Saturday, February 23
Riverside, CA
5:00 PM
University of California, Riverside
9-19, 3-9
67
vs
71
Long Beach State
11-18, 5-8
| Team | 1 | 2 | OT 1 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach State | 26 | 33 | 12 | 71 |
| UC Riverside | 32 | 27 | 8 | 67 |
Men's Basketball Suffers Loss in OT Thriller
2/23/2019 9:12:00 PM | Men's Basketball
RIVERSIDE, Calif – UC Riverside's Men's Basketball team fell to Long Beach State 67-71 in an exciting overtime game Saturday night. The loss drops UCR to 9-19 and 3-9 in conference play.
The Highlanders had a strong team effort in the first half leading 32-26. Sophomore Jordan Gilliam led the charge in the half with nine points on 4-6 shooting. He finished with 15 points to go along with six rebounds in the game. Head Coach David Patrick talked about Gilliam's convincing week of practice translating to the game, "Jordan had a good week in practice… He brought good energy tonight."
In a game that had six lead changes, the Highlanders show tremendous effort on the defensive side of the ball. UCR held an athletic LBSU team to just 36% from the field and 26% from three. Coach Patrick echoed his pleasure with the team's defensive effort, "I thought we did a pretty good job defending tonight."
Freshman Callum McCrae recorded his second career double-double posting a career high 16 points and 10 rebounds. The freshman has posted back-back games with double figure scoring.
Junior Dikymbe Martin added 14 points and five assists in a game where he logged a season high 41 minutes. Freshman Zac Watson had a stout game defensively with four steals.
UCR will look to continue their strong defense next Wednesday, February 27th at Cal State Northridge.
The Highlanders had a strong team effort in the first half leading 32-26. Sophomore Jordan Gilliam led the charge in the half with nine points on 4-6 shooting. He finished with 15 points to go along with six rebounds in the game. Head Coach David Patrick talked about Gilliam's convincing week of practice translating to the game, "Jordan had a good week in practice… He brought good energy tonight."
In a game that had six lead changes, the Highlanders show tremendous effort on the defensive side of the ball. UCR held an athletic LBSU team to just 36% from the field and 26% from three. Coach Patrick echoed his pleasure with the team's defensive effort, "I thought we did a pretty good job defending tonight."
Freshman Callum McCrae recorded his second career double-double posting a career high 16 points and 10 rebounds. The freshman has posted back-back games with double figure scoring.
Junior Dikymbe Martin added 14 points and five assists in a game where he logged a season high 41 minutes. Freshman Zac Watson had a stout game defensively with four steals.
UCR will look to continue their strong defense next Wednesday, February 27th at Cal State Northridge.
Team Stats
LBSU
UCR
FG%
.358
.426
3FG%
.263
.308
FT%
.818
.500
RB
45
39
TO
11
13
STL
3
9
Game Leaders
Pts
16
FGM
8
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
15
FGM
7
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
0
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