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UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros at UC Irvine Anteaters

· NCAA Men's Basketball
UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros
8-8, 2-5 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
74 - 85
UC Irvine Anteaters
12-4, 5-1 Home

UC Irvine jumps out early, beats UT Rio Grande Valley 85-74

The Anteaters opened on a 14-1 run, built a 36-19 halftime lead and led by 20 points with about five minutes left. Hazzard hit four 3-pointers in the first half and finished 6 of 7 from distance.

Evan Leonard added 14 points for UC Irvine (12-4). Elston Jones had 10 points and 11 rebounds, and Robert Cartwright chipped in with 11 points.

Tyson Smith scored 16 points and Greg Bowie II added 13 to lead UT Rio Grande Valley (8-8). The duo made six of the Vaqueros' seven 3-pointers.

UC Irvine (12-4) snapped a two-game skid and opens Big West Conference play hosting UC Davis on Jan. 10. UTRGV has lost four of its last five and begins it Western Athletic Conference schedule at Cal Baptist on Saturday.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 74 - 85
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 74 - 85
2nd 0:01 Isaiah Fontaine made Free Throw. 74 - 85
2nd 0:01 UT Rio Grande Valley Deadball Team Rebound. 73 - 85
2nd 0:01 Isaiah Fontaine missed Free Throw. 73 - 85

Statistics

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26-71 FG 29-52
37 Field Goal % 56
7-19 3PT 11-19
37 Three Point % 58
15-19 FT 16-26
79 Free Throw % 62
37 Rebounds 40
15 Offensive Rebounds 7
22 Defensive Rebounds 33
11 Assists 20
13 Steals 6
1 Blocks 6
11 Turnovers 18
0 Team Turnovers 1
11 Total Turnovers 18
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
16 Points Off Turnovers 6
16 Fast Break Points 16
24 Points in Paint 32
21 Fouls 20
0 Largest Lead 27

Game Information

Venue: Bren Events Center

Location: Irvine, CA
Attendance: 1,694 | Capacity:

2025-26 Southland Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Stephen F. Austin 20-2 - 28-6
McNeese 19-3 1 28-6
UT Rio Grande Valley 14-8 6 19-14
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 13-9 7 18-15
LSU New Orleans 12-10 8 15-18
Nicholls 12-10 8 14-19
Houston Christian 8-14 12 12-20
Northwestern State 8-14 12 10-22
Incarnate Word 7-15 13 12-19
Lamar 7-15 13 12-19
East Texas A&M 6-16 14 11-21
SE Louisiana 6-16 14 9-22

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