Chance Murray Dribbling

Men's Basketball

UC Riverside Dials Up The Defense In 79-39 Win Over UQAM

Quebec—The UC Riverside Men's Basketball Team dialed up the defense Thursday evening in a 79-39 victory at UQAM.

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UC Riverside 79, UQAM 39
Game In Review
Key Run James Jackson scored the first basket of the game, and the Highlanders never trailed the entire night. UC Riverside put the game away early in the second scoring the first nine points of the period to push the lead to 18 at 27-9.
Key Stat The Highlanders forced UQAM into 32 turnovers on the night.
Top UCR scorer Chance Murray (12 points)
Ajani Kennedy (12 points)
Top Opp scorer Raum Sabban (11 points)
Game Notes * UC Riverside has forced 53 turnovers in their two games on the Quebec trip.
* Chance Murray is averaging 12.0 ppg on the Quebec trip, which leads the Highlanders.
* Seven different players have scored in double figures for the Highlanders on the Quebec trip: Murray (2x), Dijkstra, Martin, Sylvester, Larsson, Jackson, Kennedy.
* The Highlanders are now 5-0 in games played in Canada: 2-0 on their current tour of Quebec, and 3-0 on their 2013 tour of Vancouver.
Next Game Saturday, August 5 at QC United at 10 am PT.
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