CARSON, Calif. (Mar. 15) – Senior Tori Hollingshead and junior Elaina Mack scored 17 points apiece to lead a huge comeback, but 4th-seeded Alaska Anchorage could not overcome a rough shooting night Saturday, falling 63-61 to top-seeded Cal State Dominguez Hills in the NCAA Div. II Women's Basketball West Regional Championships semifinals at the Torodome.

The Seawolves (28-5) – ranked No. 16 nationally – also got a career-high-tying 15 rebounds from Hollingshead as they lost despite outboarding the hosts 42-32.

The nationally No. 4-ranked Toros (33-1) were led by a game-high 24 points and 10 rebounds from forward Asia Jordan as they advanced to Monday's regional title game against Central Washington.

"We started in a pretty big hole, and that's credit to Dominguez," said UAA head coach Ryan McCarthy, whose team fell behind 32-14 early in the second quarter. "They kind of took us out of what we wanted to do, but when we started settling in – and it was more so making this kind of a half-court game – we were able to control the tempo with our (own) press."

Senior guard Jazzpher Evans finally got the Seawolves going with a traditional three-point play, and Hollingshead capped a 16-5 run with a putback five minutes later. The Toros recovered to take a 42-32 lead into the locker room, but the Seawolves would continue their momentum in the third quarter.

Sparked by a three-pointer from Mack on the opening possession, UAA opened with a 12-0 run over the first five minutes of the second half, tying it on a short jumper by Mack and going ahead on another bucket by Hollingshead, who recorded her 13th double-double of the season.

The run expanded to 17-2 when Hollingshead completed a three-point play at the 3:14 mark to make it 49-44, but the offensive momentum would not continue.

The Toros answered with the next 11 points over an eight-minute stretch before Hollingshead scored on a feed from Emilia Long to make it 55-51. It remained a two-possession affair until just eight seconds remained, when Mack sank three free throws to slice it to 61-58.

The Toros broke the Seawolf press with a long pass to Jordan for a clinching layup, however, before Mack nailed her fourth and final trey at the buzzer.

Freshman forward Ashlyn Rean finished with nine points, nine rebounds and three blocks, while Evans collected five points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals in the final game of her four-year career.

Long led the Great Northwest Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament champions with five assists.

NOTES: The Seawolves' 28 wins were the eighth-most in the program's 48-year history … UAA fell to 27-18 all-time in NCAA Tournament games and 7-9 in the Round of 32 … Evans finished No. 15 on UAA's career scoring list with 1,076 points, as well as No. 7 in assists (274) and tied for No. 9 in steals (181) … Hollingshead's 16th career double-double placed her No. 10 on UAA's career list, while her 13th double-double this season ranked No. 6 on that program list … Hollingshead's career scoring average of 13.6 ppg finished No. 13 at UAA, with the Umpqua (Ore.) CC transfer posting 801 points in 59 games over her two seasons … Mack will start her senior season at No. 8 on UAA's career three-pointers list with 161, putting her within distance of the program record of 239, held by fellow Alaskans Tara Thompson (2015-19) and  Jenna Buchanan (2012-16) … Mack and fellow juniors Jaisa Gamble, Hedda Koehne and Kenzie Sirowich are set to return in 2025-26, along with Rean for her second season in Green & Gold.