UC Riverside Highlanders at UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
· Big West Championship - SemifinalUC Santa Barbara beats UC Riverside 92-87 in Big West semi
The No. 2 seed in the tournament, the Gauchos will face fourth-seeded Cal State Fullerton in Saturday's tournament championship game.
Mitchell had seven assists for the Gauchos (24-7). Josh Pierre-Louis scored 20 points while shooting 8 of 13 from the field and 3 for 6 from the line, and added five assists. Miles Norris shot 5 for 7 (3 for 3 from 3-point range) and 3 of 3 from the free throw line to finish with 16 points, while adding six rebounds.
Flynn Cameron led the Highlanders (21-11) in scoring, finishing with 31 points and six assists. Zyon Pullin added 24 points and five assists for UC Riverside. In addition, Lachlan Olbrich finished with 12 points and seven rebounds.
Pierre-Louis scored 11 points in the first half and UCSB went into halftime trailing 42-39. Mitchell scored 18 points in the second half to help lead UCSB to a five-point victory.
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 87 - 92 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 87 - 92 |
| 2nd 0:00 | UC Riverside Offensive Rebound. | 87 - 92 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Flynn Cameron missed Three Point Jumper. | 87 - 92 |
| 2nd 0:04 | Ajay Mitchell made Free Throw. | 87 - 92 |
Statistics
UCR |
UCSB |
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|---|---|---|
| 28-56 | FG | 31-54 |
| 50 | Field Goal % | 57 |
| 10-21 | 3PT | 8-15 |
| 48 | Three Point % | 53 |
| 21-24 | FT | 22-30 |
| 88 | Free Throw % | 73 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 25 |
| 10 | Offensive Rebounds | 5 |
| 24 | Defensive Rebounds | 20 |
| 14 | Assists | 19 |
| 0 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Total Turnovers | 5 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 4 | Points Off Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Fast Break Points | 7 |
| 28 | Points in Paint | 36 |
| 23 | Fouls | 19 |
| 11 | Largest Lead | 7 |
Game Information
Location: Henderson, NV
Attendance: 1,194 | 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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