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UC Irvine
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UC Santa Barbara
Battle For First Place on ESPNU, Revenge-Trip at LBSU This Week
January 28, 2019 | Men's Basketball
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UC Irvine (17-5, 5-1) at UC Santa Barbara (15-4, 4-1)
Thursday, Jan. 31 | 8:00 p.m.
The Thunderdome – Santa Barbara, Calif.
Live Stats | Radio (KUCI & Am830) | TV (ESPNU)
UC Irvine (17-5, 5-1) at Long Beach State (8-13, 2-3)
Saturday, Feb. 2 | 7:00 p.m.
The Pyramid – Long Beach, Calif.
Live Stats | Radio (KUCI & AM830) | Video
Game Notes
OPENING TIPS
> UCI has won 17 of its first 22 games, a .772 winning percentage. It is the 'Eaters best start since the 2015-16 team started 17-5.
> The Anteaters are No. 11 in this week's CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major poll. UCI was ranked as high as No. 7 on the year
> UCSB is undefeated at home this season with a 9-0 record at the Thunderdome
> The Anteaters have gone over a year without losing a Big West game on the road (eight-straight games). UCI's last conference road loss was against UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 20, 2018)
> UCI erased an 18-point deficit to defeat CSUN on the road, 74-68, last Saturday. 18 points is the largest deficit overcome in a win for the 'Eaters this season
> Since 2012-13, UCI is 87-5 when holding an opponent to 60 points or less. The Anteaters are 8-0 in 2018-19 when doing so, and have won 19 straight dating back to last season when hitting that mark
> Eight different Anteaters have led the team in scoring over UCI's 22 games
> Before falling to Butler (Dec. 21), the Anteaters had a 10 game road-winning streak which ended as the second-longest active road-win streak in DI
> The 18 three-pointers recorded by the 'Eaters against Denver set a school and Bren Events Center record, besting the previous mark of 16 recorded on Feb. 13, 1999 vs. Cal State Fullerton
> UCI is 0-1 in televised games this season
> The Anteaters have amassed a 71-19 record at home over the last six years
With a win Thursday … UCI would win three-straight against the Gauchos… Improve to 7-1 in the month of January … Extend its Big West Conference road winning-streak to nine games … Win four-straight Big West games
ABOUT THE GAUCHOS
> UCSB is 15-4 on the season and 4-1 in the Big West. UCI is half a game ahead of the Gauchos in the Big West standings
> UCI has won four of the last five matchups with the Gauchos including a 61-58 win in the Big West Tournament semifinals last season. The 'Eaters trail UCSB 39-52 in the all-time series
> UCSB ranks first in the conference in assist-turnover ratio (1.38), offensive rebounds per game (12.42), rebound margin (8.1), scoring defense (64.7) and three-point field goal percentage defense (29.1)
> The Gauchos average 75.6 ppg and 39.3 rpg
> Armond Davis leads UCSB with 14.3 points per game and 5.8 rebounds per game
> Joe Pasternack is in his second season at the helm and boasts a 38-13
ABOUT THE 49ers
> LBSU is 8-13 on the season and 2-3 in conference. After beating the Anteaters, 80-70, on Jan. 16 the 49ers have lost three-straight games to Cal State Fullerton, CSUN and UC Santa Barbara
> When UCI and LBSU met on Jan. 16, the 'Eaters held a 32-30 lead at the half but were out-scored 50-38 in the second half, suffering its first conference loss of the season
> Jonathan Galloway matched a career-best 14 rebounds while Evan Leonard had 16 points in the loss
> Long Beach State ranks first in the conference in steals per game (7.0) and turnovers forced (15.05). Individually, Deishuan Booker is first in the Big West in steals per game (1.75) and free-throw percentage (88.6)
> LBSU holds a 45-58 lead over UCI in the all-time series
BIG MEN LEAD UCI OVER UC RIVERSIDE
> Elston Jones had a career-high 14 points while Jonathan Galloway notched his sixth career double-double (11 points, 10 rebounds) in UCI's 82-64 victory over UC Riverside
> The Anteaters shot 52.5 percent from the field (31-59) and 55.6 percent from three-point range (10-18)
> After shooting a season-low 42.2% from the free-throw line against Hawaii, UCI turned around and shot a season-best 83.3% from the strip against UCR
> UCI's post players scored 42 of the Anteaters' 82 points and pulled down 24 rebounds
'EATERS WIN OVERTIME THRILLER IN HAWAII
> Max Hazzard's jumper with 9.2 seconds remaining in overtime lifted UCI to a 75-74 win over Hawaii in Honolulu
> The Anteaters erased a 14-point deficit with 8:36 left in the second half to knot the game, 64-64, at the end of regulation
