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UC Riverside Highlanders at Valparaiso Beacons

· NCAA Men's Basketball
UC Riverside Highlanders
2-7, 0-5 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
73 - 82
Valparaiso Beacons
5-3, 3-0 Home

Smits, Golder lift Valpo past UC Riverside 82-73

Valparaiso (5-3) has won three of its last four and has scored at least 72 points in those games.

The Crusaders never trailed and used an early 15-5 run to make it 30-16 on Bakari Evelyn's 3-pointer with 6:47 before halftime. Valpo led 44-35 at the break. Menno Dijkstra and Ajani Kennedy made back-to-back 3s for UC Riverside (2-7) and reduced the Highlanders' deficit to 57-52 with 12:23 to play but couldn't get closer.

Ryan Fazekas scored 14 points for the Crusaders, Deion Lavender scored 12 with seven rebounds and seven assists and Evelyn 10.

Dikymbe Martin led the Highlanders with 21 points and Dragan Elkaz scored 12. UC Riverside has lost four of its last five games and is 0-5 on the road this season.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 73 - 82
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 73 - 82
2nd 0:06 Deion Lavender Defensive Rebound. 73 - 82
2nd 0:11 Dominick Pickett missed Three Point Jumper. 73 - 82
2nd 0:17 Bakari Evelyn made Free Throw. 73 - 82

Statistics

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26-59 FG 33-55
44 Field Goal % 60
10-23 3PT 9-18
43 Three Point % 50
11-13 FT 7-10
85 Free Throw % 70
24 Rebounds 32
9 Offensive Rebounds 8
15 Defensive Rebounds 24
11 Assists 17
6 Steals 2
2 Blocks 1
8 Turnovers 10
0 Team Turnovers 0
8 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 1
0 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
12 Points Off Turnovers 6
8 Fast Break Points 11
22 Points in Paint 44
13 Fouls 11
1 Largest Lead 14

Game Information

Venue: Athletics-Recreation Center

Location: Valparaiso, IN
Attendance: 2,112 | 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

2025-26 Missouri Valley Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Belmont 16-4 - 26-6
Bradley 13-7 3 21-13
Illinois State 12-8 4 23-13
Murray State 12-8 4 20-13
UIC 12-8 4 19-16
Northern Iowa 11-9 5 23-13
Valparaiso 11-9 5 18-15
Southern Illinois 10-10 6 16-16
Drake 6-14 10 14-20
Indiana State 4-16 12 11-21
Evansville 3-17 13 7-25
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