NCAAB

Cal Poly Mustangs at UC Riverside Highlanders

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Cal Poly Mustangs
5-14, 1-9 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
71 - 45
UC Riverside Highlanders
8-15, 6-3 Home

Garrick, Alexander lead Cal Poly past UC Riverside

The Mustangs led 28-25 at halftime then shot 57 percent and scored 43 points in the second half. Cal Poly's 19-3 run to open the second half put the game well in hand, 47-28 with 11:55 remaining.

Jared Rice added 12 points and Kuba Niziol scored 10 for Cal Poly (5-14, 1-5 Big West). The Mustangs shot 52 percent overall and made 12 of 22 3-pointers (54.5 percent). Garrick made 6 of 7 from 3-point distance.

Callum McRae led UCR (8-15, 2-5) with 10 points. Menno Dijkstra had seven rebounds.

The Highlanders lead the Big West in 3-point shooting at 38 percent but were 2-for-15 in this one. They shot 32 percent from the field in the second half and managed just 20 points.

The game had remarkable mirror images to the teams' matchup last week in which UCR dominated the second half and won 74-51 at Cal Poly.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 71 - 45
2nd 0:01 Cal Poly Turnover. 71 - 45
2nd 0:27 Tuukka Jaakkola Defensive Rebound. 71 - 45
2nd 0:32 Tuukka Jaakkola Block. 71 - 45
2nd 0:32 Mateen Hirbod missed Layup. 71 - 45

Statistics

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27-52 FG 17-47
52 Field Goal % 36
12-22 3PT 2-15
55 Three Point % 13
5-9 FT 9-11
56 Free Throw % 82
33 Rebounds 26
10 Offensive Rebounds 7
23 Defensive Rebounds 19
17 Assists 10
1 Steals 4
3 Blocks 9
8 Turnovers 8
1 Team Turnovers 0
8 Total Turnovers 8
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
10 Points Off Turnovers 7
0 Fast Break Points 4
26 Points in Paint 26
12 Fouls 17
29 Largest Lead 7

Game Information

Venue: SRC Arena

Location: Riverside, CA
Attendance: 780 | 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