> Evan Leonard had a team-best 17 points while Hazzard and Tommy Rutherford finished with 14 and 12 points, respectively
> UCI struggled from the free-throw line shooting a season-low 41.2% (8-19) but shot 50 percent (30-60) from the field
HISTORIC START
> UCI recorded its 10th win on Dec. 15th, the earliest date on the calendar in the history of the program. Only two Anteater teams have registered 10 wins by the end of December. They include the current 2018-19 team (12/15), the 2015-16 team (12/22)
> In the history of the program, the only UCI squad with more wins in its first 12 games was the 1981-82 team which began 12-1
> The Anteaters 12 regular season non-conference wins ties for the most in program history, The 1981-82 team also had 12 regular season non-conference wins
HAZZARD'S HOT START
>Hazzard leads the team with 11.8 points per game and 53 three-pointers made
>He notched back-to-back 20+ point performances scoring 28 against Pacific and 23 against UTRGV
> He has hit five or more three-pointers in four games this season
>Hazzard's 10 three's against Denver was one shy of tying the single-game UCI and Big West records of 11 3-pointers. The UCI record was set by Chris Brown against New Mexico State on Mar. 13, 1994 while the BWC mark is held by Brown and CS Fullerton's Bobby Brown
>Max Hazzard was named the Big West Player of the Week twice this season. He earned the first honor of the season (Nov. 12) and again on Dec. 17
MORE ON MAX
> He has 915 career points, 85 points shy of joining UCI's 1,000 points club
> Hazzard ranks 105th in three-pointers made with 53
> Max has made at least on three in 15-straight games
RECORD NIGHT
> UCI's 34-point, 86-52, defeat of Denver at home was the most since the 'Eaters beat Life Pacific, 87-53, (Nov. 12)
> The Anteaters set a new school record in single-game 3-pointers with 18, breaking the previous record of 16 three's recorded on Feb. 13 1999 against Cal State Fullerton
> Max Hazzard set a new Bren Events Center record after hitting a career-best 10 three-pointers. He ended the night with a career-high 32 points on 10-17 shooting from long range
QUICK HITS
> UCI is 15-1 when totaling more or the same rebounds and 1-4 when finishing with less
> The Anteaters are 16-1 when finishing with more assists and 0-4 when totaling less
> UCI is 8-0 when holding opponents to 60 points or less and 14-1 when keeping opponents under 70 points
> Jonathan Galloway has lead the team in rebounding in 14-out-of-20 games
> UCI Elston Jones has tallied at least one block in 18-out-of 22 games
> Max Hazzard has led UCI in scoring a team-best five times
IN THE STATS
> Galloway's 178 rebounds per game ranks 49th nationally. He leads UCI with 8.1 rebounds per game, which is second-best in the conference
> Elston Jones has a team-best 38 blocks this season which ranks 49th nationally and second in the BWC
> The Anteaters are ranked 4th nationally in total rebounds (833), 11th in field goal percentage defense (38.8) and 34th in scoring defense (65.1)
> UCI ranks 31st in total blocks and second in the BWC with 96 on the season
APPROACHING THE TOP
> Galloway is 72 rebounds away from becoming UCI's career rebounds all-time leader. Dave Baker currently holds the top spot with 926 career rebounds
> Jonathan Galloway is No. 2 in all-time rebounds with 854, recently surpassing Will Davis II (852)
> His 132 career games played are just 7 away from UCI's all-time games played record (139) which is currently held by video coordinator and 2015 graduate Alex Young
NEWS AND NOTES
> Head coach Russell Turner moved to second in UCI's all-time career when he earned his 164thwin against St. Mary's (11/28). His 168th career win against EMU moved him to ninth in the Big West's all-time career wins list
> The last time the Anteaters opened the Big West season with an overtime game was in 2012-13 where they defeated UC
Davis 69-58
> John Edgar Jr. was named to the Gulf Coast Showcase All-Tournament Team after averaging 12 points per game and three rebounds per game including hitting a season-high 16 points against Toledo in the championship game
> Head coach Russell Turner returns for his ninth season at the helm. Turner upped his career win total to 157 becoming the third coach in UCI history to eclipse 150 wins in a career and he's done it in just eight seasons averaging nearly 20 wins a season. He trails to Anteater coaching great and Pat Douglass (197 career wins) who reached the 150-win plateau in his 10th season
> Seven postseason teams dot the 2018-19 schedule
