Saturday, January 24
Riverside, CA
UC Riverside
58
vs
62
Utah State
Photo by: Phil Ellsworth
Aggies Come Back to Beat UCR, 62-58
1/24/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The UC Riverside Highlanders led early, but the visiting Utah State Aggies stayed perfect in the Big West with a 62-58 win at the Student Recreation Center Saturday.
The win moved the Aggies to 15-1 overall and 7-0 in the Big West. UCR fell to 6-9 overall and 3-4 in conference. The attendance was a season-high 2,493, buoyed by a large Homecoming crowd.
Nate Harris led the Aggies with a game-high 25 points and added nine rebounds. He was the only player to score in double-digits for the Aggies. For UCR, Nate Carter had 16 points and nine rebounds and Vili Morton had 14 points and four rebounds. The Aggies outrebounded UCR, 35-28.
And it was a clutch rebound that did the Highlanders in. UCR led 58-57 with 2:02 remaining, but a layup by Harris at 1:16 gave the Aggies the lead at 59-58. Guard Mark Peters' jumper was short with 30 seconds left and the Highlanders were forced to foul Brown to stop the clock. Brown missed the first of a 1-plus-1, but the Aggies got the rebound and Cardell Butler was fouled. with 12.3 seconds left. He hit both ends for a 61-58 lead.
The Highlanders had one last chance, but never got a shot off as Brett Ost's pass was picked by Brown, who was fouled by Carter. He hit one of two to give the Aggies the final margin of victory.
The teams were tied at 10-10 with 13:24 remaining in the first half, but UCR used a 15-6 run to build the lead to nine at 25-16 with 5:45 remaining. But the Aggies responded with a run of their own to close out the half, outscoring UCR 12-2 to take a 28-27 lead into the intermission.
UCR next plays at UC Santa Barbara on Thursday, January 29th.
The win moved the Aggies to 15-1 overall and 7-0 in the Big West. UCR fell to 6-9 overall and 3-4 in conference. The attendance was a season-high 2,493, buoyed by a large Homecoming crowd.
Nate Harris led the Aggies with a game-high 25 points and added nine rebounds. He was the only player to score in double-digits for the Aggies. For UCR, Nate Carter had 16 points and nine rebounds and Vili Morton had 14 points and four rebounds. The Aggies outrebounded UCR, 35-28.
And it was a clutch rebound that did the Highlanders in. UCR led 58-57 with 2:02 remaining, but a layup by Harris at 1:16 gave the Aggies the lead at 59-58. Guard Mark Peters' jumper was short with 30 seconds left and the Highlanders were forced to foul Brown to stop the clock. Brown missed the first of a 1-plus-1, but the Aggies got the rebound and Cardell Butler was fouled. with 12.3 seconds left. He hit both ends for a 61-58 lead.
The Highlanders had one last chance, but never got a shot off as Brett Ost's pass was picked by Brown, who was fouled by Carter. He hit one of two to give the Aggies the final margin of victory.
The teams were tied at 10-10 with 13:24 remaining in the first half, but UCR used a 15-6 run to build the lead to nine at 25-16 with 5:45 remaining. But the Aggies responded with a run of their own to close out the half, outscoring UCR 12-2 to take a 28-27 lead into the intermission.
UCR next plays at UC Santa Barbara on Thursday, January 29th.
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