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UC Santa Barbara Gauchos at UC Irvine Anteaters

· NCAA Men's Basketball
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
18-8, 7-5 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
60 - 71
UC Irvine Anteaters
19-10, 10-4 Home

UC Irvine beats UCSB 71-60, alone atop Big West

Will Davis II added 14 points, Luke Nelson 13 and Mamadou Ndiaye 11 for the Anteaters (19-10, 10-3).

UCI made 24 of 30 free throws and outrebounded a UCSB team 36-26 that had the nation's leading rebounder coming in, Alan Williams (12.0). Williams had 15 points but only six boards despite the 7-foot-6 Ndiaye playing only 19 minutes because of foul trouble.

UCI has a one-game lead over UCSB and Long Beach State with three remaining.

A 7-2 run gave UCI a 59-52 lead with 4:52 left. The Gauchos (18-8, 9-4) got within 61-60 at 2:26 but didn't score again while UCI's Alex Young scored five of his seven points the rest of the way.

Kyle Boswell added 14 points and Michael Bryson 11 for UCSB.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 60 - 71
2nd 0:33 Aaron Wright Offensive Rebound. 60 - 71
2nd 0:33 Will Davis II missed Free Throw. 60 - 71
2nd 0:33 Will Davis II made Free Throw. 60 - 71
2nd 0:33 Foul on Taran Brown. 60 - 70

Statistics

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23-52 FG 21-47
44 Field Goal % 45
8-20 3PT 5-12
40 Three Point % 42
6-14 FT 24-30
43 Free Throw % 80
26 Rebounds 36
13 Offensive Rebounds 15
13 Defensive Rebounds 21
11 Assists 12
4 Steals 5
3 Blocks 6
10 Turnovers 10
0 Team Turnovers 0
10 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
13 Points Off Turnovers 15
4 Fast Break Points 4
14 Points in Paint 24
24 Fouls 16

Game Information

Venue: Bren Events Center

Location: Irvine, CA
Attendance: 2,680 | 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
Full Standings