IRVINE, Calif. – UC Irvine out-rebounded Bethesda 63-37 on its way to a 86-54 victory over the Flames at the Bren Events Center Friday.

The Anteaters (5-1) pulled down a season-high 63 rebounds, 18 on the offense end and 45 on the defensive glass. It is the highest total of rebounds since the Anteaters grabbed 64 last year against Bethesda.

Sophomore Andre Henry played his first game of the season and made a big impact, scoring a game-high 15 points. The guard went 4-8 from the floor and 6-8 from the free throw line and added nine rebounds, three assists and two steals in 21 minutes of action.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>JC Butler totaled 14 points, hitting 5-8 from the field with two three-pointers. He had a season-high seven boards
>Senior Collin Welp had 10 points, moving into 20^th on the UCI all-time scoring list with 1,224. He was one shy of a double-double with nine rebounds, which places him 17^th all-time in UCI rebounds with 593
>Isaiah Lee and Dawson Baker each had eight points, a season-high for Lee who went 2-3 from long distance
>Ofure Ujadughele had a season-high eight rebounds to go with seven points, two steals and two assists
>Center Emmanuel Tshimanga went 3-4 from the floor to end with seven points and six rebounds
>Bethesda (1-12) was led by Christopher Blount with 12 points and six rebounds

FIRST HALF
>Collin Welp got the game's first points with a three-pointer (18:29), followed by a Dawson Baker layup at 17:49
>On the fifth trip down the court Bethesda had a rebound putback, 5-2 (16:47)
>After the Flames closed to 5-4 at 15:27, UCI would go on a 9-0 run to open a 14-4 lead at 11:57. Bent Leuchten, Andre Henry, Justin Hohn, Emmanuel Tshimanga and Ofure Ujadughele each contributed points in the run
>The Anteaters wouldn't score again for just over three minutes before JC Butler knocked down a pair of free throws, 18-9 (8:35)
>Bethesda would out-score UCI 7-2 to close within 20-16 (6:13) before Butler would hit a jump shot then Welp would swat a Bethesda shot and Butler drained a three at the other end to open a 25-16 advantage at 5:04
>Tshimanga had a layup underneath, Ujadughele would slice down the lane for a bucket then Henry would drive to the basket, make it and was fouled, hitting the free throw to open the margin to 27-18 at 4:27  
>Following a Flames basket, UCI would score the next 12, the last a three-pointer by Isaiah Lee with 57 seconds in the half, 39-18  
>Henry would close the half with a pair of free throws, 41-21

SECOND HALF
>Bethesda would score the first three points of the half before a Butler hit a floater at 19:12 (43-24)
>The Flames would not let the score get to far away, before UCI used an 8-2 spurt which included five points by Hohn and a three-pointer by Henry to create a 58-36 gap at 10:51
>A Langston Redfield layup was the last of nine consecutive UCI points at 4:04, 75-44
>Redfield would score three to start another six unanswered streak which was highlighted by a Ujadughele dunk at 2:28 that ignited the crowd and put UCI up 81-49
>Leuchten rolled it in softly for the final points of the game, 86-54

HEAD COACH RUSSELL TURNER SAID
"Pleased to win and happy to be 5-1 going into exam week. I'm really pleased with the performance of Andre Henry. I thought he played really well and looked like he had confidence out there. He is growing into what should be an outstanding career here, but has a way to go physically. He is a talent who can do it for us a lot of different ways both on offense and defense. I'm excited about his future. It was a good start for him tonight"

NOTES
>UCI tied a season-high with eight three-pointers
>Langston Redfield tied his career-high with five points
>Austin Johnson had three blocks
>11 Anteaters played, all scored, 10 grabbed a rebound and 10 dished an assist

UP NEXT
UCI will spend the next four games on the road, starting with Fresno State on Dec. 11. The Anteaters and Bulldogs will tip off at 4:00 p.m. from the Save Mart Center.