SAN JOSE, Calif. - The 13th-seeded UC Irvine men's basketball team saw its historic season come to an end with a 73-54 loss to No. 12 seed Oregon in the NCAA Round of 32 Sunday evening at SAP Center.

The Anteaters conclude the season with a school record 31-6 mark, while the Pac-12 Tournament champion Ducks improve to 25-12. 

Oregon shot 52 percent from long distance, knocking down 13 of 25. UCI went 5-18 (27.8%) for three-pointers.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Robert Cartwright paced the 'Eaters with 14 points, while Evan Leonard added 11 points
>Tommy Rutherford was a perfect 5-of-5 from the field for 10 points
>UCI's all-time leading rebounder Jonathan Galloway finished with nine points and 11 boards.
>Elston Jones also pulled down nine rebounds
>Oregon had four players in double figures led by Peyton Pritchard with a game-best 18 points and seven assists. Luis King had 16 points followed by Ehab Amin with 12 points off the bench going 4-4 from long range. Kenny Wooten posted seven blocks to go with his 11 points.

UC Irvine concludes a remarkable campaign with a school-record 31 victories and the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament win. The Anteaters put together a program-best 17-game winning streak as tonight marked just their second setback in the 2019 calendar year.
 
TURNING POINTS
FIRST HALF
>Oregon started with a three and layup from a steal, 5-0
>The Anteaters answered with a jumper by Robert Cartwright (18:31), a hook by Jonathan Galloway (18:02) and a tip in by Tommy Rutherford at 17:11 to give UCI its first lead, 6-5
>The Ducks would score 10 straight to take a 15-6 advantage at 13:18
>Evan Leonard would stop the streak with a pair of free throws at 12:05, 15-8
>A Leonard three-pointer at 10:56, a Rutherford drop in at 10:00 and Galloway turnaround bank at 8:23 cut the margin to 17-15
>Back-to-back threes by Oregon started a 10-1 run by the Ducks (27-16) with 4:45 to go in the half
>Oregon would close out the half out-scoring UCI 8-5 to make it 35-23 at the break

SECOND HALF
>UCI would score the first 14 points out of the break on a Cartwright three from the right side (19:51),  a Rutherford rebound put-back (18:57), a Leonard free throw (18:22) and jumper (17:16) a Hazzard pull up jumper (16:21), a Rutherford hook shot (15:29) and a Cartwright reverse layup (14:28) to take a 37-35 lead
>Oregon would break their almost seven and a half minute drought with consecutive three-pointers by Ehab Amin and Louis King to move the Ducks back in front, 41-37 at 11:53
>A 9-3 spurt by the Ducks extended the lead out to 50-40 with 8:19 to play
>Oregon would break open the game with 10 in a row to open a 65-47 lead at 3:19
>A Cartwright three with 1:02 remaining ended the scoring, 73-54

NOTES
> Evan Leonard furthered his school-record made free throws to 44 before he broke his streak at 18:22 of the second half
> Jonathan Galloway ends his UCI career with the most wins (95), game played (146) and rebounds (969) in program history. His 146 games played are also the most in Big West history
> Senior Elston Jones finished the season with a block in 17-straight games

 
UP NEXT
>The team returns to campus at noon tomorrow (Mar. 25).