NCAAB

San Diego Christian Hawks at California Baptist Lancers

· NCAA Men's Basketball
San Diego Christian Hawks
, Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
71 - 87
California Baptist Lancers
1-0, 1-0 Home

Cal Baptist wins D-I debut, beats San Diego Christian 87-71

Cal Baptist began the transfer to Division I and membership in the Western Athletic Conference after the 2017-18 season. The Lancers will be eligible for the postseason in the 2022-23 season. Last year, its final year in Division II, the Lancers won the West Regional and advanced to the Elite Eight.

The opener was the 45th meeting between the teams, facing each other previously when the Lancers were NAIA members and later as members of the Golden State Athletic Conference. Cal Baptist leads the series 28-17.

Cal Baptist took a 44-31 lead at intermission and cruised to the win. Jeremy Smith had 17 points and Jordan Heading and Ty Rowell added 13 and 12 points, respectively.

Derek Novsek scored 31 points to lead San Diego Christian.

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Statistics

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24-56 FG 32-67
43 Field Goal % 48
8-22 3PT 16-32
36 Three Point % 50
15-19 FT 7-8
79 Free Throw % 88
28 Rebounds 43
2 Offensive Rebounds 10
26 Defensive Rebounds 33
10 Assists 21
8 Steals 6
1 Blocks 5
11 Turnovers 11
0 Team Turnovers 0
11 Total Turnovers 11
0 Technical Fouls 1
0 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
0 Points Off Turnovers 0
0 Fast Break Points 0
0 Points in Paint 0
11 Fouls 18

Game Information

Venue: Dale E. and Sarah Ann Fowler Events Center

Location: Riverside, CA
Attendance: 5,089 | 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
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