UC Santa Barbara Gauchos at SMU Mustangs
· NCAA Men's Basketball
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57 - 84
57 - 84
SMU builds big lead early, coasts against UC Santa Barbara
Sterling Brown scored 14 points and added seven rebounds, while Ben Moore and Shake Milton each had 12 for the Mustangs (4-1), which improved to 3-0 at home this season.
SMU shot 55.8 percent from the field while limiting the Gauchos (0-4) to just 32.8 percent. The Mustangs also won the rebound battle 43-26 and dished out 21 assists to just 12 for UC Santa Barbara.
SMU built a 41-26 lead at the half and extended it to 48-28 on a Brown jam with 16:52 left in the game. A Ben Emelogu 3-pointer five minutes later made it 63-34 and UC Santa Barbara never mounted a serious comeback.
Gabe Vincent led the Gauchos with 18 points. Eric Childress added 11.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 57 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Tom Wilson Defensive Rebound. | 57 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Christian Terrell missed Three Point Jumper. | 57 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Leo Kontopoulos made Jumper. | 57 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:32 | Maxwell Kupchak made Free Throw. | 57 - 82 |
Statistics
 UCSB |
 SMU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 21-64 | FG | 29-52 |
| 33 | Field Goal % | 56 |
| 7-30 | 3PT | 9-19 |
| 23 | Three Point % | 47 |
| 8-10 | FT | 17-27 |
| 80 | Free Throw % | 63 |
| 26 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 15 | Defensive Rebounds | 33 |
| 12 | Assists | 21 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 6 | Points Off Turnovers | 16 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 8 |
| 16 | Points in Paint | 36 |
| 19 | Fouls | 12 |
| 0 | Largest Lead | 29 |
Game Information
Moody Coliseum (Dallas)
Location: Dallas, TX
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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 |
2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 17-1 | - | 35-3 |
| Virginia | 15-3 | 2 | 30-6 |
| Miami | 13-5 | 4 | 26-9 |
| North Carolina | 12-6 | 5 | 24-9 |
| Clemson | 12-6 | 5 | 24-11 |
| Louisville | 11-7 | 6 | 24-11 |
| NC State | 10-8 | 7 | 20-14 |
| Florida State | 10-8 | 7 | 18-15 |
| California | 9-9 | 8 | 22-12 |
| Stanford | 9-9 | 8 | 20-13 |
| Virginia Tech | 8-10 | 9 | 19-13 |
| SMU | 8-10 | 9 | 20-14 |
| Wake Forest | 7-11 | 10 | 18-17 |
| Syracuse | 6-12 | 11 | 15-17 |
| Pittsburgh | 5-13 | 12 | 13-20 |
| Notre Dame | 4-14 | 13 | 13-18 |
| Boston College | 4-14 | 13 | 11-20 |
| Georgia Tech | 2-16 | 15 | 11-20 |