NCAAB

UC Irvine Anteaters at UC Riverside Highlanders

· NCAA Men's Basketball
UC Irvine Anteaters
24-8, 10-4 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
76 - 66
UC Riverside Highlanders
14-18, 7-9 Home

Best scores 20, UC Irvine rallies to beat UC Riverside 76-66

UC Irvine ended up as conference co-champion with Hawaii after the Rainbow Warriors' 74-72 loss to Long Beach State later Saturday.

The Anteaters (24-8, 13-3) trailed UC Riverside 62-52 with 7:46 to go but outscored the Highlanders 24-4 the rest of the way to take their 14th victory in their last 17 games as they prepare to enter the conference tournament as the No. 2 seed.

Luke Nelson added 18 points and Alex Young 14 for UC Irvine, which shot 61 percent. Mamadou Ndiaye had 10 rebounds and the 7-foot-6 center picked up his 209th block to become UC Irvine's all-time leader, passing Will Davis II.

Jaylen Bland scored 15 points for the Highlanders (14-18, 5-11), who have lost seven of their last eight games and will be the sixth seed.

The Anteaters led 32-26 at halftime. UCR made eight 3-pointers, all in the second half.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:24 Aaron Wright Steal. 76 - 66
2nd 0:26 Steven Jones Turnover. 76 - 66
2nd 0:36 Mamadou Ndiaye made Free Throw. 76 - 66
2nd 0:36 Mamadou Ndiaye made Free Throw. 75 - 66
2nd 0:36 Foul on Malik Thames. 74 - 66

Statistics

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25-41 FG 21-54
61 Field Goal % 39
4-12 3PT 8-19
33 Three Point % 42
22-32 FT 16-22
69 Free Throw % 73
31 Rebounds 21
4 Offensive Rebounds 6
27 Defensive Rebounds 15
11 Assists 16
4 Steals 3
2 Blocks 0
17 Turnovers 11
0 Team Turnovers 0
17 Total Turnovers 11
0 Technical Fouls 2
0 Total Technical Fouls 2
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
13 Points Off Turnovers 21
6 Fast Break Points 4
26 Points in Paint 22
21 Fouls 23
10 Largest Lead 8

Game Information

Venue: SRC Arena

Location: Riverside, CA
Attendance: 766 | 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