86-52 at the University Credit Union Center in Davis, where fellow freshman Anna Bassett, from Brisbane, added eight.
Michigan senior guard and former Adelaide Lightning guard Dallas Loughridge had 13 points and seven assists as the Wolverines won 81-58 at Columbia's Levien Gymnasium in New York. For the Lions, senior Fliss Henderson, from North Curl Curl, had two points, six rebounds and four assists, and freshman Chloe Dix, from Sydney, scored two.
Louisiana Tech junior Isla Airey, from Melbourne, scored seven in nine minutes in a 78-51 win over Northwestern State, and Iowa State sophomore Sienna Harvey, from Wodonga, had six points, seven rebounds and four assists in a 77-55 win over Howard. UCLA sophomore Bonnie Deas, from Frankston, had three steals as the Bruins beat Arizona 76-44, with Wildcats freshman Callie Hinder, an Australian-American from Chandler, Arizona, playing two minutes. Wake Forest sophomore Opal Bird, from Sydney, had six rebounds, two steals and two blocks in a 65-48 win over UNC Wilmington.
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