IRVINE, Calif. – UC Irvine got points from all 13 players who saw minutes tonight in a 70-53 Big West win over CSU Bakersfield, Friday afternoon at the Bren Events Center.

UCI remains on top of the Big West standings with a 6-1 record and improves to 10-5 overall. The Anteaters also remain undefeated at home (8-0). CSUB falls to 11-7 on the season and 7-4 in conference play.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
> Collin Welp finished with a game-high 16 points and grabbed a career-high four blocks. He also added five rebounds and two steals
> Dawson Baker also finished in double-digits with 11 points
> Brad Greene grabbed a game-high eight rebounds and added eight points
> Dean Keeler finished with a career-high two blocks
> UCI held CSUB to 39.3 percent (22-56) shooting from the floor while finishing 43.4 percent (23-53) shooting overall
> The 'Eaters went 19-28 from the free throw line
> UCI out-rebounded the visitors, 38-32, and held advantages in paint points (30-22), bench points (36-25) and second chance points (18-2)
> Justin Elder-Davis led the 'Runners with eight points

FIRST HALF
>UCI opened the scoring with on a basket by Greene then watched the Roadrunners score the next seven to jump out to a quick 7-2 lead at 17:57
>CSUB would extend the lead to 13-6 at 12:33 before the Anteaters used a pair of free throws from Welp, a right handed hook shot by Greene and a jumper at the left elbow by Justin Hohn to force a Roadrunner timeout at 10:25 and close to 12-13 (10:34)
>A 12-2 run by the Anteaters which was aided by seven free throws put UCI in front 26-19 at 3:32
>11 different Anteaters player would score at least two points as UCI would carry a nine point lead in to the half, 36-27
>Ofure Ujadughele provided a spark, adding two points, two rebounds and two assists in four minutes of action 

SECOND HALF
>Welp would battle against two defenders get fouled but still muscled up a basket off the glass. He made the free throw give UCI the 42-29 advantage at 17:24
>Welp and Isaiah Lee knocked down three-pointers on either side of a trey by CSUB's Grelon Easter, 48-32 with 13:00 minutes remaining
> CSUB used a 5-0 run to come within single-digits, 53-44 (8:02)
> Back-to-back layups from Baker started an 8-0 run for the 'Eaters to put the up by 17, 65-48, with 1:21 remaining
> Two made free throws from Welp gave the 'Eaters their largest lead of the game, 70-51, with less than a minute to go. CSUB scored on a last second layup as UCI walked away with the 70-53 victory

QUOTE FROM HEAD COACH RUSSELL TURNER
"I was impressed with our performance tonight and the level of competiveness that we reached as a group so that is encouraging. That doesn't surprise me though because these guys are hungry and we still have a long way to go to be as good as we can be. We do appear to have buy in from everyone which is the most critical thing for us. Every guy that played, scored, and every guy that played brought energy and physicality on defense and the boards."

UP NEXT
> UCI plays its second game against CSUB tomorrow at 7 p.m. on a nationally televised ESPNU broadcast.

Notes: Since 2012-13, UCI is 110-7 when holding opponents to 60 points or less and 8-1 this season when doing so … Since 2012-13 UCI is 95-21 overall and 59-11 against Big West opponents at home