After suffering a tough loss to Moorpark College, Bakersfield College women’s basketball team responded with an impressive victory over Reedley College.

BC beat Reedley 68-54 on Nov. 18 in the Gil Bishop Sports Center.

BC was only up 32-24 after the first half, but then to start the second half BC went on a 21-7 run to take a commanding lead.

“I think we just finally woke up in the second half and started playing at our tempo,” said starting sophomore forward Gabi Morales.

They got a big contribution from Haley Huntington, who put up 21 points off the bench with 15 coming from behind the three-point line. They also got good rebounding production from Gabi Morales and Madison Tarver.

BC women’s basketball coach Paula Dahl commented on the game.

“I thought we responded great after losing to Moorpark, but we still turned the ball over too many times,” said Coach Dahl. “I think our depth really helped us because there was no drop off when the subs came in, and when the subs play like that we’re unstoppable.

“We still need to continue to clean up our defense, fastbreak and not turning the ball over,” she said.

Huntington, who is a backup freshman guard, commented on her performance.

“I think sometimes I’m on and today I was feeling like all of them were going to go in, but I also got some good passes from my teammates.

“We were definitely motivated to come out to play, and even though we turned the ball over a lot we managed to keep our composure.

“I think we turned the ball over so much because we kept reacting before we got the ball and that caused us to travel,” she said.

BC lost to Moorpark 78-63 on Nov. 15. They had a hard time stopping the three-point shooting of Moorpark, and they also had 30 turnovers that limited their scoring opportunities.

BC’s next scheduled game is at the Cuesta Tournament from Dec.1-3.