FULLERTON, Calif. – UC Irvine rolled to a 76-51 victory over Cal State Fullerton led by the career-high scoring of Jurian Dixon and the strength of a season-high in blocks.

Dixon went 9-11 from the floor, including 3-4 from long range at Titan Gym Thursday for his game and career-best 21 points. The guard also had three steals and two assists in 30 minutes of action.

The Anteaters swatted a season and Big West-high 11 blocks, led by Elijah Chol's career-tying five. Four other UCI players recorded a block: Leuchten (3), Kyle Evans (2) and Torian Lee (1).

With the win, head coach Russell Turner moved into a tie for third in Big West all-time wins joining former UC Santa Barbara leader Bob Williams with 313 and counting.

The Anteaters continue to be a force on the road, notching their nation leading 12^th road victory and 15^th overall win away from the Bren Center this season.

With action in tonight's game, Ofure Ujadughele has played in 149 career games, the most all-time by any Big West player who has played an entire career in the Big West.

UCI improves to 24-5 overall and 14-3 in the Big West.

HEAD COACH RUSSELL TURNER SAID:
"Defense is what we know we can do to separate ourselves from other teams. We've been good on the road because we've had a good defensive mentality. I thought our team had that tonight. We have some dynamic shot blockers. Elijah Chol, Kyle Evans and Bent (Leuchten) did a good job tonight protecting the rim."

"Jurian is getting better and better. A lot of attention goes to our other players which allowed him time to step forward and make plays and he is getting better at making them. I'm really excited about the way he defends and makes unselfish plays on the offensive end."

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Guard Justin Hohn poured in 18 points, hitting 7-10 from the field and 4-7 from three, tying his career-high for threes in a game. He grabbed four rebounds and totaled three assists
>Center Bent Leuchten recorded his 13th double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Nine of his boards came on the defensive end. The senior was 5-7 from the floor, including a three-pointer and 3-3 from the line.
>Guard Torian Lee added seven points, recording a three-pointer for his fourth consecutive game
>Forward Devin Tillis had six points, three rebounds and two assists, while guard Myles Che added five points, six rebounds and a team-high five assists
>The Anteaters were efficient offensively, hitting 50% of their shots (31-62), including 10 three-pointers
>UCI had a season-low eight trips to the free throw line making a season-low four
>Cal State Fullerton's Kendrick De Luna was the lone Titan in double-figure scoring with 10. Kaleb Brown pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds off the bench.
>The Titans (6-23, 1-16) out-rebounded UCI 41-36. CSUF shot 32.8% from the field for the game (21-64), going 3-16 from beyond the arc (18.8%). They were 6-8 from the line

FIRST HALF
>The Titans started the scoring then UCI scored seven in a row, the first five on a long jumper and three-pointer by Justin Hohn to take a 7-2 lead
>Jurian Dixon then took over the offensive duties with a three-pointer and two layups in a 10-0 Anteater run that also included a free throw by Elijah Chol and jumper by Ofure Ujadughele, 17-4 (13:27)
>Bent Leuchten would block a shot on the defensive end that led to a pull up Myles Che jumper on the trail, 19-9 (10:58)
>A nice give-and-go from Torian Lee to Leuchten driving to the bucket then another from Dixon to the big man forced a Cal State Fullerton timeout, 27-11 (8:23)
>Back-to-back threes, one by Dixon in the right corner then one from Leuchten up top extended the lead to 33-12 at 7:06
>UCI started draining threes, one by Dixon (7:46), Leuchten (7:13) and Hohn (4:52, 410) 41-17
>Following a jumper by Dixon (1:59), the Titans would score the final four points of the half. UCI would go to the break leading 43-23

SECOND HALF
>Cal State Fullerton started with the first six points of the half
>UCI responded with the next 10. Che hit a three from left corner, Tillis had a driving layup down the paint, followed by a layup by Dixon after he stripped the ball on the defensive side and a three-pointer by the guard at 14:44, 53-29
>After not scoring for four and a half minutes, the Anteaters would out-score the Titans, 12-2. Tillis would have a layup then on the break, Che tossed it high for a Hohn layup off the glass then Hohn hit a three off the dribble, Leuchten had a layup and was fouled making the free throw and capped by another Tillis layup, 72-40 (5:48)
>The Titans would out-score UCI 11-4 to end the game, 76-51

NOTES
>UCI goes to 10-0 when holding the opponent to 60 points or less
>It is the fifth time this season Hohn has recorded four three-pointers
>Leuchten has recorded points in double-digits 23 times this season

UP NEXT
UCI will play its final regular season home game Saturday (Mar. 1), hosting Black & Blue rival Long Beach State at 7:00 p.m. at the Bren Events Center.

Fans are encouraged to get their early as UCI will recognize graduating players Ofure Ujadughele, Devin Tillis, Justin Hohn, Andre Henry and Bent Leuchten before the game.