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UC Irvine Anteaters at UC Riverside Highlanders

· NCAA Men's Basketball
UC Irvine Anteaters
11-7, 6-4 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
72 - 52
UC Riverside Highlanders
5-11, 4-4 Home

UC Irvine blows past UC Riverside for 72-52 win

Taylor Johns hit a pair of free throws with 4:47 left in the first half to pull UC Riverside (5-11, 0-2 Big West) within 20-17, but Irvine then rattled off 13 straight points, capped by a three-point play by Best. The Anteaters never trailed again and took a 35-23 advantage into the break.

A Chris Patton jumper just over five minutes into the second half pulled the Highlanders within ten, 45-35, but UCI gradually pulled away and led by as many as 23 late in the game.

Luke Nelson scored 14 and Chris McNealy added 13 points for the Anteaters. Alex Young had eight assists.

Johns finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds and Sam Finley scored 13 for UCR, which shot 29.6 percent.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 72 - 52
2nd 0:01 Sam Finley made Three Point Jumper. 72 - 52
2nd 0:07 Jaron Martin made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alex Young. 72 - 49
2nd 0:42 Chris McNealy Defensive Rebound. 69 - 49
2nd 0:42 Steven Jones missed Jumper. 69 - 49

Statistics

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26-54 FG 16-54
48 Field Goal % 30
11-21 3PT 1-12
52 Three Point % 8
9-12 FT 19-24
75 Free Throw % 79
32 Rebounds 38
3 Offensive Rebounds 11
29 Defensive Rebounds 27
14 Assists 8
5 Steals 1
7 Blocks 3
4 Turnovers 9
1 Team Turnovers 0
4 Total Turnovers 9
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
14 Points Off Turnovers 0
2 Fast Break Points 4
16 Points in Paint 24
19 Fouls 11

Game Information

Venue: SRC Arena

Location: Riverside, CA
Attendance: 1,965 | Capacity:

2025-26 Big West Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
UC Irvine 15-5 - 23-12
Hawai'i 14-6 1 24-9
UC San Diego 12-8 3 23-11
Cal State Northridge 12-8 3 20-14
Cal State Fullerton 12-8 3 18-16
UC Davis 11-9 4 19-14
UC Santa Barbara 11-9 4 18-14
Cal Poly 10-10 5 14-19
Long Beach State 6-14 9 10-22
UC Riverside 5-15 10 10-22
Cal State Bakersfield 2-18 13 8-24
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