Saturday, January 17
Long Beach, CA
UC Riverside
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Long Beach State
Photo by: Phil Ellsworth
Highlanders Get First Road Win, 73-61 Over 49ers
1/17/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The UC Riverside Highlanders broke a season-long road losing streak with a 73-61 win over the host LBSU 49ers in a Big West match-up at the Pyramid in Long Beach in Saturday.
UCR 6-7, 3-2 on the season and LBSU 4-11, 2-4. UCR's win was the first on the road against six losses.
UCR was led by a sophomore forward Nate Carter's second double-double of the year, a 15-point, 13-rebound effort. The 13 boards tied a career high and all 15 of his points came in the second half. Junior guard Rickey Porter had 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting, including a season-high tying four threes. had a double-double, his second of the season, career high 13 rebounds. Junior forward Vili Morton had 10 points, all coming in the first half. The Highlanders shot 25-of-55 (45.5%) from the field and hit eight threes.
LBSU's Louis Darby led all scorers with 20 points, shooting 6-of-8 from the field and 8-of-9 from the free throw line. LBSU shot just 36.4% on the night, but dominated the boards, winning that stat 41-29.
The Highlanders built a 32-27 halftime lead into a 46-36 lead with 13:59 remaining, but LBSU had an 8-0 run over the next two minutes to cut the margin to two at 46-44. Carter took the momentum back with a layup that keyed a 9-3 run to extend UCR's lead to 57-47. UCR would score 11 of their next 13 points on free throws over the next three minutes and kept the lead in double figures, despite a valiant effort by Darby, who scored 12 of his points in the final 5:54.
The Highlanders owned a 32-27 lead at the intermission behind 10 points from Morton and six from Porter. Both Kevin Butler and Carter were scoreless in the half, though Carter had six rebounds. UCR shot 43.3%, but was just 4-of-14 from beyond the arc and made just 2-of-5 free throws, including a pair of misses by Matt Benson following an intentional foul and Butler's miss on the front end of a one-and-one.
The Highlanders return to action on Thursday, January 22nd as they host Idaho.
UCR 6-7, 3-2 on the season and LBSU 4-11, 2-4. UCR's win was the first on the road against six losses.
UCR was led by a sophomore forward Nate Carter's second double-double of the year, a 15-point, 13-rebound effort. The 13 boards tied a career high and all 15 of his points came in the second half. Junior guard Rickey Porter had 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting, including a season-high tying four threes. had a double-double, his second of the season, career high 13 rebounds. Junior forward Vili Morton had 10 points, all coming in the first half. The Highlanders shot 25-of-55 (45.5%) from the field and hit eight threes.
LBSU's Louis Darby led all scorers with 20 points, shooting 6-of-8 from the field and 8-of-9 from the free throw line. LBSU shot just 36.4% on the night, but dominated the boards, winning that stat 41-29.
The Highlanders built a 32-27 halftime lead into a 46-36 lead with 13:59 remaining, but LBSU had an 8-0 run over the next two minutes to cut the margin to two at 46-44. Carter took the momentum back with a layup that keyed a 9-3 run to extend UCR's lead to 57-47. UCR would score 11 of their next 13 points on free throws over the next three minutes and kept the lead in double figures, despite a valiant effort by Darby, who scored 12 of his points in the final 5:54.
The Highlanders owned a 32-27 lead at the intermission behind 10 points from Morton and six from Porter. Both Kevin Butler and Carter were scoreless in the half, though Carter had six rebounds. UCR shot 43.3%, but was just 4-of-14 from beyond the arc and made just 2-of-5 free throws, including a pair of misses by Matt Benson following an intentional foul and Butler's miss on the front end of a one-and-one.
The Highlanders return to action on Thursday, January 22nd as they host Idaho.
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