> The Anteaters were picked to finish first in the Big West Preseason Poll garnering 10 of the 24 first-place votes and 192 points
> Evan Leonard and Tommy Rutherford were selected to the six-member preseason all-conference team
> UCI returns 94.30 percent of its offense in 2018-19, the eighth best mark in the nation. The Anteaters are 1 of 14 teams nationally that return 90% or more offensively
> Defensively, UCI finished the 2017-18 season fifth in the NCAA in rebounds per game with a 41.2 average. The Anteaters also ranked third in defensive rebounds per game (29.2), sixth in total rebounds (1,443) and 10th in rebounding margin (+7.5)
> The Anteaters were fifth in the nation last year allowing opponents to shoot 38.9% from the field. UCI is 1 of 10 schools to keep opponents under 40%, and 1 of 4 to keep them under 39%
> UCI finished with the stingiest scoring defense in the conference allowing 67.1 points per game. UCI also led the conference in rebounding for the fifth time in program history and fourth in the last five years
> Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook ranked UC Irvine No. 1 in its Big West preseason poll. It also picked Tommy
Rutherford and Jonathan Galloway to the preseason all-conference team
> The Big West's two-time Defensive Player of the Year Jonathan Galloway returns for his final season, he led UCI in rebounding (7.6) and blocked shots (47) a year ago, becoming the 14th Anteater to reach 600 career rebounds.
> Galloway has averaged 225 rebounds per season, a total that would put him near 1,000 career rebounds
NEW FACES
> UCI added four to the roster this season including grad transfer Robert Cartwright
> Cartwright graduated from Stanford last spring, playing three season for the Cardinal. He led Stanford in assist to turnover ratio at
2.14 last season, averaging 4.7 points and 2.3 assists
> The Anteaters also welcome freshmen JC Butler, Devin Cole and Aiden Krause
> Head coach Russell Turner announced the addition of Alex Young to his staff in 2018-19. Young returns to his alma mater as video coordinator. He was a four-year member of the UCI men's basketball team and graduated in 2016 as the only player in school history to record over 1000 points, 500 assists, and 500 rebounds. Young was also a part of UCI's 2015 NCAA Tournament Team
UP NEXT
> UCI plays Cal State Fullerton Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. at the Bren Events Center
UC Irvine (17-5, 5-1) at UC Santa Barbara (15-4, 4-1)
Thursday, Jan. 31 | 8:00 p.m.
The Thunderdome – Santa Barbara, Calif.
Live Stats | Radio (KUCI & Am830) | TV (ESPNU)
UC Irvine (17-5, 5-1) at Long Beach State (8-13, 2-3)
Saturday, Feb. 2 | 7:00 p.m.
The Pyramid – Long Beach, Calif.
Live Stats | Radio (KUCI & AM830) | Video
Game Notes
OPENING TIPS
> UCI has won 17 of its first 22 games, a .772 winning percentage. It is the 'Eaters best start since the 2015-16 team started 17-5.
> The Anteaters are No. 11 in this week's CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major poll. UCI was ranked as high as No. 7 on the year
> UCSB is undefeated at home this season with a 9-0 record at the Thunderdome
> The Anteaters have gone over a year without losing a Big West game on the road (eight-straight games). UCI's last conference road loss was against UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 20, 2018)
> UCI erased an 18-point deficit to defeat CSUN on the road, 74-68, last Saturday. 18 points is the largest deficit overcome in a win for the 'Eaters this season
> Since 2012-13, UCI is 87-5 when holding an opponent to 60 points or less. The Anteaters are 8-0 in 2018-19 when doing so, and have won 19 straight dating back to last season when hitting that mark
> Eight different Anteaters have led the team in scoring over UCI's 22 games
> Before falling to Butler (Dec. 21), the Anteaters had a 10 game road-winning streak which ended as the second-longest active road-win streak in DI
> The 18 three-pointers recorded by the 'Eaters against Denver set a school and Bren Events Center record, besting the previous mark of 16 recorded on Feb. 13, 1999 vs. Cal State Fullerton
> UCI is 0-1 in televised games this season
> The Anteaters have amassed a 71-19 record at home over the last six years
With a win Thursday … UCI would win three-straight against the Gauchos… Improve to 7-1 in the month of January … Extend its Big West Conference road winning-streak to nine games … Win four-straight Big West games
ABOUT THE GAUCHOS
> UCSB is 15-4 on the season and 4-1 in the Big West. UCI is half a game ahead of the Gauchos in the Big West standings
