Saturday, March 1
Santa Barbara, CA
7:00 PM
UC Riverside
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at
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UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara Uses Three-Pointers To Upend UC Riverside, 73-55
3/1/2008 3:42:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Santa Barbara, CA—UC Riverside battled hard but fell 73-55 to UC Santa Barbara in a Big West conference match-up in Santa Barbara, CA Saturday night. Senior Larry Cunningham finished with a team-high 19 points and freshman Jalonni Diggs chipped in with 10 points for the Highlanders (7-19, 3-11 Big West).
The Gauchos (21-7, 10-4 Big West) used the three-ball to pick up the victory, knocking down 11-of-19 attempts and limiting the Highlanders to 3-of-9 from long distance. UCR was unable to contain UCSB's James Powell who finished with a game-high 24 points hitting 7-of-8 from beyond the arc.
Powell got three of his 3-pointers, plus a three-point play, in the first eight minutes to put UCSB ahead 21-8. UCR later answered with a 14-3 run, capped by a Cunningham layup, to pull within two, 28-26 with just over one minute to go in the half. With just seconds remaining until the break, sophomore Sean Cunningham was fouled and he knocked down one of two from line. The rebound off the missed free-throw was grabbed by UCSB's Justin Joyner who then raced up court and banked in a three-pointer as time expired to give Santa Barbara a 33-27 halftime advantage.
The Highlanders faced a tough Gaucho defense to the start the second half, as Larry Cunningham ended a UCR scoring drought with a layup at the 15:51 mark to make it 42-29 UCSB. The outside shooting by the Gauchos was just too much for the young Riverside squad to overcome as they finished the second half shooting 35.0% from the floor.
Larry Cunningham hit on all six of his free-throw attempts and junior Aaron Scott finished with eight points and brought down a game-high eight rebounds for the Highlanders.
UCR returns home to close out the season against Pacific on Wednesday and UC Davis on Saturday..
The Gauchos (21-7, 10-4 Big West) used the three-ball to pick up the victory, knocking down 11-of-19 attempts and limiting the Highlanders to 3-of-9 from long distance. UCR was unable to contain UCSB's James Powell who finished with a game-high 24 points hitting 7-of-8 from beyond the arc.
Powell got three of his 3-pointers, plus a three-point play, in the first eight minutes to put UCSB ahead 21-8. UCR later answered with a 14-3 run, capped by a Cunningham layup, to pull within two, 28-26 with just over one minute to go in the half. With just seconds remaining until the break, sophomore Sean Cunningham was fouled and he knocked down one of two from line. The rebound off the missed free-throw was grabbed by UCSB's Justin Joyner who then raced up court and banked in a three-pointer as time expired to give Santa Barbara a 33-27 halftime advantage.
The Highlanders faced a tough Gaucho defense to the start the second half, as Larry Cunningham ended a UCR scoring drought with a layup at the 15:51 mark to make it 42-29 UCSB. The outside shooting by the Gauchos was just too much for the young Riverside squad to overcome as they finished the second half shooting 35.0% from the floor.
Larry Cunningham hit on all six of his free-throw attempts and junior Aaron Scott finished with eight points and brought down a game-high eight rebounds for the Highlanders.
UCR returns home to close out the season against Pacific on Wednesday and UC Davis on Saturday..
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