NCAAB

UC Santa Barbara Gauchos at UC San Diego Tritons

· Big West Championship - Semifinal
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
21-13, 7-7 Away
Final
51 - 69
UC San Diego Tritons
29-4, 13-2 Home

Tait-Jones' 20 lead UC San Diego past UC Santa Barbara in Big West Tournament semifinals, 69-51

UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. UC San Diego Tritons: Game Highlights

The Tritons will face the winner of the semifinal between No. 2 UC Irvine and seventh-seeded Cal Poly in Saturday's championship game.

Tait-Jones also contributed eight rebounds, nine assists, and three blocks for the Tritons (29-4). Tyler McGhie scored 13 points while going 2 of 13 from the floor, including 2 for 10 from 3-point range, and 7 for 9 from the line and added five rebounds. Nordin Kapic shot 5 for 10, including 2 for 6 from beyond the arc to finish with 13 points. The Tritons picked up their 13th straight win.

Stephan D. Swenson led the Gauchos (21-13) in scoring, finishing with 12 points and six assists. UCSB also got 12 points from Ben Shtolzberg. Kenny Pohto had 10 points.

Tait-Jones scored seven points in the first half and UCSD went into halftime trailing 27-26. UCSD pulled off the victory after an 18-2 second-half run erased a two-point deficit and gave them the lead at 46-32 with 12:39 left in the half. Tait-Jones scored 13 second-half points.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 51 - 69
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 51 - 69
2nd 0:13 Maximo Milovich Defensive Rebound. 51 - 69
2nd 0:17 Zion Sensley missed Three Point Jumper. 51 - 69
2nd 0:22 Koat Keat Tong Defensive Rebound. 51 - 69

Statistics

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16-60 FG 22-50
27 Field Goal % 44
6-35 3PT 7-26
17 Three Point % 27
13-17 FT 18-25
76 Free Throw % 72
41 Rebounds 36
18 Offensive Rebounds 7
23 Defensive Rebounds 29
11 Assists 13
1 Steals 3
4 Blocks 5
10 Turnovers 3
2 Team Turnovers 1
10 Total Turnovers 3
1 Technical Fouls 1
1 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
1 Points Off Turnovers 8
4 Fast Break Points 7
14 Points in Paint 28
18 Fouls 18
5 Largest Lead 20

Game Information

Venue: Lee's Family Forum

Location: Henderson, NV
Capacity:

2025-26 Big West Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Hawai'i 2-0 - 9-2
UC Santa Barbara 2-0 - 8-3
UC Irvine 2-0 - 7-4
UC San Diego 1-0 0.5 8-1
Cal State Northridge 1-1 1 6-5
UC Riverside 1-1 1 5-5
Cal Poly 1-1 1 5-6
UC Davis 0-1 1.5 5-4
Cal State Fullerton 0-2 2 5-7
Cal State Bakersfield 0-2 2 4-7
Long Beach State 0-2 2 2-9
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