Utah Valley Wolverines at Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners
· WAC MEN'S TOURNAMENT - SEMIFINAL
80 - 81
Cal State Bakersfield needs 4 overtimes to down Utah Valley
Top-seeded Cal State Bakersfield (22-8) plays No. 2 seed New Mexico State (27-5) in Saturday's championship.
Airington scored 19 of his 22 points in regulation before fouling out in the third overtime. The Roadrunners had 49 points sitting on the bench after losing Airington, Matt Smith (14 points) and Shon Briggs (13) to fouls.
Dedrick Basile scored 18 points and was a perfect 6-for-6 from the line with five rebounds in 53 minutes for the Roadrunners.
Utah Valley (15-16), which had won its second WAC Tournament game ever on Thursday night, pushed the defending champions down to the wire.
Ivory Young drove for the potential game-winner with two seconds left but missed. Conner Toolson fouled Cal State Bakersfield's Moataz Aly, who corralled the rebound.
With 0.9 seconds showing, Aly missed both shots and Utah Valley was able to call time with 0.7 seconds left. Toolson launched a nearly full-court shot that appeared on line but was short.
Young and Kenneth Ogbe led the Wolverines with 15 points apiece, Jason Poydras added 13.
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Recent Plays
| 6 0:00 | End of Game | 80 - 81 |
| 6 0:01 | Conner Toolson Defensive Rebound. | 80 - 81 |
| 6 0:01 | Moataz Aly missed Free Throw. | 80 - 81 |
| 6 0:01 | CSU Bakersfield Deadball Team Rebound. | 80 - 81 |
| 6 0:01 | Moataz Aly missed Free Throw. | 80 - 81 |
Statistics
 UVU |
 CSUB |
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|---|---|---|
| 24-76 | FG | 23-78 |
| 32 | Field Goal % | 29 |
| 9-32 | 3PT | 3-18 |
| 28 | Three Point % | 17 |
| 23-33 | FT | 32-45 |
| 70 | Free Throw % | 71 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 19 | Offensive Rebounds | 13 |
| 49 | Defensive Rebounds | 38 |
| 12 | Assists | 5 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
| 28 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 2 |
| 28 | Total Turnovers | 16 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 11 | Points Off Turnovers | 25 |
| 8 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
| 30 | Points in Paint | 36 |
| 28 | Fouls | 29 |
| 8 | Largest Lead | 6 |
Game Information
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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 |