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GAME #3:
UC Irvine (1-1) vs. Pacifica University (0-3)
Thursday, November 15, 2012 – 7:00 p.m.
Bren Events Center (5,000) – Irvine, Calif.
Series Record: First meeting
Radio: KUCI/88.9 FM (Mark Roberts, 19th Season)
Live Video / Live Audio / Live Stats
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UC IRVINE FACES PACIFICA FOR FIRST TIME
● UC Irvine, 1-1 on the season, hosts Pacifica University for the first time Thursday night.
'EATERS EDGED IN OT BY UCLA
● UCI is coming off an 80-79, overtime loss at 13th-ranked UCLA Tuesday night.
● UC Irvine and 13th-ranked UCLA battled for 40 minutes of regulation and when that didn't prove enough, the two teams played five minutes of overtime with the Bruins pulling out an 80-79 win at Pauley Pavilion.
● A driving basket by UCLA's Larry Drew II with 16.9 seconds left in overtime proved to be the game-winner after UCI senior Michael Wilder's three from beyond the key with 27.9 seconds remaining had given the 'Eaters a 79-78 lead.
● In regulation, freshman Alex Young's trey from the right corner put UCI up 67-65 with 54.8 seconds left, but Bruin freshman Jordan Adams hit a pair of free throws with 7.9 ticks remaining to pull UCLA even at 67-all.
● UCI sophomore post Will Davis II was fouled on a drive with 2.6 seconds left in regulation, but he could not convert either free throw to send the game into overtime.
● Adams, who hit 16 of 16 free throws in the game, hit his last two foul shots with 1:56 remaining in overtime to give UCLA a 76-73 lead, but Anteater senior Daman Starring nailed a three with 1:19 left to tie the game at 76-76.
● The Bruins' Kyle Anderson scored on a tip-in with 44 seconds remaining before Wilder's three-pointer gave UCI the lead to set up Drew's winning drive.
● UCLA (2-0) led by as many as 12 points in the first half, but UCI closed out with a 19-9 run in the final 5:34 of the half to pull within 36-34 at halftime.
● The game featured 18 lead changes and 11 ties as the teams met for the third time in as many years.
● UCI (1-1) was looking to knock off a ranked team for the first time in seven years since defeating No. 13 Stanford, 79-63, on the road Nov. 19, 2005.
● Wilder led UCI with 23 points, one shy of his career high, and hit 6 of 9 threes. Davis had 12 points and seven rebounds, Derick Flowers 10 points and a career-high seven boards, and Starring had nine points, six assists and a career-high 10 rebounds. Senior Adam Folker pulled down nine boards while Young scored seven points and had two steals.
● Adams led UCLA with a game-high 26 points, David Wear had 13 points and nine rebounds, and Travis Wear 12 points and eight boards.
● UCI outrebounded the Bruins, 55-44, as the 'Eaters snared 18 offensive rebounds. UCI hit 10 of 22 threes to just 2 of 12 for UCLA.
● The Bruins were 22 of 27 from the free-throw line and UCI hit 11 of 21 foul shots.
SATURDAY'S 78-64 WIN OVER NEVADA
● Senior guard Daman Starring scored a career-high 25 points and added seven rebounds in last Saturday night's victory over Nevada. Starring hit all 10 of his free-throw attempts.
● Senior forward Michael Wilder added 12 points and 11 rebounds for his sixth career double-double.
● True freshman point guard Alex Young scored 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting in 21 reserve minutes.
● UCI outrebounded the Wolf Pack, 51-37, and had 21 offensive boards with seven put-backs for baskets.
STARRING NAMED BIG WEST PLAYER OF WEEK
● Senior guard Daman Starring was named the season's first Big West Conference Player of the Week following his career-high 25 points in Saturday's win over Nevada.
● He is the first UCI player to receive the conference's weekly honor since Derick Flowers earned the award last Dec. 31.
● He was also named the Mid-Major National Player of the Week by College Sports Madness.
ON THE HORIZON
● The 'Eaters compete in the Huntsville, Tex., Subregional of the Progressive Legends Classic Monday through Wednesday (Nov. 19-21).
● UCI opens in Huntsville against Liberty Monday, faces Southern Miss Tuesday, and host Sam Houston State next Wednesday.
UC IRVINE NOTES
● Russell Turner is in his third season as UCI's head coach after previously serving six years on the staff of the NBA's Golden State Warriors.
● Saturday's win over Nevada marked the first season-opening win in five years for UCI. The last season-opening victory was 74-61 over Loyola Marymount Nov. 9, 2007, in Irvine.
● Five UC Irvine players scored in double figures as the Anteaters defeated Vanguard University, 101-92, in an exhibition game at the Bren Center Nov. 3.
● Senior center Adam Folker led UCI in the exhibition win with 16 points, hitting 6 of 8 shots, and added seven rebounds. Junior guard Chris McNealy had 15 points off the bench, redshirt sophomore John Ryan hit 5 of 5 shots and scored 14 points with a team-high nine boards, senior guard Derick Flowers scored 13 points and freshman center Conor Clifford had 11 points and five rebounds.
LOOKING AT THE GLADIATORS
● Pacifica University, in its third year, is a member of the U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association and is located in the Moreno Valley.
● Kirk Turner is in his first season as the Gladiators' head coach. He has coached the previous six years in the American Basketball Association as a head and assistant coach.
● Freshman guard Adam Tolbert had 11 points in the season-opening, 108-49 loss to Loyola Marymount Nov. 9.
● Junior Shaun Weeks scored 16 points in a 104-52 loss to Cal State Monterey Bay last Sunday.
● Pacifica lost to West Coast Baptist College, 70-67, Monday.
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