> UCI has won four of the last five matchups with the Gauchos including a 61-58 win in the Big West Tournament semifinals last season. The 'Eaters trail UCSB 39-52 in the all-time series
> UCSB ranks first in the conference in assist-turnover ratio (1.38), offensive rebounds per game (12.42), rebound margin (8.1), scoring defense (64.7) and three-point field goal percentage defense (29.1)
> The Gauchos average 75.6 ppg and 39.3 rpg
> Armond Davis leads UCSB with 14.3 points per game and 5.8 rebounds per game
> Joe Pasternack is in his second season at the helm and boasts a 38-13
ABOUT THE 49ers
> LBSU is 8-13 on the season and 2-3 in conference. After beating the Anteaters, 80-70, on Jan. 16 the 49ers have lost three-straight games to Cal State Fullerton, CSUN and UC Santa Barbara
> When UCI and LBSU met on Jan. 16, the 'Eaters held a 32-30 lead at the half but were out-scored 50-38 in the second half, suffering its first conference loss of the season
> Jonathan Galloway matched a career-best 14 rebounds while Evan Leonard had 16 points in the loss
> Long Beach State ranks first in the conference in steals per game (7.0) and turnovers forced (15.05). Individually, Deishuan Booker is first in the Big West in steals per game (1.75) and free-throw percentage (88.6)
> LBSU holds a 45-58 lead over UCI in the all-time series
BIG MEN LEAD UCI OVER UC RIVERSIDE
> Elston Jones had a career-high 14 points while Jonathan Galloway notched his sixth career double-double (11 points, 10 rebounds) in UCI's 82-64 victory over UC Riverside
> The Anteaters shot 52.5 percent from the field (31-59) and 55.6 percent from three-point range (10-18)
> After shooting a season-low 42.2% from the free-throw line against Hawaii, UCI turned around and shot a season-best 83.3% from the strip against UCR
> UCI's post players scored 42 of the Anteaters' 82 points and pulled down 24 rebounds
'EATERS WIN OVERTIME THRILLER IN HAWAII
> Max Hazzard's jumper with 9.2 seconds remaining in overtime lifted UCI to a 75-74 win over Hawaii in Honolulu
> The Anteaters erased a 14-point deficit with 8:36 left in the second half to knot the game, 64-64, at the end of regulation
> Evan Leonard had a team-best 17 points while Hazzard and Tommy Rutherford finished with 14 and 12 points, respectively
> UCI struggled from the free-throw line shooting a season-low 41.2% (8-19) but shot 50 percent (30-60) from the field
HISTORIC START
> UCI recorded its 10th win on Dec. 15th, the earliest date on the calendar in the history of the program. Only two Anteater teams have registered 10 wins by the end of December. They include the current 2018-19 team (12/15), the 2015-16 team (12/22)
> In the history of the program, the only UCI squad with more wins in its first 12 games was the 1981-82 team which began 12-1
> The Anteaters 12 regular season non-conference wins ties for the most in program history, The 1981-82 team also had 12 regular season non-conference wins
HAZZARD'S HOT START
>Hazzard leads the team with 11.8 points per game and 53 three-pointers made
>He notched back-to-back 20+ point performances scoring 28 against Pacific and 23 against UTRGV
> He has hit five or more three-pointers in four games this season
>Hazzard's 10 three's against Denver was one shy of tying the single-game UCI and Big West records of 11 3-pointers. The UCI record was set by Chris Brown against New Mexico State on Mar. 13, 1994 while the BWC mark is held by Brown and CS Fullerton's Bobby Brown
>Max Hazzard was named the Big West Player of the Week twice this season. He earned the first honor of the season (Nov. 12) and again on Dec. 17
MORE ON MAX
> He has 915 career points, 85 points shy of joining UCI's 1,000 points club
> Hazzard ranks 105th in three-pointers made with 53
> Max has made at least on three in 15-straight games
RECORD NIGHT
> UCI's 34-point, 86-52, defeat of Denver at home was the most since the 'Eaters beat Life Pacific, 87-53, (Nov. 12)
> The Anteaters set a new school record in single-game 3-pointers with 18, breaking the previous record of 16 three's recorded on Feb. 13 1999 against Cal State Fullerton
> Max Hazzard set a new Bren Events Center record after hitting a career-best 10 three-pointers. He ended the night with a career-high 32 points on 10-17 shooting from long range
QUICK HITS
> UCI is 15-1 when totaling more or the same rebounds and 1-4 when finishing with less
> The Anteaters are 16-1 when finishing with more assists and 0-4 when totaling less
> UCI is 8-0 when holding opponents to 60 points or less and 14-1 when keeping opponents under 70 points
> Jonathan Galloway has lead the team in rebounding in 14-out-of-20 games
> UCI Elston Jones has tallied at least one block in 18-out-of 22 games
> Max Hazzard has led UCI in scoring a team-best five times
IN THE STATS
> Galloway's 178 rebounds per game ranks 49th nationally. He leads UCI with 8.1 rebounds per game, which is second-best in the conference
> Elston Jones has a team-best 38 blocks this season which ranks 49th nationally and second in the BWC
> The Anteaters are ranked 4th nationally in total rebounds (833), 11th in field goal percentage defense (38.8) and 34th in scoring defense (65.1)
> UCI ranks 31st in total blocks and second in the BWC with 96 on the season
APPROACHING THE TOP
> Galloway is 72 rebounds away from becoming UCI's career rebounds all-time leader. Dave Baker currently holds the top spot with 926 career rebounds
> Jonathan Galloway is No. 2 in all-time rebounds with 854, recently surpassing Will Davis II (852)
> His 132 career games played are just 7 away from UCI's all-time games played record (139) which is currently held by video coordinator and 2015 graduate Alex Young
NEWS AND NOTES
> Head coach Russell Turner moved to second in UCI's all-time career when he earned his 164thwin against St. Mary's (11/28). His 168th career win against EMU moved him to ninth in the Big West's all-time career wins list
> The last time the Anteaters opened the Big West season with an overtime game was in 2012-13 where they defeated UC
Davis 69-58
> John Edgar Jr. was named to the Gulf Coast Showcase All-Tournament Team after averaging 12 points per game and three rebounds per game including hitting a season-high 16 points against Toledo in the championship game
> Head coach Russell Turner returns for his ninth season at the helm. Turner upped his career win total to 157 becoming the third coach in UCI history to eclipse 150 wins in a career and he's done it in just eight seasons averaging nearly 20 wins a season. He trails to Anteater coaching great and Pat Douglass (197 career wins) who reached the 150-win plateau in his 10th season
> Seven postseason teams dot the 2018-19 schedule
> The Anteaters were picked to finish first in the Big West Preseason Poll garnering 10 of the 24 first-place votes and 192 points
> Evan Leonard and Tommy Rutherford were selected to the six-member preseason all-conference team
> UCI returns 94.30 percent of its offense in 2018-19, the eighth best mark in the nation. The Anteaters are 1 of 14 teams nationally that return 90% or more offensively
> Defensively, UCI finished the 2017-18 season fifth in the NCAA in rebounds per game with a 41.2 average. The Anteaters also ranked third in defensive rebounds per game (29.2), sixth in total rebounds (1,443) and 10th in rebounding margin (+7.5)
> The Anteaters were fifth in the nation last year allowing opponents to shoot 38.9% from the field. UCI is 1 of 10 schools to keep opponents under 40%, and 1 of 4 to keep them under 39%
> UCI finished with the stingiest scoring defense in the conference allowing 67.1 points per game. UCI also led the conference in rebounding for the fifth time in program history and fourth in the last five years
> Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook ranked UC Irvine No. 1 in its Big West preseason poll. It also picked Tommy
Rutherford and Jonathan Galloway to the preseason all-conference team
> The Big West's two-time Defensive Player of the Year Jonathan Galloway returns for his final season, he led UCI in rebounding (7.6) and blocked shots (47) a year ago, becoming the 14th Anteater to reach 600 career rebounds.
> Galloway has averaged 225 rebounds per season, a total that would put him near 1,000 career rebounds
NEW FACES
> UCI added four to the roster this season including grad transfer Robert Cartwright
> Cartwright graduated from Stanford last spring, playing three season for the Cardinal. He led Stanford in assist to turnover ratio at
2.14 last season, averaging 4.7 points and 2.3 assists
> The Anteaters also welcome freshmen JC Butler, Devin Cole and Aiden Krause
> Head coach Russell Turner announced the addition of Alex Young to his staff in 2018-19. Young returns to his alma mater as video coordinator. He was a four-year member of the UCI men's basketball team and graduated in 2016 as the only player in school history to record over 1000 points, 500 assists, and 500 rebounds. Young was also a part of UCI's 2015 NCAA Tournament Team
UP NEXT
> UCI plays Cal State Fullerton Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. at the Bren Events Center
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